Designer and artist Jérôme Pereira has created a series of carefully weighted lighting sculptures using tree branches he foraged from the forests near his studio in the south of France.
Pereira presented nine of these works in his inaugural solo exhibition, Celestial Attraction, staged by design gallery Philia during Milan design week.
Jérôme Pereira presented nine lighting sculptures in Celestial Attraction
Many of the works are mobiles, with blown-glass lamps delicately suspended from ceiling-hung tree branches. In others, the branches form tripods to support the hanging pendants.
Pereira carefully positions the glass elements in line with counterweights, to ensure each piece is perfectly balanced.
Many of the works, such as the Icarus pieces, are suspended mobiles "Jérôme Pereira's sculptural work embodies a tangible contemplation of the intricate interplay between balance and gravity," said Ygaël Attali, co-founder of Philia alongside brother Yaïr Attali.
The gallery, which has locations in Mexico, Geneva, New York and Singapore, has previously exhibited Pereira's work in group shows in Milan and New York. But the founders felt his work was deserving of the spotlight of a solo show.
The Compass floor lamp takes the form of a tripod
Ygaël describes the designer as "a prominent luminary in the realm of contemporary sculpture".
"The poetic and philosophical depth of his works adds a profound layer to the contemporary artistic landscape,&qu...