David Mutiloa
Formal Exercise Nr2 / Sculpture #103
2015
Steel, fiberglass, polyester, polyurethane
46 x 53 x 20 cm
Formal Exercise Nr2 / Sculpture #103 is based on one
of the designs that Ettore Sottsass sketched in a 1979
catalogue. In this publication, Sottsass reflected on the
experiences contributed by radical Italian design in
previous decades and the need to recover its full critical
power from the specific field of design. However, at the end
of his reflection, Sottsass also expressed some doubt, in
some way predicting the failure of his own endeavor.