This lamp is part of Analuisa Corrigan's solo exhibition A Better Place To Be, a new collection of lighting on view at Picture Room from May 17 – June 30, 2024. Ten years after the passing of her father, Corrigan explores how to materialize and immortalize memories of individuals in this intimate body of work. The show consists of four pieces of unique ceramic lighting, each constructed with a personal secondhand fabric and accessories - a former curtain, jewelry, a wedding dress. Alongside the lighting, Corrigan has placed a selection of memorabilia including handwritten postcards dating between 1926-1985, artifacts with her late father’s handwriting, and objects that previously belonged to close connections who have since passed.
Analuisa Corrigan is a ceramic artist and designer. She is interested in spatial design with a focus in lighting and often explores themes of vanity, ornamental expression and femininity, creating forms that unite material exploration and personal expression. She is preoccupied with clay’s inherent qualities and characteristics, and the ways in which these can be negotiated — often through a generative process of trial and error. Corrigan’s pieces are deceptively labor intensive, taking up to a month to make. After sketching and prototyping, each is carefully built up through a coil technique, then dried and sanded to achieve the desired silhouette. The resulting work feels simultaneously robust and delicate.
Glazed ceramic base, vintage wedding dress shades
17" H x 16" L x 7" W
Unique
Lamp base measures 11" H x 12" L x 4" W, loose-fitting shades 6" H x 7" W each
E12 candelabra socket
Fits 10 watt/120 volt lightbulb (provided)
