Emma Scully Gallery presents “The Mirror at Dusk,” a collection of new works from Nel Verbeke, opening today, February 20, 2025, the first show in the gallery's new viewing room at 16 East 79th Street.
The series features delicate and allegorical objects through which Verbeke explores the concept of dusk — the fleeting moment when light diminishes and darkness begins.
Illuminated by either a vertical tube or circular light source, each hand-blown and silver-coated glass piece reflects one’s interaction with herself and the environment. The tarnished surfaces of the mirrors, marked by time and weathered silver, offer a reflective experience.
“The dome-like shape and luminescence of this mirror could be interpreted as a lens: an optical instrument that magnifies what so often goes unseen. By the same token, it is a reservoir for a burning light source, highlighting the design from within with its warm, coppery glow,” offers Verbeke.
| Hours | By appointment only |
| Venue | Emma Scully Gallery |
| Type | Exhibition |
| Duration | By appointment only |
| City | New York City |
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Emma Scully Gallery
Emma Scully Gallery champions cutting edge contemporary collectible design. Located in a 19th Century townhouse on the Upper East Side, we present challenging work in a rich historic context. We represent and support the work of groundbreaking living artists, designers, and craftspeople. Critical to the gallery’s mission is the exhibition program where new work is commissioned around conceptual themes. This intellectual backbone of our collection, resulting from years of exhibition, is the question of how to deal with the challenges of creating for the today’s material society: the landscape of superabundance, the ecological cost of overproduction and the shift from the physical to the digital world. In promoting equity the gallery recognizes the need to facilitate production in order to support the broadest range of talent in the design community. The gallery therefore acts as manufacturer for a portion of the collection work.
