Object
Florero Shiva
Creamware
, 1973
RKM 29-2000
Gift from the Friends of the Röhsska Museum
On display in Design Stories room 2
Description
Ettore Sottsass was one of the founders of the Memphis group, a collective of artists known for their playful and outlandish aesthetics. Sottsass developed his design for the vase “Florero Shiva” during his travels through India during the 1960’s. He was inspired by the phallic symbol known as lingam, or Shiva lingam; a religious object often decorated with flowers as part of various fertility rituals. By reimagining it as a kitschy household object, “Florero Shiva” speaks to Sottsass postmodern sensibility and questions our assumptions of good taste.
Exhibition History
Design Stories, Göteborg, Röhsska museet, 2024