Studio Ballo. Luigi Baroli/Baleri Italia, Cartoon, 1992, 50 x 65 cm
During the height of Italy’s Radical Design movement of the 1960s and ’70s—when armchairs looked like baseball gloves and chaise lounges doubled as sculpture—it was practically rite of passage for a designer to spend time in the Milan studio of photographers Aldo and Marirosa Toscani Ballo. Their marketing and magazine photos helped share Italian design with the world; and for this traveling exhibit, roughly 300 images from Studio Ballo along with 70 iconic design works will showcase the beauty of function and form.
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Zoom. Italian Design and the Photography of Aldo and Marirosa Ballo, Mar 15–June 16, $7–$10, free first Fri. Bellevue Arts Museum, 510 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, 425-519-0770; bellevuearts.org
Published: March 2013
Published in the 10 Destinations One Flight Away issue of Seattle Met.
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