Flying ducks light
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- Medium
- American walnut
- Dimensions
- 102.0 x 320.0 x 8.0 cm (overall)
- Credit line
- Gift of David McKee AO and Pam McKee through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation. South Australian Artists Fund. Gift of Susan Armitage through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation, 2024
- Accession number
- 20243F5(a-e)
- Signature and date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Provenance
- Designed by Khai Liew, Adelaide, 2021. [Khai Liew, Adelaide]; purchased by AGSA, Adelaide, 2024
- Collection area
- Australian Decorative Arts and Design
- Copyright
- © Khai Liew
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This work titled, 'Flying Ducks light' from 2021 is by the late furniture designer Khai Liew (1952-2023). This sculptural light is formed with horizontal lengths of American walnut timber with the focus of additional pieces of timber elegantly 'folded' over featuring light sources underneath. A late example of Liew's practice in contemporary furniture, this light references flying duck, ceramic wall sculptures, which were popular in domestic spaces in the mid-twentieth century. Like much of Liew's later work, a sense of whimsy imbues this light form with it's reference to kitsch Australian domestic interior decoration,similar to the work the designer produced for his interior commission for Sydney-based collector Judith Neilson. Taking inspiration from her young grandchildren, many of the works in this commission drew on a a sense of childish play and imagination.
Rebecca Evans, Curator, Decorative Art and Design (2024)