Nina Johnson R.M Fisher: Lampworks
R.M. Fischer: Lampworks September 7 – October 14, 2017 Opening Reception: Thursday, September 7th , 7–9PM Nina Johnson is pleased to present Lampworks , a solo exhibition by New York-based artist R.M. Fischer , opening next Thursday, September 7th . In 1999, R.M. Fischer was developing what could have been his most complex public art work, a new flight tower for the Miami International Airport, then September 11th happened. It seems fitting to bring Fischer back to Miami amid our current political moment, also fitting to know that both then and now Fischer’s work was functioning as a measure of guidance. Then, as a flight tower, today, as a series of shaman-like creatures, existing practically as lights, but spiritually as morphed sculptural bodies that lead and question the viewer. For Lampworks, Fischer has returned to creating light sculptures, the subject which originally brought his work attention in the 1980’s. The new sculptures pul