vs.
scott burton's picnic table
vs
brancusi's " table of silence"
cosmic dining pt 1.
Anyone who knows me, knows that Scott Burton's concrete forms quicken my mellow pulse. A rush and a push!
Such mass and simplicity simply sends shivers up my spine! I recently found this picture on a random flicker account, labeled the "picnic table" by Scott Burton.
Perhaps I've spent too many summers at Burning Man, and full moons at Joshua Tree, but this table just seems cosmic in every sense of the word. I ask you, have you ever seen a picnic table as cosmic as this? This is a table that Felix Gonzales Torres or even Maya Lin would covet. I'm not quite sure what sort of chairs/stools one might use, but is that really that important?
Roberta Smith, who wrote this beautiful piece when Soctt Burton passed away....
"Mr. Burton worked in a tradition of utilitarian modernism that started with the Russian Constructivists and was continued by the De Stijl and Bauhaus artists. His greatest achievement may lie in his forays into public art, which evolved in accordance with his belief that art should ''place itself not in front of, but around, behind, underneath (literally) the audience.''
"His fiercely laconic work destroyed the boundaries between furniture and sculpture, between private delectation and public use and radically altered the way we see many 20th-century masters, including Gerrit Rietveld and Brancusi.''
Mr. Burton's own sculptures, which could be used as tables and chairs when they were not on exhibit, often infused the plain abstract forms of Minimalism with a sense of utility, history and wit. To accomplish this, the artist drew on his wide knowledge of furniture - a passion since childhood -both modernist and vernacular, 19th and 20th century.
Sybarite Architecture...
London townhouse.
more cosmic dining, this time indoors please.
No chairs needed!
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"International architecture and interior design firm Sybarite recently completed a complete refurbishment of a four bedroom Victorian townhouse in West London's Brackenbury Village.
On the lower ground floor, an open plan kitchen, dining room and play room form the basis of the space, whilst a round hatchway concealed behind the kitchen leads down to a sizable wine cellar. Bright yellow liquid laminate cabinets adorn the large kitchen, whilst the dining room is dominated by a gravity defying ‘shuttlecock' dining table."
Constantin Brancusi
"The Table of Silence"
Targu-Jiu, Romania
I'm off to find more about this sculpture table!
Targu-Jiu, Romania
I'm off to find more about this sculpture table!
"The Table of Silence is made in limestone and it has the following dimensions: panel diameter 2, 15 meters, thick 0,43 m and the leg is 2 m in diameter and 0,45 m thick. According to the exegetes of the Brancusian art, the Table of Silence represents the table around which gather the soldiers before confronting their enemy.
At the same time, the chairs stand for the time disposed in hourglasses. Some make an analogy with The Last Supper of Leonardo da Vinci."
sybarite's "shuttlecock" table
vs.
scott burton's picnic table
vs
brancusi's " table of silence"
cosmic dining pt 1.
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