Main entry:

Radical (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)

Title & Author:

Radical : Italian design 1965-1985 : the Dennis Freedman collection / Cindi Strauss ; with an essay by Germano Celant and contributions by Marissa S. Hershon, Sarah Horne, and J. Taylor Kubala.

Publication:

[Houston] : The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ; New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]

Description:

223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
"This book accompanies the exhibition Radical: Italian Design 1965-1985, The Dennis Freedman Collection, presented at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 9 through April 26, 2020."
"This book accompanies the exhibition Radical: Italian Design 1965-1985, The Dennis Freedman Collection, presented at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 14 through April 26, 2020, and at the Yale School of Architecture Gallery, New Haven, September 3-November 20, 2021"--Verso of title page
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / by Gary Tinterow -- Acknowledgments / by Cindi Strauss -- Interview with Dennis Freedman -- Introduction / by Cindi Strauss -- Italian Design : From Pop to Radical / by Germano Celant -- Italian Radical Design in the United States : Exposure, Availability, and Legacy / by Cindi Strauss -- Interview with Franco and Nanà Audrito, Studio65 -- Interview with Lapo Binazzi, UFO -- Interview with Andrea Branzi -- Interview with Alessandro Guerriero -- Interview with Ugo La Pietra -- Interview with Alessandro Mendini -- Interview with Franco Raggi.

Summary:

"Radical: Italian Design 1965-1985, the Dennis Freedman Collection Examines Italian Radical design, including the movement's political and social roots and challenge to Modernism, from 1965 to 1985 through nearly 70 objects and architectural models, seven interviews with Radical designers and architects, and an essay by Germano Celant, the acclaimed author and curator who coined the term "Radical design.""-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780300247497 hardcover
0300247494 hardcover

Subject:

Freedman, Dennis Art collections Exhibitions.
Freedman, Dennis Art collections.
Design Italy History 20th century Exhibitions.
Radical architecture Italy Exhibitions.
Design Private collections United States Exhibitions.
Design Italie Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Architecture radicale Italie Expositions.
Design Collections privées États-Unis Expositions.
Design History Italy Exhibitions. 20th century.
Art Private collections.
Design
Design Private collections
Radical architecture
Industriedesign
Design Italie 1970-....
Design Italie 1970- ...
Italy.
United States.
Italien

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Celant, Germano. Italian design.
Strauss, Cindi. Italian radical design in the United States.
Strauss, Cindi.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, organizer, host institution.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston organizer, host institution.

Italian design 1965-1985
Dennis Freedman collection

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307818
Call No.: BIB 253298
Status: Available