Stuart Haygarth b. 1966

prescription spectacle lenses, monofilament line, sprayed MDF hanging platform, metal

Acquired directly from the artist

`Trash Luxe at Liberty', London, 20-30 September 2007

`Specs and the city', The Observer Magazine, October 14, 2007, pp. 81-82

A number of the lenses are slightly chipped at edges, but there are replacement lenses, and spacers included in the lot. An impressive piece.
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Stuart Haygarth had worked for fourteen years as a freelance photographic illustrator until, in 2004, he began working on design projects which revolve around collections of objects.  Taking banal and overlooked objects he gives them new significance, as chandeliers, installations and functional or sculptural objects.  Recent projects include a work made with the help of BAA at Gatwick Airport using two weeks confiscated hand luggage items.  For the `Optical Chandelier' he obtained spectacle lenses from Vision Aid Overseas, a charity that ships used spectacles to the developing world. In total around 4,500 lenses were used, about five times more than originally planned. 

The exhibition held at Liberty, London featured `Luxury reinvented by young designers who find beauty in unexpected and unwanted materials'

Only 5 examples of the edition of 10 were realised in the larger size.