Rome, an exhibition on the relationship between Carlo Scarpa and Olivetti at MAXXI

MAXXI in Rome hosts until May 29, 2022 Scarpa/Olivetti Brani di una storia condivisa, an exhibition curated by Elena Tinacci.

The exhibition displays drawings, photographs, documents and publications that testify to the extraordinary two decades of collaboration between Carlo Scarpa and Olivetti.

Between 1956 and 1978, the Scarpa/Olivetti partnership saw the birth of such outstanding projects as the Piazza San Marco store, the Brusson colony, and exhibitions for British Olivetti.

Carlo Scarpa’s relationship with the Ivrea entrepreneur, and more generally with the “Olivetti world,” found its origin and was consolidated within the variegated Olivetti “community”: the various occasions of contact between the two became part of a broader, multifaceted network of direct and indirect relationships with figures related to art, politics, academia and culture in general. The result is an atypical commissioning relationship in which we discover an unexpected sharing of values, themes and events that marked Italian architectural culture in the 20th century.

For all information, you can visit MAXXI’s official website.

Rome, an exhibition on the relationship between Carlo Scarpa and Olivetti at MAXXI

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