Less is a Bore: Reflections on Memphis Occasional Papers positions and perspectives

positions and perspectives

Thanks to Spector Books (Leipzig)

films and performances

30cm x 20cm

Veronika Spierenburg’s In Order of Pages presents a compendium of the artist’s many hours of research and reading at the Sitterwerk Library

Less is a Bore: Reflections on Memphis Occasional Papers positions and perspectivesEnamoured of decorative ornament, posing a challenge to modernism, and drawing inspiration from the realm of architecture, the provocative designs of the Italian group Memphis (1981 1988), founded by architect and designer Ettore Sottsass, caused something of a stir in the 1980s. Less is a Bore: Reflections on Memphis contextualises the creative universe of the designers in relation to the works of international artists Raymond Barion, Eva Berendes,