10 Corso Como dedicates an exhibition to the Italian architect, designer, historian, and theorist Andrea Branzi, one year after his passing, celebrating his radical vision and works. Andrea Branzi. Civilizations without jewels have never existed, curated by Alessio de’ Navasques, will be set up at the 10 Corso Como Gallery from December 18th, 2024 to February 16th, 2025.

Awarded with three Compasso d’Oro, one of which dedicated to his career, Branzi was a multifaceted and radical figure, the author of a forward-looking approach that crossed applied arts, domestic and urban space with an unprecedented sensitivity.

Staged in collaboration with Nicoletta Morozzi and Lorenza Branzi as well as Casa Argentaurum and Friedman Benda galleries, Andrea Branzi. Civilizations without jewels have never existed is presented in an itinerary that lines up and creates a dialogue among works, documents, drawings and photographs. In the bright, wide spaces of the 10 Corso Como Gallery, the installation, conceived as a seamless flow, composes a landscape of objects spanning a period of time from the mid-1980s to the latest creations of 2023.

The exhibition dedicated to Branzi is part of a path of study and reinterpretation - through the archives of artists and designers - of the applied arts, and in particular of a reconnaissance around jewelry and the concept of ornament as a cultural figure, within the artistic programme of 10 Corso Como, which began with the exhibition Pietro Consagra. Ornamenti.

Andrea Branzi. Civilizations without jewels have never existed

Curated by Alessio de’ Navasques

10 Corso Como Gallery

18.12.24 - 16.02.25

Every day: 10.30am – 7.30pm

Free entrance