"Gufram and The Andy Warhol Foundation have once again joined forces, unveiling the second chapter of their ongoing collaboration with three new limited-edition versions of Andy's Cactus®. This announcement follows the success of the 2022 debut release, which introduced the playful sculpture in bold blue, pink, and yellow colorways. The latest offering adds green, orange, and white editions to the lineup, further exploring the intersection of radical Italian design and Warhol's unmistakable pop-art language."
"Originally created in 1972 by Guido Drocco and Franco Mello, CACTUS® quickly became an icon of Italian Radical Design, a movement that sought to challenge and subvert the conventions of modernism. Unlike traditional coat racks or functional household objects, CACTUS® was conceived as a statement piece - a work that invites interaction while playfully disrupting expectations. Standing at human height and equipped with four anthropomorphic arms, CACTUS® is a domestic sculpture that manages to be whimsical and provocative at the same time."
Gufram and The Andy Warhol Foundation expanded their collaboration with three new limited-edition Cactus® colorways: green, orange, and white, following a 2022 debut in blue, pink, and yellow. Each colorway is produced in editions of 99 pieces, emphasizing repetition and variation central to Warhol's practice. CACTUS® was originally created in 1972 by Guido Drocco and Franco Mello as an Italian Radical Design icon that challenges modernist conventions. The life-sized sculpture features four anthropomorphic arms, a surface of over 2,000 nodules, and is molded from soft polyurethane with Guflac®, yielding visual solidity, tactile softness, lightness, and resilience.
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