EVENT DESCRIPTION
Novalis Art Design is pleased to present “Next of Kin,” an exhibition exploring the evocative designs of Monica Taverniti. The exhibition is supported by the Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong and the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong.
This exhibition features a collection of her unique creations, where functional objects transcend their purpose and become storytellers. Taverniti’s pieces, often resembling miniature buildings or enigmatic structures, invite viewers to imagine the narratives they hold. The exhibition highlights her process of transforming everyday materials such as water-based enamels and acrylics, markers, and a two-component transparent finish, into objects imbued with personality and history, blurring the boundaries between art, design, and storytelling. “Next of Kin” offers a captivating look into Taverniti’s world, where design sparks imagination and invites personal interpretation.
ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER
Monica Taverniti (Torino, 1969) is an architect and designer. She works mainly in the field of interior design, furnishing and installation. Her studio work has always run in parallel with multiple curiosities regarding contemporary art practices and mechanical design, infusing her imagination with cinema, paintings, comic books and literature. She’s comfortable with freehand drawing as a tool for development in the design process. The tailor-made objects she designs are furniture -sculptures from pop memories, architectural prototypes of a world to come, anarchical devices involving the observer in a reciprocal redefinition of their sense and function.She lives and works in Turin.
