Jean Prouvé, The Poetry of a Technical Object
Between 20 June and 14 September, the Ara Pacis Museum is hosting the “Jean Prouvé: the Poertry of a Technical Object” exhibition, a comprehensive retrospective on one of the greatest French architects and designers of the 20th century.
It demonstrates how Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) had a remarkable capacity to combine entrepreneurial skills with craftsmanship, design and architecture.
More than 100 of his works, executed between 1924 and the mid 70s are included in this exhibition:
50 objects of design (chairs, armchairs, tables, desks, school desks, beds and lamps), architectonic elements, various architectural models – including his Pavilion for the Centennial of Aluminium (Paris), Tropical House (Niamey, Niger) and Prouvé House (Nancy)- as well as a rich selection of signed drawings used when he was teaching at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers and the prototypes (studies) he made for the Péchiney Exhibition Centre in Paris. Film clips of the various projects complete the presentation.
The exhibition is being sponsored by the Lazio Region and the City of Rome's Department for Cultural Policies in collaboration with the Designfest Association and the Vitra Design Museum, mounted by the Designfest Association in collaboration with Zètema Progetto Cultura and architects Bruno Reichlin and Franz Graf are the curators.
Information
tuesday - sunday 10.00am - 8.00pm
ordinary: € 6,50;
reduced: € 4,50;
Tickets and booking
telephone number +39 060608 (every day 9.00am - 10.30pm)
