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I saw this last week. It is on display in the Tate Modern gallery in London.
Aaaawfully sorry, mate, I thought.
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Sorry, I don't understand it!
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No, honestly -- does it have a title? Is it supposed to represent something?
I'm probably just being dim...
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And here ladies and gentleman, we have the most wanted creature in the world, the man eatting chair.
I believe in Karma....what you give is what you get returned........
Affirmation........Savage Garden
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I saw nothing to indicate what this is meant to be. What I saw were two balls but no man, and I'm absolutely sure that I've got the wrong idea. (It's down in the turbine hall, if you should wish to pop in and have a closer look.)
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Appears to be a device to lock both chairs together.
Gary
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marc
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Needs to get a life! |
Registered: March 2003
Messages: 4729
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Actually
It is an exhibit at the museum of modern ate because it demonstrates the modernest movement....
It's use of metal and plywood.... the fact that they stack, nested one atop the other....
Very efficient when storing.... good to look at..... and comfortable....
What more could an ass want?
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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I don't know what it is, but when the cat saw it he got up and quietly slipped out of the room.
Hugs
N
I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
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But if that's the case, what are the balls for?
David
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I got it they are manly chairs
I believe in Karma....what you give is what you get returned........
Affirmation........Savage Garden
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timmy
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Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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There was a young man from Madras
Whose balls were made out of brass.
In thundery weather
The both clashed together
And sparks shot out of his arse
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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Well, certainly one is a manly chair... The other chair doesn't seem to have any balls -- does that make it female?
Seriously, are they supposed to represent a male-female human couple? Am I reading things into this I shouldn't be?
Is the person who made it having the last laugh, because the representations exist only in the mind of the person who sees it? That sounds depressingly possible, but it must be such a common idea in modern art that it can't be an original one any more.
I suppose it could be an example of post-post-modernism, if such a thing exists: it relies on everyone thinking that it is meaningful, but actually it calls all our bluffs and making us believe it is meaningful soley by virtue of it being unlikely that it is not meaningful because meaning by virtue of meaninglessness is no longer an original idea.
Is there an article about it anywhere (esp. on the internet) to put me out of my misery?
David
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Actually, its just two chairs and bolos waitting to go back into storage.
I believe in Karma....what you give is what you get returned........
Affirmation........Savage Garden
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cossie
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On fire! |
Location: Exiled in North East Engl...
Registered: July 2003
Messages: 1699
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They're just like the ones I used to sit on when I first began to work for the UK Government - and my colleagues and I were always expected to work our balls off!
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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I guess it finnally happened
I believe in Karma....what you give is what you get returned........
Affirmation........Savage Garden
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Oh well, if we're into limericks…
There was a young man of Devizes
Who had balls of two different sizes.
One ball was small,
Hardly a ball at all.
The other was large and won prizes.
I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
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Dear Gary,
Thank you for your email enquiry regarding a work in our Domesic Incidents Exhibition
The work that you are referring to is by Richard Wentworth and is entitled Siege.
This can be viewed at http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=21789&searchid=30784
His biography can be found at: http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=2132&page=1&sole=y&collab=y&attr=y&sort=default&tabview=bio
Many of Wentworth's sculptures bring together everyday objects in witty and often unsettling combinations. He collects discarded objects which he gathers in his studio until they unexpectedly prompt a new idea. His choice of titles reflect a similar wit.
The following is from the caption display:
The title of this sculpture is a word play that refers to the French word for seat (siège) as well as the English idea of being under siege. Wentworth usually uses common objects and easily available materials in his sculptures. These are combined a manner that appears natural while indicating extraordinary functions or activities. He has suggested that one might think that the laminated chairs in 'Siege' come ready-fitted with the pulleys, even though they have no obvious use. The chairs are united by the cable threaded through their seats, from which hang two lead balls. The artist has described that 'all they can do is roll against each other. Like a gaucho's bolas, one chair ensnares the other'.
(From the display caption August 2004)
I hope that this is helpful to you.
Regards,
Joanna Selcott
Information Assistant
Tate Modern
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I think I like the idea of one being a male chair and the other a female.
Does this mean the chairs are engaged in.....
Quick! Put a screen round them for modesty's sake. ;-D
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