Michael Anastassiades presents his sculptural lighting in retrospective at NiMAC
Lighting designer Michael Anastassiades has brought together a collection of his work from the past 12 years for the Things That Go Together exhibition at The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre in his native Cyprus.
The show brings together pieces created for the designer's eponymous brand with those he has designed for established manufacturers including Flos and B&B Italia.
Designs by Michael Anastassiades are laid out on the gallery's marble floor
As well as finished works from the studio's archive, the exhibition presents the designer's research to give an insight into his working process, alongside his personal collection of objects such as stones he has collected since childhood.
Exhibits are laid out on the gallery's marble floor rather than presented in cases or on plinths, allowing visitors to decide their own path through the space. Anastassiades curated the exhibition of his own work
Rather than arranging the show in chronological order, Anastassiades, who curated the show himself, chose to interweave the work, research and personal objects.
He hopes to demonstrate that rather than being a linear process, his work often unfolds spontaneously.
"Every time you start a new project you are faced with the anxiety of a blank page, that this time around you will learn from the time before and what you will draw, will most probably be better," explained Anastassiades.
"It is obvious to think that practice and knowledge are part of an evolving process and...
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