Furniture as Contemporary Art - MutualArt
WEBMar 3, 2021 · Furniture as art reveals that functional objects can hold a place within the contemporary art market as they investigate similar conceptual narratives. Modern design becomes highly collectable for an audience that curates spaces, rather than decorate.
Artists Blurring the Line Between Art and Furniture | Artsy
WEBNov 28, 2018 · A zany perversity is rampant in the studios of many young, contemporary creators who are trampling the boundary between furniture and fine art. For artists who want to break rules, this offers tempting propositions: chairs that aren’t meant for sitting, lamps that are less interested in illumination than in aesthetic verve, home goods that ...
10 Contemporary Artists Who Use Furniture as a Medium
WEBOct 2, 2012 · Below is a list of 10 interesting contemporary artists creating sculptures that either make use of or play on the idea of furniture, provoking us to think about the relationship between habitable...
The History of Furniture as Art - Artsper Magazine
WEBNov 15, 2021 · From a basic necessity of human living, to avant-garde pieces of art, furniture has evolved in the most unusual and interesting ways. In many ways, combining the practicality of an object with the beauty and conceptualism of art is an incredible achievement itself.
11 International Makers Blurring the Line Between Art and Furniture
WEBMar 9, 2022 · A new wave of international makers, though, is creating highly functional furniture that carries out its specific purpose—provide a flat surface to dine on, cast light within a dark space, or...
How Should Furniture Respond to the World Around It?
WEBMar 19, 2018 · Furniture, lovely though it sometimes may be, is functional and commercial; art is timeless and to be contemplated. That few artists or designers today would accept the terms of this debate is...
Furniture as High Art - Architectural Digest
WEBApr 30, 2007 · Reconceiving furniture as art and investment may be a secret that is now out, but many bullish gallerists feel there is much room for price expansion and that the phenomenon has a future.
Eight Artists Who Blur the Line Between Furniture and Sculpture
WEBDec 14, 2023 · Some artists started making furniture during the pandemic, when lockdowns prompted them to think more intently about domestic settings.
Where Marie Antoinette Went for Furniture - The New York Times
WEBNov 1, 2012 · But from 1742 to the early 1790s, the Roentgens created some of the world’s greatest, most fastidiously thought-out, finely executed and certainly entertaining furniture.
The ART of Furniture - Clars
WEBThe ART of Furniture. Some think of furniture as a purely functional and made to be used in everyday life. While that is true, why can’t furniture be seen as an art? In some cutting-edge art circles of the 21st century, furniture is most certainly considered an art form.
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