PIERO FORNASETTI POP ART EYEBALL PAPERWEIGHT

A wonderfully surrealistic ceramic paperweight in the form of an eyeball, created in the late 1960s by Piero Fornasetti. PIERO FORNASETTI was born in Milan in 1913 and, from an early age, he started to draw. Much to his accountant father’s displeasure, he yearned to be an artist.  in 1932, Piero enrolled at the Accademia di Brera, but was expelled two years later for insubordination. He later enrolled in the Scuola Superiore of Arts Applied to Industry at Castello Sforzesco, also in Milan.  Irremediably rebellious, he was unable to adhere to the dogma of any school. Endlessly curious, he spent his days reading magazines and books on arts and science, and continued to study; appropriating information and constantly expanding the horizons of his knowledge. He taught himself lithography and etching. In 1933 he exhibited his first artwork at the University of Milan and produced a series of printed silk scarves that caught the eye of architect and designer Gio Ponti. The two men collaborate