10 Collectible Design Shows to See in January
From a sweeping survey of postwar Japanese furniture to Emmett Moore’s neon-soaked outdoor works
By Ryan Waddoups
1. “Emmett Moore: Neon Sun” at Nina Johnson Gallery | Miami
Arranged to resemble a sculpture garden, the Miami artist’s latest solo outing introduces vivid outdoor works that situate seating, lighting, and vessels into a loose domestic arrangement. Moore dialed into his architectural training to rework industrial remnants and discarded materials to shape aluminum I-beams, grating, tree-trunk casts, and mussel shells into functional furniture finished in saturated neon pink, a hue he describes as “pure and primal—the color of flesh, flowers, and flamingos.” Floating lamps carved from scrap EPS foam echo coral rock formations and Miami’s oolitic limestone bedrock, while a 3D-printed bowl woven from mussel shells and disposable lighters links ancient shell mounds to present-day waste streams.
Until February 7
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