Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo had a show of lamps created by Jurgen Lehl　from July 18 to Ocotober 12, 2015.

In recent years, while staying at his house in Ishigaki Island, he became saddened and worried by the amount of waste that is cluttering the beautiful beaches.
To attract people’s attention to this serious reality, Jurgen Lehl began collecting plastic garbage to create lamps which then can be used again.
It became his last project with which he wanted to create awareness in a slightly playful way.
Photographs taken by Jurgen Lehl of polluted beaches, the beautiful sea and over 100 beach sandals he collected, were also on display.











Exhibition Information
“Whose place is this?” 　July 18 2015-October 12,2015
at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo



Accompanying this exhibition, we published two books in Japanese and English.

In “On the Beach 1”, around 90 works of such trash-made lamp shades created over 6 years are shown, together with photographs of the artist in production or on the beach for collecting trashes. Creative director Kazuko Koike, who has known Jurgen Lehl since his first visit to Japan, contributed an essay to this volume.
While “On the Beach 2”, abandoned and decayed flip-flops found on the beach are photographed and shown like a specimen book.
All things should be made to return to the earth after its life－What can we learn from this Jurgen’s words?