10 Corso Como opens the new project with the exhibition Pietro Consagra. Ornamenti, along with design pieces, vintage books and cult magazines

A Flexible Theater able to change its shape and identity, the new 10·Corso·Como project is a platform for exchange, to facilitate transition and connection between its different dimensions: fashion, design, art, photography, food, and urban nature.

For the first time in the Project Room the series of Pietro Consagra’s jewelry for face and body will be presented in the exhibition Pietro Consagra. Ornamenti. curated by Alessio de’Navasques. Here, the two Masks in silver and gold, the Bite in red gold, as well as the Eyebrow Ornament and the Navel Ornament with the Silver Cache-sexe, are accompanied by precious documents collected by the Archivio Pietro Consagra in Milan, with writings, publications of the time and Ugo Mulas’ rare vintage photos. Jewelry for the face and body that transcended any aesthetic purpose and gives a new, fascinating expressiveness to the face, while alluding to the rebellion of women against the stereotypes assigned to them by male dominated society, on the crest of a sometimes playful but always provocative wave.

For the debut, the exhibition of Consagra’s jewelry dialogues in visual harmony with The Alchemical Plane, showcasing signature design pieces on view and sale, selected by Domitilla Dardi and accompanied by a selection of rare books and international magazines.

Pietro Consagra. Ornamenti

Curated by Alessio de’ Navasques

February 21 – April 5, 2024

10 Corso Como, Project Room

Opening hours: Daily, 10:30am – 7:30pm

Free admission

Photo credit: Alessandro Saletta - DSL Studio