Sculptural Fire Screen

Unique fire guard designed by Riccardo Dalisi in early 80s probably for Dimensione Fuoco a company specialist in fire places and accessories .



Born in Potenza on May 1, 1931, he held the chair of Architectural Design at the Faculty of Architecture of the Federico II University of Naples until 2007.

At the same faculty, he was director and professor of the School of Specialization in Industrial Design. In the 1970s, together with Ettore Sottsass, Alessandro Mendini, Andrea Branzi, and others, he was among the founders of Global Tools, a counter-school of architecture and design that brought together groups and individuals in Italy who covered the most advanced area of ​​so-called "radical architecture," around the magazines "Casabella" and "Spazio e Società." The works created during those years are now part of the permanent collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Frac Centre in Orléans, and the Madre museum in Naples.
In 1981, he won the Compasso d'Oro Award for his research on the Neapolitan coffee maker. Over the past thirty years, he has dedicated himself intensely to creating an increasingly complex and fruitful relationship between university research, architecture, design, sculpture, painting, art, and craftsmanship, maintaining at its core the goal of human development through dialogue and the creative potential it unleashes. In 2009, after extensive preparatory research, he presented, in collaboration with the Milan Triennale and the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan, the first edition of the Compasso di Latta Award, an initiative for new design research focused on human support, eco-compatibility, and degrowth. In 2014, he won his second Compasso d'Oro for his social commitment.
Mostre dedicate alla sua attività di architetto, di designer, di scultore e di pittore sono state allestite alla Biennale di Venezia, alla Triennale di Milano, al Museo di Denver, al MoMA di New York, alla Biennale di Chicago, al Museo di Copenaghen, al Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Salonicco, al Museo di Düsseldorf, alla Fondazione Cartier di Parigi, alla Pasinger Fabrik di Monaco, al Tabakmuseum di Vienna, alla Zitadelle Spandau di Berlino, a Palazzo Reale di Napoli, a Palazzo Pitti a Firenze, alla Basilica Palladiana di Vicenza, alla Galleria di Lucio Amelio Napoli, al Castel dell’Ovo di Napoli, al Chiostro monumentale di Santa Chiara a Napoli, alla Reggia di Caserta.