April 10, 2008
The above image, I’ll admit, caused me to wince. I thought, “who would do such a thing to such a perfect design?” The answer is Mark Wentzel, an artist in Georgia represented by Project 4 Gallery in Washington, D.C. His “XLounge” is a conceptual piece focusing on the “masterful design of the Eames Lounge Chair and its significance today.” It is a statement on the chair and America’s consumption of products.
After I posted this at DWR's blog Mr. Wentzel emailed me about the irony of his artwork and the post below in which Alfie Hume states "“Never, ever have an Eames chair overstuffed, It looks totally wrong, and it’s not the way the piece was intended to be.”
We both saw the humor there.
Comments (1)
it's brilliant!
a poignant display of the senseless fetishizing of iconic objects by the masses.
create.
purge your homes of cliche.
Posted by Adrian Albino | April 15, 2008 2:04 AM
Posted on April 15, 2008 02:04