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Can you describe your creative process?
I go into it with the idea that each chair will support itself and if they dont I learn from my mistakes, chairs are my support group. Again its a meditative process - each chair requires a new decision. Learning to accept is the end goal.
"Chairs are fascinating because they address both physiology and fashion. they represent an effort to balance multiple concerns: artistry, status, gravity, construction and comfort."
Chair connects culture. there is always a conversation to be shared on the topic of chairs, Chairs are People if you think about it.
the kanji for chair in japanese means strange wood child 椅 =木 wood 奇 strange. 椅子は人で. Chairs are people is the study of still life bringing together a curation of chairs for the process of experimenting.
An empty chair is a space for possibility.
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Art Encounters: Chairs Are People
"Collaborate on this “Radical” sculpture experience with artist Cary Fagan, inspired by the exhibition Radical: Italian Design. Just as Italy’s Radical Design Movement viewed objects as carriers of messages rather than commercial goods, Fagan believes there’s more to a chair than its function."
2020, March 12.
Houston, Texas
Musuem of Fine Arts.
Musuem of Fine Arts.
