{"id":528,"date":"2009-05-06T12:12:17","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T19:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2009\/05\/chairs_preversions_of_the_func\/"},"modified":"2009-05-06T12:12:17","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T19:12:17","slug":"chairs_preversions_of_the_func","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2009\/05\/chairs_preversions_of_the_func.html","title":{"rendered":"Chairs: perversions of the functional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I enter a room, I look for a chair. Almost any room, almost any chair. The assumed context of this expectation is unexamined except through art, where it is frustrated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawncerny.com\/Newwork.htm\">Dawn Cerny<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/DawnCernyLadyonChair-6065.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/DawnCernyLadyonChair-6065.html','popup','width=426,height=650,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/DawnCernyLadyonChair-thumb-250x381-6065.jpg\" alt=\"DawnCernyLadyonChair.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"250\" height=\"381\" \/><\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/www.bideford.devon.sch.uk\/art\/gcse07\/viewpoints\/chair%2520by%2520david%2520hockney.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.bideford.devon.sch.uk\/art\/gcse07\/viewpoints\/slides\/chair%2520by%2520david%2520hockney.html&amp;usg=__IJ7cStfm6vApPyjqEnkMBevDA70=&amp;h=387&amp;w=278&amp;sz=106&amp;hl=en&amp;start=32&amp;sig2=m2ilOe0SGPlPXfmAHQHgEg&amp;tbnid=SImPRZRv4gewpM:&amp;tbnh=123&amp;tbnw=88&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Ddavid%2Bhockney%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D20&amp;ei=IOMBSqr8NpLitAO4kf3aBQ\">David Hockney<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/DavidHockneychair-6068.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/DavidHockneychair-6068.html','popup','width=400,height=500,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/DavidHockneychair-thumb-250x312-6068.jpg\" alt=\"DavidHockneychair.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"250\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregkucera.com\/daly.htm\">Drew Daley<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/daly_mirrormerg_web-6071.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/daly_mirrormerg_web-6071.html','popup','width=500,height=666,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/daly_mirrormerg_web-thumb-250x333-6071.jpg\" alt=\"daly_mirrormerg_web.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sedersgallery.com\/Artists\/027\/DeCaroRESf.html\">Pat DeCaro<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/Pat%20DeCaro-6074.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/Pat DeCaro-6074.html','popup','width=403,height=576,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/Pat%20DeCaro-thumb-200x285-6074.jpg\" alt=\"Pat DeCaro.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"200\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.davidson.edu\/academics\/acad_depts\/galleries\/reformations\/artists\/sanderson\/index.html\">Harriet Saunderson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/harrietSaunderson-6102.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/harrietSaunderson-6102.html','popup','width=500,height=643,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/harrietSaunderson-thumb-300x385-6102.jpg\" alt=\"harrietSaunderson.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"300\" height=\"385\" \/><\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howardhouse.net\/artists\/johnsonsm\/default.html\">Sean M. Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/SeanJohnsonchair-6116.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/SeanJohnsonchair-6116.html','popup','width=404,height=540,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/SeanJohnsonchair-thumb-300x400-6116.jpg\" alt=\"SeanJohnsonchair.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gavinbrown.biz\/artists\/view\/urs-fischer\">Urs Fischer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/ufisherchair-6220.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/ufisherchair-6220.html','popup','width=412,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/ufisherchair-thumb-300x436-6220.jpg\" alt=\"ufisherchair.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"300\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesharrisgallery.com\/Artists\/Roy%20McMakin\/McMakin.htm\">Roy McMakin<\/a><br \/><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/RoyMcMakinchair-6119.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/RoyMcMakinchair-6119.html','popup','width=500,height=769,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/RoyMcMakinchair-thumb-300x461-6119.jpg\" alt=\"RoyMcMakinchair.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"300\" height=\"461\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>All the classics, from Duchamp and Beuys to Bruce Nauman, at <a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/www.designboom.com\/history\/stilllife\/29.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.designboom.com\/history\/stilllife.html&amp;usg=___plnoUaIJer7vxHjDgYCxp8pQZo=&amp;h=300&amp;w=400&amp;sz=23&amp;hl=en&amp;start=23&amp;sig2=GuczZjss2xKMbOyD6goUmg&amp;um=1&amp;tbnid=aQKQxt8EQWJmoM:&amp;tbnh=93&amp;tbnw=124&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dlucas%2Bsamaras%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1B3GGGL_enUS283US285%26sa%3DN%26start%3D20%26um%3D1&amp;ei=8-QBSrq7KY6-tAPAl7TZBQ\">DesignBoom<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I enter a room, I look for a chair. Almost any room, almost any chair. The assumed context of this expectation is unexamined except through art, where it is frustrated. Dawn Cerny David Hockney Drew Daley Pat DeCaro Harriet Saunderson Sean M. Johnson Urs Fischer Roy McMakinAll the classics, from Duchamp and Beuys to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-528","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}