Gallery owners Chad Phillips and Kristin Coleman asked 19 artists and designers to create lamps with loose requirements: a base, a shade, and a light source. The results vary widely, from Katie Stout’s signature anthropomorphic table lamps to a candy-coated pendant by Joseph Algieri, and speak to Jane Bennett’s notion that everyday objects have agency.
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