Gaetano Pesce is keeping busy. The iconic New York-based multidisciplinary artist who has been active for over six decades continues to reinvent himself through provoking and unconventional work transcending traditional notions of art, architecture and design. Upon visiting Pesce’s studio in the Navy Yard of Brooklyn, I was told that he and his team were in the process of adding an additional space close by, adding further incandescence and excitement to the incredibly colorful space. “We start a new moment for this workshop,” he ponders. “It’s strange but this is a moment of karma.” Working closely with his youthful crew, the artist is very much at the center of this energetic enterprise – a spacious environment where new ideas are both thought out and put into production. 

Visiting the space at this pivotal time was like peeking into Pesce’s tireless creative mind, where artefacts of his illustrious career live harmoniously with brand new designs. A unique example of his Mamma chair in cork— arguably one of his most recognized furniture pieces— sits next to prototype vases and tables in resin; a pair of shoes from his environmental installation at MoMA in 1972 can be seen next to a unique new chair combining felt and resin; and up on a shelf in the distance, a couple of My Mountains vases made with polyurethane hint at his latest project, a solo show at the Aspen Art Museum. 

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