BFA, Studio Art
Single Discipline Focus (Sculpture)
mitch6755@gmail.com
Artist Statement
Furni-chore
I create absurd sculptural furniture that plays with utility and function. Each piece is an experimentation with the material and its uses, creating visually appealing but impractical furniture.
These tables, coat rack, and chairs are meant to be used for their original function but have elements of impracticality. I create mixed-media furniture using ceramics, foam, plastic, metal, and wood in avant-garde ways: a stool that is too big to sit on comfortably covered in dirt and plants, along with a drill head fixed to a crank attached to the bottom of the work, an “apple” coffee table with ceramic “worm” legs that has just enough room for a plate and mug, a coat rack with knifes for hooks that is functional, but effectively ruining jackets and hats hung on it, and a wooden chair that uses springs as legs. The chair is missing standard legs and relies on the user’s weight to stay upright. These speculative furniture pieces are explorations of materiality and function. Each is created along the lines of conventional furniture but with absurdity and impracticality imbedded.
