Chair Studies and Transformations 2007 - 2009

54 Studies for Chair Transformations Interchange 2008
2007 - 2009
  • Body Language, 2009
  • Body Language, Detail
  • Body Language Detail
  • Burnt Chair/Charcoal Drawing, 2008
  • Burnt Chair/Charcoal Drawing, Detail
  • Burnt Chair/Charcoal Drawing, Detail
  • Crate Chair, 2007 (enclosed)
  • Crate Chair, (exposed)
  • Desk, 2009
  • Elemental, 2007
  • Expanding Chair, 2007
  • Expanding Chair, 2007
  • Love Seat, 2008
  • One Equals Two, 2007 (Closed)
  • One Equals Two (Opening)
  • One Equals Two (Open)
  • Red - White Chair, 2009
  • Scaffold Chair, 2009
  • Three in One, 2009
  • Three in One, 2009 (Detail)
  • Co-Exist, 2009
  • Exchange, 2008
  • Self, 2009
  • Selflessness, 2009
  • 54 Studies for a Chair
  • 54 Studies for a Chair (Detail 1 - 6)
  • 54 Studies for a Chair (Detail 49 - 54)

These Chair Studies and Transformations feature a series based on transformations of the ordinary chair. As metaphors for human interaction, Love Seat, Community, and Co-Exist activate ritual and ceremony. The diptych, Burnt Chair/Charcoal Drawing, forces a choice between creativity (the drawing) and destruction (the chair). Function and art become one with Body Language – as the meal progresses, the seated diner’s movements create drawings. A series of drawings, 54 Studies for Chair Transformations, is an example of Wexler’s use of small-scale works as tools for discovering and exploring ideas and themes which appear in later projects.