For my Design II class, we have weekly assignments requiring us to visit some of the famous art museums in Paris. First we went to the Pompidou, a modern art museum famous for it's controversial architecture that contrasts the old Parisian buildings. We went to see an exhibition by Ron Arad, a sculpture/architect that also occasionally designs furniture. I liked his work but found his obvious affinity to chairs rather amusing. For every non-chair piece of artwork displayed there are at least ten chairs. Furthermore, they are all blocked off so you can't actually sit on any of them.
On second thought, do you think these un-purchasable objects are even chairs if you can't sit on them? Or are they just sculptures of chairs with chair-like abilities? Sarah and Carly - maybe when you visit me we can go to the museum, hop the barrier and show Ron Arad what a real sit-in protest is all about..."NOW they're chairs bitches!" (Meanwhile, across town at the museum of modern art, a sculpture of a rock made out of stone is having an identity crisis.) Here are a few of Arad's world-renowned chair-sculptures:
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