anthony james: 'birch' at design miami basel 2010

anthony james: ‘birch’ at design miami basel 2010 ‘birch’, 2010 birch aluminium, glass, fluorescent lights 48 x 96 x 48 inches all images courtesy of patric painter

UK-artist anthony james creates large scale installations which experiment with light and space. for the first time this year, his work is being presented at design miami / basel 2010 by los angeles art dealer patrick painter. of particular interest is james’ ‘birch’ (2010) a large vertical light box with young birch tree trunks extending within the length of the unit. with one mirrored side the illusion of an endless perspective of birch trees is created. the sculpture sold for 125, 000 USD to a german collector, while a small wall-mounted version sold for 75,000 USD to a private swiss collection.

‘birch’, 2010 (detail) birch aluminium, glass, fluorescent lights 48 x 96 x 48 inches

‘birch’, 2010 (detail) birch aluminium, glass, fluorescent lights 48 x 96 x 48 inches