Giorgio de Chirico's 1927 painting Mobili nella Valle featured an imaginative arrangement of furniture within a desert landscape. Approximately 40 years later, Italian sculptor Mario Ceroli translated elements from this artwork into tangible forms, creating notable pieces such as the Sedia Alta. This throne-like chair debuted at the Teatro Stabile di Torino in 1968 and gained fame in the early 1970s through Poltronova. Ceroli emphasizes furniture as functional sculpture, creating dreamlike interiors that evoke a metaphysical quality, as seen in various contemporary designs that utilize the Sedia Alta, enhancing both their aesthetic and practical appeal.
"For me, furniture is a sculpture created to be touched, to be used," says the artist, highlighting the functional beauty of design alongside its artistic value.
The throne-like Sedia Alta, swiftly became the most recognizable piece of the bunch, making its debut as part of the scenography Ceroli developed for performances.
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