Salvino Marsura A Retrospective Exhibition at Beton Brut Gallery

During the London Design Festival 2025, the design gallery Beton Brut located in Hackney is celebrating an important moment of its tenth anniversary. For this reason, the founder Sophie Pearce curated a landmark retrospective exhibition - this was the first major solo exhibition of the Italian metalworking master Salvino Marsura.

Since its establishment in 2013, Beton Brut has been renowned for its in-depth exploration and unique perspective on century-old furniture design in Europe and Japan. The gallery's collection spans from the 20th century to the present, yet its style remains consistent: emphasizing the essence of materials, structural rationality, and the sculptural form language. Its name "Beton Brut" is derived from the concept of "fair-faced concrete" in modernist architecture, conveying its pursuit of primitive and organic beauty.

Salvino Marsura (1938-2020) was hailed as a hidden master in the Italian ironwork world. He once studied in the studio of the famous "Poet of Iron" Toni Benetton in Venice, and then ran a personal workshop in Treviso for as long as sixty years. Masulla's works are hard to categorize - chairs, screens, mirrors and pure sculptures are placed side by side. All of them are forged, welded and bent by his own hands, carrying a very strong personal language.

This exhibition presents a series of works that are both rough and exquisite. The works move between practicality and expression, furniture and monuments, reflecting the aesthetic stance that Beton Brut has always emphasized: form not only serves function, but also carries emotion. Through this exhibition, the gallery not only brought Salvino Marsura, the neglected Italian master of craftsmanship, back into the public eye, but also once again emphasized his role as an aesthetic curator - the intersection that connects tradition, time and accessibility.

This season, let your home echo the soulful artistry of masters like Salvino Marsura—where every detail tells a story. Introducing our Siena Striped Floral Pillow Cover, a piece that bridges rustic charm and sculptural elegance. Inspired by the raw material philosophy of Beton Brut’s iconic exhibitions, its handcrafted stripes and botanical motifs transform any space into a gallery of lived-in poetry.

Like Marsura’s ironwork that defied categories, this pillow cover blurs lines between function and art. The earthy palette and textured linen pay homage to European craft traditions, while the relaxed farmhouse flair nods to modern comfort. Whether draped over a sofa or layered on a bed, it carries the same whispered promise Beton Brut celebrates: that beauty lives in the imperfect, the tactile, the enduring.