Ingo Maurer.
Porca Miseria! Chandelier. 1994
Metal, and porcelain,
h. 59 x 43 1/4"
(h. 150 x 110 cm)
Manufactured by Ingo Maurer GmbH
Lent by Ingo Maurer GmbH.
Photo: Tom Vack, courtesy Ingo Maurer

Porca Miseria! (Damn it!), more a burst of fury than a chandelier, is an explosion of broken dishes, in which rays of light escape through the shards of porcelain.

© 1998 The Museum of Modern Art, New York