ByThe acclaimed Italian designer Gaetano Pesce has lived in New York since 1980, but when I last interviewed him, in 2013, he lamented: “A lot of people think I live in Italy. Tomorrow, the latter will debut “Age of Contaminations,” a survey of Pesce’s work from 1968 to 1995. My favorites, however, are the fat-legged Sansone tables, with cartoon faces painted on top, that he designed for Cassina in 1987. Photos of them are sure to be all over Instagram — further proof that 40 years after Pesce arrived in New York, he’s actually arrived. “Gaetano Pesce: Age of Contaminations” will be on view from Oct. 24 to Dec. 14 at Friedman Benda, 515 West 26th Street, New York, friedmanbenda.com.

Source: International New York Times October 23, 2019 18:22 UTC