Special envoy to Lausanne
A chair, according to Thierry Barbier-Mueller, is not easy.
It grew out of denim rags, stacked like thicknesses and strapped like a makeshift shelter (
Rag Chai
, 1991, by salvage designer Tejo Remy).
It is made of sheets of corrugated cardboard, with its matching footstool, like two improbable old pink rocks dulled by time (
Red Beaver Chair
, 1980, by the great Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry).
She seems slightly wobbly, with her 4 twisted legs, her seat rolled up like a bicycle saddle and her cloudy blue backrest reaching out to you (
Bambi
, 1983-1986, in brass, maple, organza and steel, by the late Czech architect and designer Borek Sipek).
It is animal, alive and enveloping like the serpent of Mexican tales (
Double-Headed Serpent Chair
, 1999, in painted wood, ceramic and mirror inlays, by Niki de Saint Phalle).
Even monastic, a sort of crucifix that has become seated, just by extension...
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