What Joss Newberry always wanted to do is his first solo exhibition for lighting sculptor Joss Newberry in response to a perceived dearth of creativity in the burgeoning lighting industry now dominated by LED. A practitioner in lighting design and commercial product design Joss spends his working life addressing market needs and opportunities for innovation, occupying a unique position between market delivery and engineering practicality.
The 4 galleries will house 18 new lighting installations, all powered by LED and all made specifically for this exhibition. The blended theme of magic and sculptural beauty runs through the 4 galleries. Starting in the lobby gallery with 3 magic pieces that demand the viewer to think about how each piece can function. Moving to galleries 2 and 3 the viewer will see the sculptural theme in the mainly suspended luminaires. Each individual form designed to meet the desire for dynamic sculpture using edge-lit panels and complex ribbon forms with embedded tape LEDs. In the 4th gallery we return to magic with individual pieces designed to entertain, confound and instill a sense of wonderment.
The journey back to the first gallery will repeat the message of the exhibition, that magic exists in sculptural form and sculpture itself can be magical.