In the middle of the sprawling and packed exhibition floor at the Armory Show, Brooklyn-based Yuko Nishikawa has given visitors a reason to take pause and reflect.
The artist, in collaboration with Danish Kering-owned eyewear brand Lindberg , has created a meditative environment of kinetic mobile sculptures for the New York art fair. The installation includes several hanging works fashioned from delicate metal wires and deconstructed components of Lindberg eyewear, as well as smaller well-mounted works. Although the collective delicate webbing of Nishikawa’s pieces is difficult to decipher from a distance, the artworks come into sharp focus as guests approach the open white-walled exhibition space.
The artist, who studied interior design at FIT , worked as a lighting and interior d