Annie Duncan Local Lamp Nursery, 2024-2025
Ceramic with glaze, chain, lighting elements
Dimensions Variable
Presented by Johansson Projects, Booth F03
Local Lamp Nursery is an installation of ceramic pendant flower lamps that hang upside-down and transform into colorful lanterns when lit. The forms are inspired by the abundant variety of flowers that grow all over San Francisco—in parks, along back alleys, in sidewalk cracks, up telephone poles, along medians. Be they native, invasive, poisonous, or just weeds, the flowers that make up this urban overgrowth are all part of the fabric of the city, enduring and flourishing in the most unlikely places.
Annie Duncan (b. 1997, San Francisco, California) makes paintings and ceramic sculptures that explore femininity, symbolism, and art historical references. Leaning into her affinity for collecting, sorting, and obsessing over objects, her work finds humor, heartbreak, joy, and meaning in the jumbled world we inhabit. She received a BA from Vassar College in 2019 and an MFA from California College of the Arts in 2023.