By John Brandenburg
\nA new show demonstrates that the line between functional furniture and nonfunctional art can be a fine one, or nonexistent, and that how a piece of either is lit becomes a key part of the visual equation.<\/p>\n
Called “Illumination: The Art of Lighting & Furniture,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the exhibit of work by 16 central Oklahoma artists is on view at City Arts Center.
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\n Powerfully sculptural are two large, free-standing creations by the JYD Team (made up of “Junkyard Daddies\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Cameron Eagle and Chuck Clowers).<\/p>\n
One is an imposing, skyscraper-like “Empire State Locker,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d made from found metal parts, with its own spotlights in the base, while the other JYD work, “Mr. Kelvinator,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is a self-lit, robot-like figure with a head made from a bathroom scales.<\/p>\n
Jeff Gullett contributes a 70-inch-tall DVD\/CD display cabinet with multiple shelves, topped by a self-lit art glass box that makes it resemble a Victorian street lamp, as well as the “Lighthouse\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of its title.<\/p>\n
More futuristic and science fiction-like are the rich red and black, biomorphic (but not necessarily of this planet) office furniture creations of Hugh Meade.<\/p>\n
Parts of Meade’s ensemble include a skinny, high-backed “Scorpio\u00e2\u20ac\u009d chair, adorned with talon-like shapes, and a “Mothership Trestle Desk,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d with strategically placed holes for cups of laser pencils or space grog.<\/p>\n
Kyle Golding confronts us with a “Slab Light,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d 96 inches wide by 60 inches high, and gives us pause with the tornado-like red funnel, lit from the inside, that seems to be boring into a wooden “Lamp Table.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Steven C. Schmidt offers us a lineup of one triangular and seven round lamps, most of which are displayed on simple wooden stands, like miniature water towers. Decorating Schmidt’s illuminated creations are such things as numbers and “standard service\u00e2\u20ac\u009d signs.Other artists represented in the show include Dennis Johnson, Klint Schor, Kenny McCage, Grant Lacquement and Marcus Eakers. Curated by City Arts Director Clint Stone, the exhibit is highly recommended during its run through Dec. 22.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u201d John Brandenburg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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