Sculpture using antique chairs

I have recently begun a sculpture series
based on chairs. The chairs I am reconstructing are from the 1800’s. What I
have created is an out of place-ness for a common utilitarian object. By
stripping it of context and removing it from its innate function I am focusing
the viewer on the chairs’ exaggerated personality. At the same time I am creating
a potential for the viewer to explore their own memories.

 

If a chair is designed to allow a person to
sit then it seems logical that it becomes a kind of bookmark for a person
once they leave it empty or for a person that will return or even for the expected new person to come and sit on the chair.
So I guess it has created a simultaneous presence and absence. There is no
telling who will sit or has sat in the chair.

But by reconstructing the chair as a
sculpture I am crystallizing its past so that it can be contemplated as a
footnote to history, a narrative of a time lost or even a metaphor for emotions
that are spatially and/or temporally out of place.

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Sculpture listing

Built by a team of 40 international ice sculptors from 300 tons of crystal clear ice and 400 tons of fresh snow in a hall cooled to a temperature of 23 degrees Fahrenheit. Held at the train station, the Christmas Market and skating rink are both …
http://www.jetsettersblog.com/blog/ — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:17:57 -0700
fact, artists and sculptors have known about the golden ratio for a long time and have used it to create sculptures and artwork of the ideal human figure. To this day, surgeons … any two aspects that leads us to proportion them in the ideal way. …
http://pofpolice.com/ — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:04:15 -0700
October 14: Haunted Evening Tour, Join us at 7 p.m. to embark upon this “spirited” adventure as your guide reveals stories about some of the city’s most haunted locations. Tickets are $40, seating is limited and reservation are required. …
http://www.argentaartsdistrict.org/ — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:12:41 -0700
Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock will replace bats and balls with stemware and cork screws on October 6 from 6 – 9 p.m. for the American Heart Association’s Festival of Wines presented by the Jack Stephens Heart Institute at St. Vincent. The annual …. Stroll down the historic streets turned art galleries to find “Art In Unexpected Places” and meet some of Arkansas’ finest local artists-painters, sculptors, photographers, potters, musicians, and jewelry-makers, just to name a few. …
http://www.argentaartsdistrict.org/ — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:06:45 -0700
Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock will replace bats and balls with stemware and cork screws on October 6 from 6 – 9 p.m. for the American Heart Association’s Festival of Wines presented by the Jack Stephens Heart Institute at St. Vincent. The annual …. Stroll down the historic streets turned art galleries to find “Art In Unexpected Places” and meet some of Arkansas’ finest local artists-painters, sculptors, photographers, potters, musicians, and jewelry-makers, just to name a few. …
http://www.argentaartsdistrict.org/ — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:04:44 -0700
Shopping For Unique Sculptures or Paintings? … We went in search of Doug’s painting of Yellowstone Falls, Queen Beatrix’s favorite spot in America, presented to her in The Great Hall in Washington DC when Doug was White House artist. …
http://artgalleryreviews.com/ — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:14:50 -0700
Since 1992, The National Sculptors’ Guild has worked closely with cities, corporations and private institutions across the country successfully enhancing both indoor and outdoor venues with creative design and innovative artwork. “Cotton and Race in the Making of America,” author … Dattel will discuss his book, which looks at the complexity of cotton’s productive role in America’s rise to economic power from 1787 to 1930. He will also provide insights about the complexity of race and …
http://clintonschoolblog.com/cblog/ — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 06:38:58 -0700
This exhibition examines the abiding importance of geometric form in the work of American sculptor David Smith (1906-1965) from his earliest small works through the monumental late masterpieces that he created in the final years of his life. …
http://tqarts.blogspot.com/ — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 07:19:00 -0700
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Discovery of Lee Bontecou

I can across a Dec. 9, 2010 blogpost by Nancy Natale, The Discovery of Lee Bontecou. This Art in the Studio post included a great short video on the artist’s work, a  5-minute YouTube video by Veronica Roberts, curator of “All Freedom In Every Sense,” the small MoMA show of Bontecou’s work this past summer. This video completely captured me so I had to repost it here. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did

 

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