R.M. Fischer 1982 Bendable Modern Art Table Lamp Three Prong Light Candle Style

Description

#22090MS-BH3A

R.M. Fischer (American, b. 1947)

3 Prong Lamp, 1982

Made from Metal 3 staggered lights connected to an adjustable base. Painted in a spattered style. Acquired from the artist from an undisclosed estate in Dayton,Ohio. One of these lamps currently in the Rubbell Family Collection of Contemporary Arts Foundation. A rare piece that will make a great addition to any collection.

Biography

R. M. Fischer is well into the second phase of his artistic career. The first occurred when he was a young, emerging artist affiliated with the Neo-Geo tendency of the 1980s, becoming known for jokey futuristic lamps and fountains made from metal rods, brass knobs and everyday objects like colanders and cooking pots. They reflected an inveterate tinkerer and bricolagist who re-emerged, softened, in the early 2000s with crudely stitched stuffed sculptures. Involving brightly colored vinyl and cannibalized parts of Mr. Fischer’s earlier work, these efforts were fierce and endearing, with a cartoonish, even monsterish mien.

In his latest show, at the B²OA project space, Mr. Fischer has backed off a bit from the labor-intensiveness of the stuffed works and moved on. The bright vinyls cede equal time to pieces of dark, mostly floral upholstery fabrics. The bulging cartoonishness has subsided in favor of draping and hanging. The figures lurking here are more shamans than monsters. Often smaller than before, the pieces frequently hang from the walls and ceiling in such profusion that the show resembles a conjurer’s tent full of amulets or charms, or some kind of desert bazaar.

Here Mr. Fischer borrows from folk and outsider art with the same slyness that he previously used with futurism. His crude stitching in threads of contrasting colors continues, a form of drawing that accounts for some of the works’ bristling energy.

The metal rods and knobs from Phase 1 are also here, sometimes forming elaborate scaffoldings. They also provide a bit of a through line while confirming that Mr. Fischer will not be stopped. He will consume his earlier career to keep making art. Not for nothing is his show titled “Life Force.”

Condition

Very Good
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Dimensions

7.5" x 29.75"
(D x H)