Picture Frames for People - STEVEN R. TABOR

Picture Frames for People: Vic Sitting Pretty

Can a functional object be a work of art?

Every chair should be a throne, and hold a king.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A chair is a functional, intimate object. We use our chairs every day, and it is an object that was created specifically for the human body. Spending so much time in them, It’s quite common for people to form a special attachment to their chairs.

But a chair can also have its own artistic character, depending on its design, its location, its use, and how it is placed vis-à-vis other objects. Conceptually, people are framed by their chairs. Much of what we create is, in fact, done seated. This series is an ode to our modern love affair with the chair. A model, Victoria, was asked to pose in several chairs, and to make them her own. Framed by the chairs, Vic sits pretty for the camera.

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