Michael Anastassiades: Upbeat

Michael Anastassiades will debut his first solo-exhibition Upbeat with the gallery and first solo show in the United States. A seminal figure in contemporary design, Anastassiades is internationally renowned for his precisely considered forms that delicately balance material and light. To realize this ambitious body of work, Anastassiades intentionally divested his exploratory prototyping process of industrial fabrication methods. Instead, he consciously resolved to confine production within the studio walls. Localizing initial creation proved a revelatory turning point; marking a departure from the studio’s signature, controlled materials, bamboo has been introduced as a core element.

“The project has been an exercise of negotiation with the variability of nature. To understand the material and establish certain constants on which I could build a rhythm. To embrace its peculiarities and accept its unpredictability”, says Anastassiades.

Concurrently with this exhibition, the ICA Milan is presenting Anastassiades’ work in the exhibition, Cheerfully Optimistic About the Future, which opened on Sep 8, 2021.