Art or architecture – a retake on the common chair

The common old chair in the hands of an artist can be a miraculous thing - just look at this line up.

11 Nov 2013 12:00

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

Allen Jones’s Chair (1969) TATE collection

Artists have been using chairs in their artworks for as long as the chair has been around. We only have to think of Van Gogh’s paintings of his signature yellow chair.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Instagram: fairleygina