A Chair and You — Kunsthal Rotterdam
Curatorial Note
About the Exhibition: A Chair and You
Director and artist Robert Wilson selected more than 150 chairs by 124 designers from the collection of Thierry Barbier-Mueller. Inspired by the performing arts, he used light, sound and scenography to create four thematic worlds, from a space inspired by Jackson Pollock to one of calm, order and modernist lines.
The selection brings together sculptural chairs by artists, designers and architects, including Ettore Sottsass, Ron Arad, Martino Gamper, Maarten Baas, Donald Judd, Niki de Saint Phalle, Lawrence Weiner and Franz West. The chairs speak without words.
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