Georgia Weitenberg, Bent Wood Chair, 2021. Southern mahogany, 850 x 500 x 500 mm.
Zachary Frankel, Cloud Chair, 2022, recycled plastic, aluminium, wool, 800 x 730 x 915 mm.
Ashley Eriksmoen, Two wrongs could make a right, 2018, reclaimed wood chairs, twine, acrylic spray paint, oil finish, dimensions variable.
Brodie Neill, Cowrie Chair, 2013, Plywood faced with ebonised ash, 750 x 740 x 640mm.
Bonhula Yunupingu and Damien Wright, Bonggawa’wu Nhana’nhamirri (Boss’s chair), 2022. Gadayka, ancient red gum, copper wire, oil finish. 900 x 800 x 800mm. Represented by Gallery Sally Dan Cuthbert. Photo: Bernie Wright
Johnny Nargoodah and Trent Jansen, Ngumu Janka Warnti (All Made from Rubbish) Chair, 2020. New Zealand leather and aluminium, 90 x 50 x 60cm, Edition 1 of 20 + 2 AP. Represented by Gallery Sally Dan Cuthbert.
Jess Humpston, Ch-air, 2022, Stained American white ash, monofilament weaving, 550 x 540 x 810mm. Photo:
Dean Norton, Float Chair, 2022, glass.
Duncan Young & Noah Hartley, CastChair, 2022, cast glass/timber (A.melanoxylon), 480 x 420 x 715 mm.
Bern Chandley, Lowbow Diner, 2014. American walnut.

The Chair: honouring an iconic object

24 November 2022

‘When and why is a chair a chair?’, asks Dale Hardiman in his catalogue essay to The Chair, an exhibition curated by Eliza Tiernan and recently shown at Craft Victoria in Melbourne.

‘Is it the functionality of a chair, or is it our historical understanding that classifies a ‘thing’ as being a chair?’, Hardiman continues. The result was a collection of chairs that question our notions of what a chair is, and yet reinforces the idea that, in Hardiman’s words: ‘The chair is fluid; no longer simply a physical thing.’

Some of the chairs are presented here, click on images for a larger view and to read maker credits.
The photos were shown were supplied by Craft Victoria and courtesy of the makers.

The Chair showed at Craft Victoria, Watson Place, Melbourne from September 10 – November 19, 2022.