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teatro domestico: Mario Ceroli\u2019s furnishings display in milan<\/p>\n

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At the Milanese gallery Carrozzeria900, the exhibition<\/a> Teatro Domestico (Domestic Theater) displays a rare reconstruction of Mario Ceroli\u2019s wooden furnishings from a single country house. The installation restores the intimate unity of a domestic space envisioned by one of Italy\u2019s most distinctive sculptors and designers.<\/p>\n

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Entering the space, visitors encounter a complete environment of Ceroli\u2019s pieces, drawn from the Mobili nella Valle series designed in the 1970s for Poltronova. The Russian pine furniture is warm and marked by visible grain, and each table<\/a> and chair<\/a> carries traces of manual workmanship that resist uniformity.<\/p>\n

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images \u00a9 Carrozzeria900<\/p>\n

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italian design heritage shows at milanese gallery Carrozzeria900<\/p>\n

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For his Carrozzeria900 exhibition<\/a>, Mario Ceroli\u2019s approach belongs to an Italian lineage where sculpture extends into everyday life. In Teatro Domestico, form and function remain inseparable: the carved silhouettes of a bed or chair are at once structural and expressive. These are furnishings designed for living yet conceived with the sensibility of a set designer.<\/p>\n

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The choice of material is central. Pine, a modest wood, clearly holds the Italian designer<\/a>\u2018s cuts and profiles with tactility. The grain\u2019s direction guides the eye, suggesting movement across otherwise static planes. Within this controlled geometry, light becomes a collaborator \u2014 absorbed, refracted, and softened by the natural tone of the surfaces. This way, the room feels at once curated and discovered.<\/p>\n

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Teatro Domestico gathers Mario Ceroli\u2019s pine furnishings with Carrozzeria900\u2019s Milan gallery<\/p>\n

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decades preserved before new reassembly<\/p>\n

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The objects in Teatro Domestico share a single provenance: they were once part of a private interior, preserved for decades before being reunited in the gallery. Their reassembly transforms personal memory into architectural narrative. The installation conveys a sense of continuity between the home they once furnished and the exhibition that now houses them, aligning Ceroli\u2019s practice with the broader history of Italian design as an art of spatial storytelling.<\/p>\n

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Mario Ceroli\u2019s work has long moved between sculpture and scenography, between the singular gesture and the inhabited environment. His furniture captures this duality. Functional forms become carriers of emotion through proportion and material intelligence rather than ornament. In Teatro Domestico, the boundary between art and craft dissolves into a grounded and human design language.<\/p>\n

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each piece reveals Mario Ceroli\u2019s sculptural approach to everyday forms<\/p>\n

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manual workmanship gives every object a sense of lived experience<\/p>\n

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set of twelve Fratina seats by Mario Ceroli for Poltronova, Italia, 1972<\/p>\n

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Letto ‘La bocca della verit\u00e0’ (‘The Mouth of Truth’ Bed), Mario Ceroli per Poltronova, Italia 1972<\/p>\n

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Scultura Sole nella Finestra (Sun in the Window Sculpture), Mario Ceroli, 1971<\/p>\n

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Tavolo Rosa dei Venti (Compass Rose Table) Mario Ceroli per Poltronova, Italia, 1972<\/p>\n

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Cassettiera serie Annabella (Annabella series chest of drawers), Mario Ceroli per Poltronova, Italia, 1972<\/p>\n

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Divano 3 posti serie ‘Mobili nella Valle’ (3-seater sofa from the ‘Mobili nella Valle’ series), Mario Ceroli per Poltronova, Italia 1972<\/p>\n

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Divano 2 posti serie ‘Mobili nella Valle’ (2-seater sofa from the ‘Mobili nella Valle’ series), Mario Ceroli per Poltronova, Italia, 1972<\/p>\n

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Poltrona serie ‘Mobili nella Valle’ (Armchair from the ‘Furniture in the Valley’ series), Mario Ceroli per Poltronova, Italia, 1972<\/p>\n

project info:<\/p>\n

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name:\u00a0Teatro Domestico (Domestic Theater)<\/a><\/p>\n

designer:\u00a0Mario Ceroli<\/a> | @mario.ceroli<\/a><\/p>\n

gallery: Carrozzeria900<\/a> | @carrozzeria900<\/a><\/p>\n

location:\u00a0Via Teodosio 64, Milan, Italy<\/p>\n

dates: November 19th \u2014 December 20th, 2025<\/p>\n