The Director's Chair
A seemingly accidental assemblage, The Director’s Chair explores the formal and expressive qualities of “non-noble” salvaged materials. On the floor of the exhibition space, Gedi Sibony has unrolled a carpet upside down and placed a large panel of worn wood against a wall. The whole thing looks unstable and fragile, on the verge of falling. The artist’s discreet intervention emphasises the materiality of the discarded objects he has used. In an approach close to Arte Povera, The Director’s Chair tends to reveal the poetic potential of the material in order to propose a sensitive experience. The work takes over the space it occupies and blends in with it, disrupting the viewer’s perception. In the continuity of minimal art, it engages in a reconfiguration of space that invites us to become aware of our relationship to objects and their environment.
Text written by Suzana Danilovic as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibitions
Salon du dessin contemporain;MO.CO Panacée, Montpellier; Montpellier (France; France)
from 03 Sep to 28 Sep 2018
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 13 Sep to 03 Nov 2007
Galerie Art : Concept, Paris (France)
from 02 Dec 2006 to 08 Jan 2007