Kosuth's Chairs Forum (11)

Chair Transformation Collaboration Project 51 Replies

Hi, all. Claudie and I (Deirdre) have been testing folding and cutting as a way of approaching a collaborative project among those interested from this group. We hope you will join us. I started a ... Continue

Tagged: chair, collaboration, transformation, sculpture, paper

By Chair Transformation Collaboration. Last reply by Ali Bramwell 2 Jul.

My Chair Project. 12 Replies

How about this for an idea. We choose one, or more, of our own favourite artists, and then set about designing a chair that they might have designed for themselves.

By TheWeEnergy. Last reply by CLAUDIE BASTIDE 13 Jun.

A chair collaboration 22 Replies

Damian's chair project gave me the idea that we could somehow do a collaboration loosely around chairs... Sculpture might be out of the question, but I am completely open to suggestions. Any ideas?

By Amy Mckenny. Last reply by Amy Mckenny 13 Jun.

To speak ex cathedra

Answers are always in Language Main Entry: chair Pronunciation: \'cher\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English chaiere, from Anglo-French, from Latin cathedra, from Greek kathedra, from kata- ca... Continue

Tagged: verbum

By Slobodan Sajin 29 May

playful disturbance of use-value 3 Replies

The way that things are used defines them; a chair we sit on, a sculpture we don't usually sit on (acknowledgment Claudie). When we alter the way the thing is used in a surprising way, embedded co... Continue

Tagged: performance, cooperative, relational, community, value

By Ali Bramwell. Last reply by Ali Bramwell 28 May.

The Chair Project - posted on behalf of Damian Priour. 4 Replies

For all those who make chairs... "Artist Damian Priour has created 100 chairs made from his signature combination of glass and limestone. The stone is 100 million years old, some have fossils embe... Continue

By Amy Mckenny. Last reply by Richard Lon Rowland 18 May.

Many Chairs on my profile image section

Hi Amy and peeps, just to let you all know that I have taken some images of lots of different chairs and I have now up loaded them on my images on my profile page. I hope that they may help some o... Continue

By dawn hilton 28 Apr

The Grand Chair Affair

I love this subject but didn't realize it until I was invited to "do" a chair for a benefit auction in San Pedro CA 2 years ago. The event was to raise money to refurbish the chairs, lighting, soun... Continue

By Richard Lon Rowland 12 Apr

The Red Chair 2 Replies

How fascinating to find this group and discover there are (many) others who use the chair to facilitate the telling of their imagery. I discovered (or did I?) the use of my "red chair" in certain ... Continue

By Bradley (aka: Oak). Last reply by Richard Lon Rowland 11 Apr.

Artists who use chairs... 186 Replies

...and furniture. For starters, Doris Salcedo and Louise Bourgeois spring to mind. Both of whom use chairs to physically represent the body and conceptually as metaphor for the human 'condition'. ... Continue

By Amy Mckenny 27 Mar