denis santachiara

denis santachiara

denis santachiara, born 1950 in campagnola in the province of reggio emilia, began his career in the early seventies, drawn to the potential of new technologies and the poetic processes of industrial environments.

his works, at the border between art and design, have been shown at moma new york, the musée des arts décoratifs in paris, the national museum of art in tokyo and the milan triennale. in 1984 he opened the exhibition manifesto the neomerce — the invention and artificial ecstasy at the triennale and the centre pompidou; in 1986 he curated signs of habitat at the grand palais paris and the berlage museum amsterdam. between 1988 and 1992 he designed the interiors of the chartreuse of avignon and the museum of magic in blois for the french ministry of culture.

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