Pucci De Rossi

An artist-designer who defies classification, Pucci de Rossi (1947-2013) was a pillar of the European art scene in the 1980s. Originally from Verona, and trained by the American sculptor H. B. Walker, Pucci de Rossi created his first pieces by assembling wooden furniture to make some rather odd-looking and unstable forms, somewhere between thrones and time machines. His first designs, steeped in poetry and humour, recalled the minimalism of Arte Povera as much as Studio Memphis' neobaroque.
Jewellery, furniture, sculpture, painting: Pucci's universe knew no limits except those of his own imagination. After 1985 he regularly exhibited in Paris, and in New York at the gallery Neotu, founded by Pierre Staudenmeyer.
Pucci de Rossi created more than 900 pieces during his lifetime; this monograph gives him the commemoration he deserves.