Piero Gilardi 🔍

Artist, sculptor, critic (1942 - 2023)

Piero Gilardi was an Italian artist known for his 'nature carpets' made from polyurethane foam, mimicking natural environments and challenging the distinction between nature and artifice.

Mentors & Influences (Looking Backward)

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Inspired By Piero Gilardi (Looking Forward)

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Gaetano Pesce
Designer, Architect, Artist
Gilardi's pioneering use of polyurethane foam to create vibrant, artificial natural environments offered a direct precedent for Pesce's own material experimentation and blurring of nature with synthetic forms.