{"id":7826,"date":"2021-03-05T11:50:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T10:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/turn-the-light-on\/"},"modified":"2021-03-05T11:50:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T10:50:46","slug":"turn-the-light-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/en\/turn-the-light-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn the light on!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>History of the lamp<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Architects and designers were passionate about it.<br \/>\nBecause naturally, the light creates the decor, it illuminates it, allows it to express itself. What a wonderful adventure, the original flame becoming a light! The adventure of this flame of the past, golden, protective, which one day, with a simple finger movement playing with the switch, delivers the desired clarity to a workplace, or a resting place\u2026<br \/>\nFrom the Antiquity oil lamp, to candles from the Middle Age, until the first Swan and Edison incandescent bulb, technical innovations have allowed the lamp to evolve over the centuries \u2026 From the wonderful lampshades in Tiffany glass to the provocative models of the 1960s and 1970s, a lamp is a testimony of a changing society, in a perpetual artistic and technological research. Lighting is a privileged witness of the whole world evolution. The great diversity of lamps, in terms of shape and materials, can also be explained by the multiplicity of uses. The Romans celebrated public celebrations with illuminations. Lamps were hung on windows the day a Prince was born. Thus, over the centuries, the lamp has continued to transform, and modify its services.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sarfatti.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sarfatti.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sarfatti-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sarfatti-768x507.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/hommes-de-cromagnon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/hommes-de-cromagnon.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/hommes-de-cromagnon-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/hommes-de-cromagnon-768x504.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the beginning of humanity, the fire was the only <strong>source of light<\/strong>, the first way to fight against darkness. Fire intervenes as a psychic progress before being technical!<\/p>\n<p><strong>As many forms as lamps !<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the beginning of time, the evolution of the design follows human needs: to heat, to protect themselves, to light up, and finally to decorate the habitat!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/georges_de_la_tour-le_souffleur_a_la_lampe_mg_1783.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/georges_de_la_tour-le_souffleur_a_la_lampe_mg_1783.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/georges_de_la_tour-le_souffleur_a_la_lampe_mg_1783-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/georges_de_la_tour-le_souffleur_a_la_lampe_mg_1783-839x1024.jpg 839w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/georges_de_la_tour-le_souffleur_a_la_lampe_mg_1783-768x937.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Le Souffleur \u00e0 la lampe<\/em>, Georges de la Tour, 1640\u2026 Light inspires painters from the Caravaggesque school! It is a <strong>crucial <\/strong>element of the composition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-13-27-42.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-13-27-42.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-13-27-42-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-13-27-42-768x457.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Interior design of the Orrouer hotel belonging to Hubert de Givenchy. <strong>The lamps serve the overall decor<\/strong>, complement it and highlight it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lepine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lepine.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lepine-155x300.jpg 155w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lepine-529x1024.jpg 529w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lepine-768x1487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lepine-794x1536.jpg 794w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Innovation and aesthetics!<\/strong> Above, the <strong>L\u00e9pine<\/strong> and Bourdon lamp with triple air flow and glass vase.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-01-a-12-58-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-01-a-12-58-01.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-01-a-12-58-01-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-01-a-12-58-01-768x491.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the 20th century, the lamp continued to free itself from its primary function, it became a sculpture, it became a work of art on its own, it surprised the eye and often aroused curiosity through its forms and materials. At the very beginning of the century, its aesthetics followed the free spirit of the Belle \u00c9poque, and the forms were part of the floral style, particularly intense with the Art Nouveau style. The lamp is adorned with curves, colors, arabesques.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-00-22-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-00-22-26.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-00-22-26-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-00-22-26-768x497.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This Lotus glass table lamp, in molten glass, ca 1900-1906, designed by Tiffany Studios, was one of the most prestigious pieces of the time. The choice of Lotus reveals not only the oriental and Islamic influence that reigned over Art Nouveau, but also the fascination of this time for forms borrowed from nature. Like this Mushroom lamp by Emile Gall\u00e9 (on the right)\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/laurelton_hall_demolished_from_habs_3707644026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/laurelton_hall_demolished_from_habs_3707644026.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/laurelton_hall_demolished_from_habs_3707644026-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/laurelton_hall_demolished_from_habs_3707644026-768x544.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Louis Comfort Tiffany house, Oster Bay, Long Island<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1beh3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1beh3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1beh3-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1beh3-768x554.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the vast European Art Nouveau movement, the ephemeral Jugendstil movement seeks a break with the past! Peter Berens turns his back on the aesthetics of the late 90s and joined a totally different movement.<\/p>\n<p>The following decade the Art Deco style imposes rigor and an almost total ornamental denudation. Straight lines are essential, and curves are prohibited. The late 1920s dictate a strict structure on the furniture, especially with the lamps.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4528\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4528 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/buquet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/buquet.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/buquet-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/buquet-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/buquet-768x1027.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This model of table lamp by Edouard-Wilfrid Buquet, ca 1927, in chromed metal, shows these technological innovations put to service of Design. He filed a pendulum lamp patent in 1927, this revolutionary lamp remaining stable thanks to a clever adjustable counterweight system, with a base also weighted down. This system will also be used by Marcel Breuer, Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann\u2026<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4526\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4526 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/thumb_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/thumb_large.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/thumb_large-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/thumb_large-768x337.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R. \u2013 RMN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Created in 1924, the <strong>\u201cReligieuse\u201d<\/strong> lamp by Pierre Chareau is one of the 20th century masterpieces! A true sculpture, where the artist dears to make a solid wooden barrel, round and sensual, coexist with a very incisive alabaster, only weakened by its translucency! While evoking the famous religious \u201ccornette\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/319-14531660_1_x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/319-14531660_1_x.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/319-14531660_1_x-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/319-14531660_1_x-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/319-14531660_1_x-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The parallel is inevitable! Carlo Mollino designed this model of lamp in brass, marble and parchment in 1947, which he called \u00ab\u00a0Standard\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wagenfeld.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wagenfeld.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wagenfeld-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wagenfeld-768x381.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The famous and timeless WG25 lamp, created in 1924, by Wilhem Wagenfeld, German industrial designer and member of the Bauhaus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann<\/strong>, French decorator of the 1920s, set about creating light fixtures with clean lines, \u201cenamored of slender forms, finely rhythmic, he tasted lovingly, almost sensually these precious materials which he harmonized as well outside or inside his furniture\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/a9558452c597041ee4b260515be64908-deco-design-lys-design.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/a9558452c597041ee4b260515be64908-deco-design-lys-design.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/a9558452c597041ee4b260515be64908-deco-design-lys-design-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/a9558452c597041ee4b260515be64908-deco-design-lys-design-768x806.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This lamp from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of New York was designed by Rulhmann in 1926.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1599px-paquebot_ile_de_france-grand_salon_de_1re_classe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1599px-paquebot_ile_de_france-grand_salon_de_1re_classe.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1599px-paquebot_ile_de_france-grand_salon_de_1re_classe-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1599px-paquebot_ile_de_france-grand_salon_de_1re_classe-768x495.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He participated in the decorating of the Ile-de-France ocean liner, with the help of Jules-Emile Leleu, Andr\u00e9 Mare and Louis S\u00fce, and even the painter Mathurin M\u00e9heut. Here, the First Class lounge.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cda20_devinette_paquebot_infine_5-tt-width-620-height-413-fill-0-crop-0-bgcolor-eeeeee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cda20_devinette_paquebot_infine_5-tt-width-620-height-413-fill-0-crop-0-bgcolor-eeeeee.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cda20_devinette_paquebot_infine_5-tt-width-620-height-413-fill-0-crop-0-bgcolor-eeeeee-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cda20_devinette_paquebot_infine_5-tt-width-620-height-413-fill-0-crop-0-bgcolor-eeeeee-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4514\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4514\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4514 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-detouree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-detouree.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-detouree-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-detouree-768x565.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jean Prouv\u00e9 asserted <em>\u00ab\u00a0that there are no differences between the construction of a piece of furniture or a house\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>. This octagonal chandelier by the French architect, ca. 1927, in hammered wrought iron and frosted glass, also draws its inspiration from very rigorous, <strong>architectural<\/strong> forms. We are on the border between Art Nouveau and Art Deco, we feel the approach of modernity!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-03-a-18-18-27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-03-a-18-18-27.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-03-a-18-18-27-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-03-a-18-18-27-768x317.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the same idea, Robert Mallet Stevens, a French architect and designer, produced his masterpiece and <strong>true architectural manifesto<\/strong>: the Villa Cavroix, at Croix. The table lamp in the Hall-lounge, ca. 1929, is above all a functional light. Almost minimal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-03-a-17-14-24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-03-a-17-14-24.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-03-a-17-14-24-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-03-a-17-14-24-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Light is no more than a simple bulb, it becomes <strong>the playground<\/strong> for the Union des Artistes Modernes artists, especially in this hall of their first exhibition in 1930.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-00-33-56.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-00-33-56.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-00-33-56-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-00-33-56-768x503.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jean Roy\u00e8re, iconic self-taught decorator of the 20th century, thinks of furniture with a fanciful, uninhibited design, breaking free from the codes. He devotes himself above all to the notion of decor and imagines real \u201censembles\u201d with a unique aesthetic. This Liane Lamp, ca. 1950, puts ornament at the service of functionality. Jean Roy\u00e8re deforms the metal tube which becomes a wavy line, like a climbing plant. It goes beyond the primary function of lighting.<\/p>\n<p>And as for our <strong>great 1950s designers<\/strong>, they play simplicity with the creation of potence lamps!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4506\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4506 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/477-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/477-07.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/477-07-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/477-07-768x495.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Lamp becomes lamp again<\/strong>, in its simplest device, with Jean Prouv\u00e9, according to the state of mind and the aesthetic movement of the time, among French post-war architects. This potence lamp, ca. 1947, in black lacquered tubular metal, combines elegance and minimalism of means.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-11-19-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-11-19-17.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-11-19-17-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-11-19-17-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-11-19-17-768x1112.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>House in Meudon, ca. 1952<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4502\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-11-31-46.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-11-31-46.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-11-31-46-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-11-31-46-730x1024.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-11-31-46-768x1078.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Charlotte Perriand also designs swiveling potence lamps. This rare model (1938) comes from her own apartment in rue <strong>Las Cases<\/strong> in Paris.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/73ef8f62-8199-49f5-a80e-0daecbca8815.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/73ef8f62-8199-49f5-a80e-0daecbca8815.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/73ef8f62-8199-49f5-a80e-0daecbca8815-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/73ef8f62-8199-49f5-a80e-0daecbca8815-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/73ef8f62-8199-49f5-a80e-0daecbca8815-768x959.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Her lightings are intended to be <strong>functional<\/strong>, like all of her furniture. She imagines the wall sconce \u00ab\u00a0CP1\u00a0\u00bb, ca. 1965, lamp with pivoting shutter, an ingenious system allowing to move the orientation of the light. Her vast construction site in Les Arcs in Savoie is an opportunity for her to apply her ideas in mass production.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4498\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4498\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_0187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_0187.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_0187-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_0187-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here, the lamp is part of a specific urban project. This concrete light was designed by Le Corbusier in 1954. The model was first produced for Cit\u00e9 Radieuse garden in Marseille, and then will be also used in the public spaces of the city of Chandigarh and the Sarabhai villa in Amhedabad in India.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-01-a-12-58-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-01-a-12-58-18.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-01-a-12-58-18-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-01-a-12-58-18-768x519.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the 1950s, the lamp became <strong>sculpture!<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4494\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4494 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/443_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/443_04.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/443_04-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/443_04-768x633.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Isamu Noguchi, in order to save his native village in difficulty after the war, designs a series of lights inspired by the Japanese lantern tradition. The aesthetic is modern, the artist calls it \u00ab\u00a0<strong>light sculpture<\/strong>\u00ab\u00a0. The lamps are made of Mino paper, made from the mulberry tree, and the shapes are reminiscent of traditional fishermen\u2019s baskets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/isamu-noguchi-assis-devant-3-lampes-akari-1950.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/isamu-noguchi-assis-devant-3-lampes-akari-1950.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/isamu-noguchi-assis-devant-3-lampes-akari-1950-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/isamu-noguchi-assis-devant-3-lampes-akari-1950-768x369.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4490\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2018_11_30_downtown_scans_archives-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2018_11_30_downtown_scans_archives-10.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2018_11_30_downtown_scans_archives-10-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2018_11_30_downtown_scans_archives-10-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archives Steph Simon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4488\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4488\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2018_11_30_downtown_scans_archives-23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2018_11_30_downtown_scans_archives-23.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2018_11_30_downtown_scans_archives-23-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2018_11_30_downtown_scans_archives-23-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archives Steph Simon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Exhibition at Steph Simon gallery, on boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/656_19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/656_19.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/656_19-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/656_19-768x379.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Serge Mouille, originally a goldsmith and brassware graduate, also decides to devote his entire creation to lighting, after being an apprentice of the decorator Jacques Adnet. Throughout the 1950s, Mouille designed lamps with angular load-bearing structures but with curved reflectors evoking plants with a soft and sensual form of the female breast, thus mixing <strong>inventiveness and delicacy<\/strong>. He developed a unique brass ball joint system to allow the reflectors to rotate to the desired light.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-03-a-11-38-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-03-a-11-38-07.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-03-a-11-38-07-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-03-a-11-38-07-768x346.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4482\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1259.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1259.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1259-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1259-637x1024.jpg 637w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1259-768x1234.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He created in the 60s this series of so called totems and signals evoking <strong>New York buildings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dan.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dan-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dan-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The work of artist Dan Flavin is highlighted here. \u00ab\u00a0Light is an industrial and familiar object\u00a0\u00bb writes Donald Judd in 1964 when he looks at Flavin\u2019s work, \u00ab\u00a0it is a new form of art; henceforth art could be composed of all kinds of objects, materials and new techniques.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4480\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/630_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/630_03.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/630_03-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/630_03-768x842.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Collection priv\u00e9e, Belgique \/ Courtesy Galerie Downtown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mouille says that \u00ab\u00a0his lights are a reaction to contemporary Italian models\u00a0\u00bb, which he said were \u00ab\u00a0too complicated\u00a0\u00bb \u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s talk about !<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Italian post-war design was marked by a significant change compare to inter-war period. A whole generation of creators would perceive furniture in a completely different, often entertaining way, where it will be a question of reinventing forms and function. The colors, the shapes, the primary aspect of the object, are re-imagined and sometimes, <strong>made fun of!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-01-05-54.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-01-05-54.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-01-05-54-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-01-05-54-740x1024.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-01-05-54-768x1063.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Fontana Arte company, founded by the architects Gio Ponti and Luigi Fontana, benefits from the economic prosperity of the 1950s. The highly qualified craftsmen at its service are constantly looking for innovative techniques and new models, like this glass suspension, ca. 1955, below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sarfatti-sourire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sarfatti-sourire.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sarfatti-sourire-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sarfatti-sourire-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sarfatti-sourire-768x994.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gino Sarfatti, known for his <strong>incredible passion<\/strong> for lighting, creates models full of fantasy, which reflect the climate of lightness and exuberance that prevailed in post-war Italy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_05_17_downtown_rue_de_seine-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_05_17_downtown_rue_de_seine-6.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_05_17_downtown_rue_de_seine-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_05_17_downtown_rue_de_seine-6-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The constant search for <strong>innovation<\/strong> in terms of shape and materials brings Gino Sarfatti to the design of this \u00ab\u00a0Moon\u00a0\u00bb suspension, ca. 1969, one of the singular creations that will make his reputation!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4472\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4472\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_05_29_downtown_herblay-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_05_29_downtown_herblay-25.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_05_29_downtown_herblay-25-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_05_29_downtown_herblay-25-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_05_29_downtown_herblay-25-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Above, another model of floor lamp illustrating the extremely diversified production of the designer, <strong>combining rigor and minimalism<\/strong>, the model \u00ab\u00a01063\u00a0\u00bb, ca. 1954. He uses neon as a structural and decorative element.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4470\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/607-29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/607-29.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/607-29-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/607-29-768x460.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour \u2013 D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the mid-1960s, a dissenting group of Italian architects and designers \u2013 including Ettore Sottsass \u2013 followed the <strong>Antidesign<\/strong> movement in reaction to the consumer society. He will be as much an industrial designer, confronted with ergonomics and productivity, as a creator free to invent all the furniture and objects from his imagination! <em>Asteroid<\/em> lamp, designed in 1968, illustrates the creative richness of the designer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mobili-grigi-ultrafragola-sottsass.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mobili-grigi-ultrafragola-sottsass.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mobili-grigi-ultrafragola-sottsass-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mobili-grigi-ultrafragola-sottsass-768x519.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4466\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4466\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/607-54.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/607-54.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/607-54-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/607-54-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mariegaleriedowntown-com_20170707_170137.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mariegaleriedowntown-com_20170707_170137.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mariegaleriedowntown-com_20170707_170137-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mariegaleriedowntown-com_20170707_170137-768x544.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The \u00ab\u00a0Ultrafragola\u00a0\u00bb mirror, now a true <strong>icon<\/strong>, combines the two functions, to be seen, certainely, but in an \u00ab\u00a0enlightened\u00a0\u00bb way. It was designed in the early 1970s and will be produced by Poltronova. Its sinuous silhouette evokes a wavy woman\u2019s hair \u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00ab In what concerns the lights that come out from \u00ab grey furniture \u00bb, don\u2019t the tombs always have sparkling lights which illuminate the sadness of the wandering spaces in the dusty valley? And the submarines don\u2019t they have green lights flashing in their belly? The lights are supposed to come out of the fiberglass body, like the bright white light of the skin of white breasts, or the bright red tip of the penis in porn nights, something like that, I mean something like the Japanese fireflies that transform the nights of May into solid matter. Can there be something more ridiculous? \u00ab\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Ettore Sottsass, \u00ab\u00a0Could something be more ridiculous?\u00a0\u00bb, In \u00ab\u00a0Design\u00a0\u00bb, London, 262, October 1970)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-04-a-16-59-37.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-04-a-16-59-37.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-04-a-16-59-37-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-04-04-a-16-59-37-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEttore Sottsass\u201d exhibition, 2017, Galerie Downtown, Paris<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apoli050_arch400307.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apoli050_arch400307.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apoli050_arch400307-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apoli050_arch400307-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apoli050_arch400307-768x1022.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Superstudio archives: the light in the decor is reduced to a simple bulb, in opposition to the <strong>eccentricity<\/strong> of the rest of the decor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/246_17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/246_17.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/246_17-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/246_17-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/246_17-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gaetano Pesce and his \u201cAiport\u201d lamp, designed in 1986, in urethane and metal. He said, <em><strong>\u00ab\u00a0I like useful things, like furniture or light fixtures, which I turn into militant elements.\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong><\/em> As a visionary designer, he always used the materials of his time, as a way to better understand his era.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/n08378-111-lr-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/n08378-111-lr-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/n08378-111-lr-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/n08378-111-lr-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/n08378-111-lr-1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And above, the <strong>Moloch<\/strong> lamp, ca. 1970. Masterpiece by the artist, this lamp is probably one of the last euphoric creations of the artist, which will also be one of the icons of the exhibition consecrating Italy and the artist: <em>\u00a0\u00bb Italy, the New Domestic Landscape \u00ab\u00a0<\/em> at MoMA in New York in 1972.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4454\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_05_17_downtown_rue_de_seine-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_05_17_downtown_rue_de_seine-7.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_05_17_downtown_rue_de_seine-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_05_17_downtown_rue_de_seine-7-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below, Golden Gate floor lamp designed in 1970 by artist Nanda Vigo, who was particularly interested in light and its dynamics, and who built space using light elements and materials from industrial production, <strong>namely glass, mirror and neon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lucio_fontana_spatial_light_milan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lucio_fontana_spatial_light_milan.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lucio_fontana_spatial_light_milan-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lucio_fontana_spatial_light_milan-813x1024.jpg 813w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lucio_fontana_spatial_light_milan-768x968.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During her career, she met Lucio Fontana, who also worked with light, notably creating <strong>neon<\/strong> structures, entitled \u201cLuce Spaziale\u201d, for the IX Triennale in Milan in 1951, but also for the Italian pavilion at Turin exhibition in 1961\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/takis-defense.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/takis-defense.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/takis-defense-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/takis-defense-768x534.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Greek artist Vassilakis Takis, who disappeared recently, has never stopped, throughout his prolific career, creating magnetic and sound works, powerful, veritable hymns to energy and the universe. One day, while waiting for the train to London, he was fascinated by the <strong>incessant ballet of signals and flashes<\/strong> that surrounded him. The monumental La Defense sculptures (above) are imagined as a forest of light that Man artificially creates to find his way and avoid death.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/630_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/630_01.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/630_01-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/630_01-761x1024.jpg 761w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/630_01-768x1033.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Above, Takis Light Signal in a private collection.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/starck-easy-light-002_mg_9959-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/starck-easy-light-002_mg_9959-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/starck-easy-light-002_mg_9959-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/starck-easy-light-002_mg_9959-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back in France at the end of the 1970s, Philippe Starck designed <em>\u00ab\u00a0Easy Light\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>. He thus conceives the total disappearance of the lamp as an object, to keep only a <strong>stick of light<\/strong>, a simple beam that can be in permanent movement, according to the needs of its owner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e15f8af3-b9d1-4393-a2da-8ddd5222ecff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e15f8af3-b9d1-4393-a2da-8ddd5222ecff.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e15f8af3-b9d1-4393-a2da-8ddd5222ecff-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e15f8af3-b9d1-4393-a2da-8ddd5222ecff-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/e15f8af3-b9d1-4393-a2da-8ddd5222ecff-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here, Philippe Starck and his<em> Easy Light<\/em> walk around <strong>Bains Douches<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4442\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4442\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/639_06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/639_06.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/639_06-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/639_06-761x1024.jpg 761w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/639_06-768x1033.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Above, a pair of bright nightstands designed by Ron Arad, from his <strong>One-off<\/strong> era. The work is a doubly functional object, but it is also a real sculpture, following an almost <strong>punk<\/strong> aesthetic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/548_0_important_20th_century_design_september_2005_ron_arad_aerial_light__wright_auction.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/548_0_important_20th_century_design_september_2005_ron_arad_aerial_light__wright_auction.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/548_0_important_20th_century_design_september_2005_ron_arad_aerial_light__wright_auction-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/548_0_important_20th_century_design_september_2005_ron_arad_aerial_light__wright_auction-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/548_0_important_20th_century_design_september_2005_ron_arad_aerial_light__wright_auction-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 1980, he also designed this remote-controlled telescopic arm lamp, called \u00ab\u00a0Aerial Light\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Change of a scenery !<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ingo-header2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ingo-header2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ingo-header2-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ingo-header2-768x332.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ingo Maurer, recently disappeared, a German designer trained in graphic arts, specializes in lighting and devotes himself to the creation of lighting sets. The latter are characterized by a <strong>poetic, enchanting style, always with a touch of humor and playfulness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Below, the pendant light <em>\u00ab\u00a0Cuore Aperto\u00a0\u00bb<\/em> designed in 1996 specially for the <em>\u00ab\u00a0Sagra\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>, an annual Italian party that Ingo Maurer particularly liked.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4436\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4436\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/306_17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/306_17.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/306_17-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/306_17-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/306_17-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-01-20-36.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-01-20-36.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-01-20-36-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-31-a-01-20-36-768x528.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here, this 2.80m diameter aluminum prototype which was produced for the Hudson Hotel in New York in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Today, a contemporary sculptor can also see in the functional object a way of putting his work into <strong>\u201cLight\u201d<\/strong>, like Richard Texier whose lightings take up a terrestrial and aquatic bestiary from the Trees of Life, which he created in the 2000s.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_11_14_herblay-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_11_14_herblay-7.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_11_14_herblay-7-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_11_14_herblay-7-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_11_14_herblay-7-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-of-14-the-weather-project-2003-tate-modern-london-2003-photo-andrew-dunkley-marcus-leith.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-of-14-the-weather-project-2003-tate-modern-london-2003-photo-andrew-dunkley-marcus-leith.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-of-14-the-weather-project-2003-tate-modern-london-2003-photo-andrew-dunkley-marcus-leith-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-of-14-the-weather-project-2003-tate-modern-london-2003-photo-andrew-dunkley-marcus-leith-836x1024.jpg 836w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-of-14-the-weather-project-2003-tate-modern-london-2003-photo-andrew-dunkley-marcus-leith-768x941.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Olafur Eliasson, a contemporary artist, explores the different facets of what he calls \u00ab\u00a0materiality\u00a0\u00bb, in particular the notion of <strong>light<\/strong>. His works are monumental and sensory. Above, the Weather Project, designed in 2003 for the Tate Modern in London. This powerful light installation takes the visitor to another world: <strong>a work between poetry and surrealism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/james-turrell-journaldudesign-01-tt-width-620-height-413-lazyload-0-crop-1-bgcolor-000000-except_gif-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/james-turrell-journaldudesign-01-tt-width-620-height-413-lazyload-0-crop-1-bgcolor-000000-except_gif-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/james-turrell-journaldudesign-01-tt-width-620-height-413-lazyload-0-crop-1-bgcolor-000000-except_gif-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/james-turrell-journaldudesign-01-tt-width-620-height-413-lazyload-0-crop-1-bgcolor-000000-except_gif-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/james-turrell-journaldudesign-09-tt-width-620-height-413-lazyload-0-crop-1-bgcolor-000000-except_gif-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/james-turrell-journaldudesign-09-tt-width-620-height-413-lazyload-0-crop-1-bgcolor-000000-except_gif-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/james-turrell-journaldudesign-09-tt-width-620-height-413-lazyload-0-crop-1-bgcolor-000000-except_gif-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/james-turrell-journaldudesign-09-tt-width-620-height-413-lazyload-0-crop-1-bgcolor-000000-except_gif-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>James Turell, American contemporary artist, designs a series called \u00ab\u00a0skyspaces\u00a0\u00bb, which consist of bright, self-contained rooms, providing an <strong>immersive experience<\/strong>. Each room has an opening in the ceiling that opens up to the sky, to bring light to the viewer by making it <strong>oscillate between sky and earth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And there was Light !<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of the lamp Architects and designers were passionate about it. Because naturally, the light creates the decor, it illuminates it, allows it to express itself. What a wonderful adventure, the original flame becoming a light! 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