The press release for this show reads like a lamentation of English light, a yearning for a personal nostalgia, a childhood moment. While certainly as good an excuse as any to mount a show, an exhibition grouping various interests in lights, that is to say lamps, objects tied to function, I would have liked to see the works after dark, perhaps in the dreary cold of winter. Instead, this proposal was staged during the longest days of the year, in "sunny California" no less. And the gallery hours for this one in particular are even earlier in the day! This ironical gesture does seem purposeful somehow though it does not actually render an opportunity to well to see these lamps in their, well, um, best light. That said, here are two works by two artists that I consider strong examples in any light.
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