Babel Table Lamp by Àngel Jové for Santa & Cole
$1,674 / item
Babel Table Lamp by Àngel Jové for Santa & Cole
By Santa & Cole, Àngel Jové
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A lofty debate between light and shadow. In the midst of the Spanish transition to democracy, a fresh, provocative group of artists and architects began to sow the seeds of what would later become a multi-colour explosion of modern night bars, very popular in the early 1980s, contrasting with Barcelona’s grey, mundane paronama at the time. Àngel Jové was one of those urban conspirators. The lamp refers to the biblical story of the unfinished Tower of Babel, where humans were divided into linguistic groups, victims of their ambition. The Babel lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Mid-Century Modern Àngel Jové Lighting
Materials
Alabaster
