Tai Shani
Lupae-Lux, 2024
£3,600
Hand blown glass pendant light by Tai Shani, exclusive to House of Voltaire
Edition Size
15
Dimensions
65 x 40 x 40 cm
Finishing
Hand-blown glass with cast steel fixings and lighting components
Each edition is made to order by the artist with a lead time of approximately 2-4 weeks
About The Artwork
Lupae-Lux is an industrial rococo lamp named ‘she wolf light’, in reference to sculpture of the wolf that suckles the twins Remus and Romulus, the twins were a later medieval addition to the famous statue. A French edition poster for Fellini’s Roma depicts a woman in the same pose as the wolf with multiple breasts, the tagline is “Rome is a beautiful place to wait for the end of the world”. Each light is assembled by the artist using glass breasts, hand-blown by a master glass blower.