Lot Description
Marina Abramovic (b. 1946)
Chair for Non-Human Use
coated iron and clear quartz crystal
275½ x 59 x 59 in. (700 x 150 x 150 cm.)
Executed in 1996.
Provenance
Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Literature
G. Celant, Marina Abramovic Public Body Installations and Objects 1965-2001, Milan, 2001, pp. 354-355 (illustrated).
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Lot Notes
Marina Abramovic, Statement in Proposal for "Spirit Chair":
Since the project The Lovers walking on The Great Wall of China I made a new body of work under the title "Transitory Objects". "Transitory Objects" can be divided into two parts; Objects for human use and Objects for non-human use (spirit use). In the focus of my work the centre point was always the body. The objects I built are referring to three basic body positions; sitting - standing - lying. In my performances the focus of interest for me was to push my body to the physical and mental limits reaching extremes. In building "Transitory Objects" I am interested in extreme materials: Hair from Korean virgins - Quartz crystals, Tormaline, Amethyst.
As a outdoor piece I would like to construct the "Spirit Chair" 7 meters high with a large crystal stone in the back of the chair which will allow the sunlight to go through and depending of the angle during the day it could work as a prisma projecting rainbow colour lights."
