Slide Art
Design and Art come together
In 2011 Slide created Slide Art, a project where artists and designers work closely to shape plastic. The combination of Art, Design and Industrial Manufacturing matches perfectly to create limited and certified sculptures.
Project
Designers and Artists do research-studies to discover the potentials of plastic and resins materials: Slide Art makes available to them the concrete expertise, knowledge and know-how of Slide industrial production. The Creativity meets the Made in Italy and together they create a new concept of Art, which uses the plastic material and elevates it to sculptural works produced in only 12 pieces (4 artist proofs and 8 originals) numbered and certified. Design, imagination, communication, material and contemporaneity meet with 3D design, technology and tools: the sculptures that come from hybrid ideas are made of polystyrene, wood, fiberglass and composite, choosing the best materials to realize the original artistic idea. Continuous experimentation and applied technology for the pursuit of ideas make Slide Art be the core of an artistic matrix that is easily recognizable by the public, which considers contemporaneity and technology fundamental values in everyday life. For Slide Art, Design and Art become a global interpretation of reality and not only an individual image of it.
Art on the move
Slide Art is the collection of sculptures that are the spokespersons for a shared global thought of contemporaneity. Art and Design meet with each other and appear for the first time together, without the borders that usually divide these two fields: Design becomes a higher concept, while Art becomes a mass-produced objet, although in limited numbers. Slide Art offers a constantly updated collection that allows to acquire new knowledge and try new ways to create aesthetic innovations by reviewing shapes, colours and distinctive, productive and technical finishes in order to bring Art to mass-produced object of design. The message of contemporaneity moves all over the world and the sculptures of Slide Art become an integral part of temporary exhibitions and collections of international importance.
Artists
Internationally renowned artists and designers from many different countries took part in the SLIDE Art project, creating unique works with profound meaning. The abstract idea then came to life in the collaboration with SLIDE. Sacha Sosno, Alessandro Mendini, Karim Rashid, Bruto Pomodoro are just some of the names that have collaborated on the project.
Alessandro Guerriero
Alessandro Mendini
Alex Mocika
Bruto Pomodoro
Daniele Basso
Denis Santachiara
Fabio Rotella
Flavio Lucchini
Jean-Claude Farhi
Karim Rashid
Marco Acerbis
Sacha Sosno
Stefano Soddu
Alessandro Guerriero
Alessandro Mendini
Alex Mocika
Bruto Pomodoro
Daniele Basso
Denis Santachiara
Fabio Rotella
Flavio Lucchini
Jean-Claude Farhi
Karim Rashid
Marco Acerbis
Sacha Sosno
Stefano Soddu
Alessandro Guerriero
Alessandro Mendini
Alex Mocika
Bruto Pomodoro
Daniele Basso
Denis Santachiara
Fabio Rotella
Flavio Lucchini
Jean-Claude Farhi
Karim Rashid
Marco Acerbis
Sacha Sosno
Stefano Soddu
Artworks
From dream to reality, SLIDE Art's works are rooted in contemporary reality. Inspired by contemporary society or even more futuristic themes, they are made of polystyrene and resin, an extremely ductile material that allows ideas to be realised in generous dimensions.
Alessandro Guerriero | Dal 150°
Alessandro Mendini | Here
Alessandro Mendini | There
Alex Mocika | Backpack Jack
Bruto Pomodoro | Tangueros
Daniele Basso | Kryste
Denis Santachiara | L'Alieno di Vitruvio
Fabio Rotella | Rocket for Peace
Jean-Claude Farhi | Carré 3
Karim Rashid | Twist
Marco Acerbis | Dubai Dream
Sacha Sosno | Venus, Tête carrée aux Arêtes
Stefano Soddu | Piego di Libro
Alessandro Guerriero | Dal 150°
Alessandro Mendini | Here
Alessandro Mendini | There
Alex Mocika | Backpack Jack
Bruto Pomodoro | Tangueros
Daniele Basso | Kryste
Denis Santachiara | L'Alieno di Vitruvio
Fabio Rotella | Rocket for Peace
Jean-Claude Farhi | Carré 3
Karim Rashid | Twist
Marco Acerbis | Dubai Dream
Sacha Sosno | Venus, Tête carrée aux Arêtes
Stefano Soddu | Piego di Libro
Alessandro Guerriero | Dal 150°
Alessandro Mendini | Here
Alessandro Mendini | There
Alex Mocika | Backpack Jack
Bruto Pomodoro | Tangueros
Daniele Basso | Kryste
Denis Santachiara | L'Alieno di Vitruvio
Fabio Rotella | Rocket for Peace
Jean-Claude Farhi | Carré 3
Karim Rashid | Twist
Marco Acerbis | Dubai Dream
Sacha Sosno | Venus, Tête carrée aux Arêtes
Stefano Soddu | Piego di Libro
SIGN OFF DESIGN is the first and amazing SLIDE Art exhibition which took place from June 3th to October 31st 2011. The exhibition mixed the design's creative and experimental language with the contemporary art’s shapes and suggestions. The exhibition was at the the Chiostro della SS.ma Trinità, the prestigious 16th century location that today hosts the venue of the State Archives of Venice. On the occasion of the event, SLIDE contributed to the restoration of the adjacent Chiostro di S. Antonio.
From 17 November 2011 to 31 January 2012, SIGN OFF Design was on show in Turin, confirming its distinctive character as an itinerant art gallery. At the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, the exhibition was at the same time as the 54th Edition of the Venice Biennale - Italian Pavilion, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, in the last chapter of this edition dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy and which Sgarbi himself defines as the “closing of an open circle”.
Since 2011, SLIDE Art's works have travelled the world following its artists. In their solo exhibitions, or in large spaces, the SLIDE Art project lives on in exhibitions together with other works. This is the case of Sosno in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Karim Rashid and Alessandro Mendini in the Netherlands and Poland, and many other travelling art projects!
Designer's Dream was a very successful charity event, organised together with two exceptional partners, SuperStudio and Christie's. Designer's Dream was an exhibition out of the ordinary and it consluded with a charity acution in favour to Museocity
Find out more about Designer’s Dream
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