San Francisco–based artist and electrician Rico Duenas is back at 500 Capp Street with It’s a Lamp, a solo exhibition presented in the foundation’s concept store, The Accordion Shop. Featuring never-before-seen works, the exhibition continues Duenas’ ongoing dialogue with the late artist David Ireland, nearly five years after his celebrated project Light Repair. In this new body of work, Duenas expands his poetic relationship to illumination—treating lamps not merely as functional objects, but as sculptural vessels in active dialogue with the architecture and icons of the David Ireland House. Working with humble and often discarded materials, Duenas transforms the familiar into something quietly radiant. Through these objects, Duenas frames light as a tactile, living material that softly shapes our interactions with the environment around us.

Duena’s exhibition can be viewed January 20 till February 3 in the Accordion Shop at 500 Capp Street, Fridays and Saturdays from 12-5 pm.

Rico Duenas was born and raised in San Francisco. As a child, he spent time on the east coast with his grandfather, a sculptor and founding member of Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. In San Francisco, he also often accompanied his father to flea markets and garage sales, where his father bought, fixed, and re-sold furniture. It was there that he was introduced to artist Kevin Randolph, who was repurposing lights, and quickly developed a love of lighting and sculpture. He lives and works in San Francisco as a union electrician and artist.