On occasion of Milan Design Week 2010 and the 49th International Furniture Fair of Milan, ProjectB is proud to present for the first time in Italy The exhibition The Art of Chess, in partnership with RS&A London.

The exhibition will be featuring seven life-size chess sets designed by the artists Tracey Emin, Tom Friedman, Damien Hirst, Barbara Kruger, Yayoi Kusama Alastair Mackie, and Rachel Whiteread.

 Tracey Emin presents us with a travel-sized chess set enclosed in a simple cloth bag; Alistair Mackie’s chess pieces each represent an insect – flying insects for the white pieces and ground insects for the black pieces; Rachel Whiteread gives us a more domestic take on the chess set, using miniature furnishings from her own dolls’ house; Yayoi Kusama houses in a leather pumpkin case hand-painted porcelain pieces on top of a board covered in brightly coloured red and black spots on a white and yellow background; Damien Hirst takes inspiration from his own installation Pharmacy; Barbara Kruger invents an audio system through which each piece questions the player at each move; and Tom Friedman treats us to a mini-retrospective of some of his works.

The exhibition will be held in Via Borgonuovo 3, Milan, in the gallery spaces transformed for the occasion into a venue where contemporary art meets design and play.

The show is part of the Fuori Salone agenda of events.

Soecial opening time from April 14th to the 19th

Vernissage 14 April | 11a.m. - 10p.m.

15 - 19 April | 11a.m. - 7.30p.m.  

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