PEEK-A-BOOart & design exhibition 30/09/2021 – 30/03/2022
Feeling like a child without giving up being an adult. This is the aim of the new exhibition at nhow Milan. PEEK-A-BOO is the celebration of the play theme told by the encounter of artists and designers, established and emerging, ready to shape the spaces and environments of nhow Milan, from 30 September to 30 March 2022. An explosive mix of pop art, interior design and references to childhood, the exhibition aims to arouse contrasting emotions and sensations such as nostalgia, amazement and disbelief, involving numerous artists and designers with innovative and creative talents. The aim of the works is to touch the most hidden chords of the human soul and take adults back to that carefree world of children where the scariest thing was the monsters under the bed and little things were enough to be happy. This is how the name of the exhibition PEEK-A-BOO was born, the translation into English of one of the most common expressions used by adults to amuse children. The exhibition thus recreates a happy oasis in which visitors, now grown-up adults, can experience the same sensations they felt as children.
00 - GROUND FLOOR
ADRENALINA
Adrenalina is freedom of expression, of dreaming aloud, and of coloring the imagination, through bold and innovative solutions, with iconic seating solutions that break the mold and bristle with energy, interpreting the desire of those who love to surround themselves with protagonist pieces, capable of adding a unique character to the space that surrounds them.
MOTONDA
Design Simone Micheli
2006
118 x 125cm
GUGLIERMETTO
The sixties consecrate the Gugliermetto brothers as ambassadors of Italian Radical Design, In this period of great creative ferment, Diego Maria Gugliermetto, son of art, as well as an apprentice in the family business since childhood, grows up. The euphoria of a dreamer in front of a new, playful and fantastic experience, to be rediscovered and tried again even as adults. This is the interpretation of madness, healthy, genuine and spontaneous, in which Diego Maria sees himself again, like the Mad Hatter who welcomes Alice in Wonderland.
SEDUTA JAC
Laser cut birch plywood structure; cushions in polyurethane, elastic fabric covering
75 x 100 x 100cm
2021
INTENTIONS
Since its foundation in 2006, Intentions has stood out on the market as an important distributor of exclusive lines, carefully selecting the latest novelties and trends in the field of furnishing accessories. Today the company has decided to strengthen its positioning even more, choosing to specialize in design accessories for the living and outdoor area.
ATTACKLE
100% recycled polyethylene (LDPE) in black,
white and grey in 100% polyethylene
195 x 77,5 x 55 cm
ALESSANDRA PIERELLI
She wanted to represent with her artistic technique (polystyrene, resin, pins) this new way of interacting between human beings. In a world where people communicate more and more, but in which communication takes place more often with social media, with less attention to words that are replaced by symbols (such as emoji faces). In the midst of the Covid-19 emergency period, I put one new element to the emoji, which is one of the best known symbols, for better or for worse – the protective mask-, of this phase that will go down in history. As Robert Rauschem – berg said: “The artist’s job is to witness his time in history”
KOONS BALLOON DOG PINK
Polystyrene, pins and resin
30x5cm
2021
ANDREA ROCCA
Andrea Rocca is an Italian artist and designer, born and raised in Milan, the city where he began his professional and artistic career. Wood, canvas and everyday objects are the preferred supports for portraits, historical brands and still life, works that Andrea creates in mixed media with a taste extremely personal pop, ranging from figurative painting, installations, American graphics and the abstract.
MILANO FURY
Mixed technique on wood
122 x 83cm
2021
FRANCESCO DEMOLFETTA
Francesco De Molfetta aka “DEMO”, born in 1979, lives and works in Milan Italy. His work, upbrought by the most famous Arte povera gallerist Franco Toselli, has been shown in major museums, art fairs and galleries throughout Europe and worldwide since the late nineties.
FATWOMAN XL
Serial number 12 in traditional Sicilian ceramic
10x18x36 cm
ALESSANDRO PIANO
The aim of Alessandro’s artworks is to involve people born around the ‘70s in a hyperbolic dive into the past, however allowing those born later to discover a new universe through a different vision of toys that today, thanks to him, they become works of art.
ALTER EGO
01 - FIRST FLOOR
GIANLUCA PATTI
Gianluca Patti was born in 1977 in Monza, where he currently lives and works. His research focuses on the study of colour and material as narration tools of the inti – mate sphere and the temporal dimension. The installation “The Game” recalls the popular game known as Tris. It is simple and immediate, and it leads the viewer to make choices. The game is still open, who is the next one to make the move? There are multiple interpretations. I invite the spectator to play and never stop listening to his inner child. A throwback keeping alive our personal game, everyday life.
THE GAME
Mixed media (acrylic, resin) on wood
280 x 250 cm
2020
TWINKLY
Twinkly is a leading Italian tech company in the smart lighting sector, born in 2016 and that has already become a global brand. It revolutionized the world of decorative lighting with a range of technologically advanced, patented, and internationally awarded products. Today, with Twinkly Flex, light has taken a whole new shape: a flexible, decorative LED tube that opens up to individual creativity to create new compositions and amazing lighting effects.
THE CONTROLLER
Black forex / Twinkly Flex
100 x 70 cm
2021
ALESSANDRA PIERELLI
She wanted to represent with her artistic technique (polystyrene, resin, pins) this new way of interacting between human beings. In a world where people communicate more and more, but in which communication takes place more often with social media, with less attention to words that are replaced by symbols (such as emoji faces). In the midst of the Covid-19 emergency period, I put one new element to the emoji, which is one of the best known symbols, for better or for worse – the protective mask-, of this phase that will go down in history. As Robert Rauschem – berg said: “The artist’s job is to witness his time in history”
EMOJI
Polystyrene, pins and resin
30x5cm
2019
ALESSANDRA PIERELLI
02 - SECOND FLOOR
FRANCO GUARNERI
Franco Guarneri is a Milanese artist who matured his experience between Milan and Rome. Presently, Franco Guarneri’s art is mainly devoted to wood sculpture. He uses salvaged woods, such as scaffolding boards, old attic’s beams, planks which would otherwise end in a dump
COCCODRILLO
Hand-crafted wooden structure
FRANCO GUARNERI
FRANCO GUARNERI
FRANCO GUARNERI
03 - THIRD FLOOR
ZIVE
Custom Bodies are unique artworks on sinuous forms, they are freehand drawings with colored graffiti. They combine pop and street art in an absolutely personal, amazing and aesthetically “cool” way.
CUSTOM BODY
Spray acrylics and enamel on PVC
90x50x25 cm
ZIVE
ZIVE
ZIVE
04 - FOURTH FLOOR
ANDREA ROCCA
Andrea Rocca is an Italian artist and designer, born and raised in Milan, the city where he began his professional and artistic career. Wood, canvas and everyday objects are the preferred supports for portraits, historical brands and still life, works that Andrea creates in mixed media with a taste extremely personal pop, ranging from figurative painting, installations, American graphics and the abstract.
DISNEY PHONE
Mixed technique on an Italian 1970s phone
28x15x28cm in plexiglass case
2021
ANDREA ROCCA
Andrea Rocca is an Italian artist and designer, born and raised in Milan, the city where he began his professional and artistic career. Wood, canvas and everyday objects are the preferred supports for portraits, historical brands and still life, works that Andrea creates in mixed media with a taste extremely personal pop, ranging from figurative painting, installations, American graphics and the abstract.
NASA MOON BASE
Mixed technique on wood
80 x 80cm
2021
ANDREA ROCCA