Milan Triennial XI | |
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Overview | |
BIE-class | Triennial exposition |
Name | Milan Triennial XI |
Motto | Improving the Quality of Expression in Today’s Civilisation |
Building(s) | Triennale |
Area | Parco Sempione |
Participant(s) | |
Countries | 19 |
Location | |
Country | Italy |
City | Milan |
Coordinates | 45°28′19.92″N 9°10′24.78″E / 45.4722000°N 9.1735500°E |
Timeline | |
Awarded | 15 May 1956 |
Opening | 27 July 1957 |
Closure | 4 November 1957 |
Triennial expositions | |
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Next | Milan Triennial XII in Milan |
The Milan Triennial XI was the Triennial in Milan of 1957 sanctioned by the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE). [1] Its theme was Improving the Quality of Expression in Today’s Civilisation. [1]
There was a survey of sculpture of the previous 50 years, showing works by Umberto Boccioni, Constantin Brâncuși, Alexander Calder, Arturo Martini, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Auguste Rodin. [1]
Gillo Dorfles, Leonardo Ricci, Luigi Rosselli and Marco Zanuso organised an industrial product exhibition. [1] And Agnoldomenico Pica an architecture section. [1]
Timo Sarpaneva won 2 Grand Prix, Kaj Franck, Dora Jung and Kyllikki Salmenhaara [2] one each. Antti Nurmesniemi, Yki Nummi, Ilmari Tapiovaara, Vuokko Eskolin, Bertel Gardberg [3] and Sori Yanagi won gold medals, Yanagi's for his butterfly stool. [4] Saara Hopea won a silver medal for her flamingo liqueur glasswork. [3]
The USA pavilion was designed by Walter Dorwin Teague and Paul McCobb. [5]