Recent arts coverage:
‘The Music Man’ marches into Zilker Park | ‘The Lining of Forgetting’ at the Austin Museum of Art | Austin Chamber Music Festival reviews and updates |Follow @artsinaustin on Twitter
Austin360 blogs > Austin Arts: Seeing Things > Archives > 2008 > January > 29 > Entry
78 artists take the Texas chair challenge
They dare to chair.
Seventy-eight artists have agreed to participate in artist Damian Priour’s Texas Chair Project, a unique artistic exchange project that will offer artists and art audiences the chance to contemplate all things ‘chair.’
Last year, Priour created 100 little chairs made from his signature combination of glass and limestone, chairs such as this one:
After exhibiting them at the Austin Museum of Art last spring, Priour sent the chairs in 8-inch square boxes to a list of artists he came up with and asked them to each create a chair of their own and send it back. Nobody knew they were on Priour’s list until they received the box. The only creative limitation — the chair must fit into the same 8-inch square box. But any medium — painting, photography, film or whatever — is acceptable. (Priour reserved 10 of his chairs for collectors who want to help sponsor the project.)
Artists who have accepted Priour’s creative chair challenge: Ellen Abbott, Bale Creek Allen, Helen Altman, Paul Beck, Jill Bedgood, Ellen Berman, Paul Booker, Kate Breakey, Candace Briceno, Holli Brown, Steve Brudniak, Malcolm Bucknall, William Cannings, Belinda Casey, Roger Colombik, Cathy Cunningham, Stephen Daly, Jerry Daniel, David Deming, Fidencio Duran, David Everett, Malou Flato, Virginia Fleck, Mark Greenwalt, Ken Hale, T. Paul Hernandez, David Hesser, Benito Huerto, Barbara Irwin, Jimmy Jalapeeno, Joe Janson, Judy Jensen, Randy Jewart, Danny Kamerath, Liz Kerrigan, Paul Kittleson, Will Klemm, Sharon Kopriva, Samantha Krukowski, Charles Mary Kubricht, Jimmy Kuehnl, Marilyn Lanfear, Lauren Levy, Ken Little, Shanny Lott, Bonnie Lynch, Mona Marshall, Eric McGehearty, Melissa Miller, Jesus Moroles, Connie Morrison, Steve Murphy, Katy Nail, Richard Neidhardt, Pam Nelson, Sherry Owens, Beverly Penn, Chloe Priour, Michael Reese, John Sager, Margo Sawyer, Mark Schatz, Bob Schneider, Jane Scott, James Michael Starr, James Sullivan, James Surls, Steve Swagerle, Masaru Takiquchi, the Art Guys (Michael Galbreth and Jack Massing), George Tobolowsky, Hank Waddell, Bob Wade, David Webber, William Wilhelm, Steve Wiman, Sydney Yeager and Mel Ziegler.
Once the newly created chairs are returned to Priour, they will all go on exhibit at the Austin Museum of Art in November. Plans for a traveling exhibit are being explored.
Permalink | |
