Artschwager’s art was often created with the aim of analysing and questioning the relationship between illusion and perception; one of his most notable works, Table and Chair, is a sculpture comprised of two laminate-covered blocks, serving as a depiction of both furniture and of functional items.
«I paint many paintings that tell me slowly that I have something inside of me that is just bursting, twisting, sticking, spilling over to get out. »
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Prior to his artistic success, Artschwager had founded a business as a furniture designer and manufacturer – this experience remained integral to his later artworks; he often used such construction materials as wood, Formica and Celotex. Alongside his instillations and sculptures, A
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Artschwager’s art was often created with the aim of analysing and questioning the relationship between illusion and perception; one of his most notable works, Table and Chair, is a sculpture comprised of two laminate-covered blocks, serving as a depiction of both furniture and of functional items.
«I paint many paintings that tell me slowly that I have something inside of me that is just bursting, twisting, sticking, spilling over to get out. »
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Prior to his artistic success, Artschwager had founded a business as a furniture designer and manufacturer – this experience remained integral to his later artworks; he often used such construction materials as wood, Formica and Celotex. Alongside his instillations and sculptures, Artschwager was known for the creation of ‘blps’ - an enlarged punctuation mark crafted from horsehair, wood and paint, then subsequently placed in spaces, serving as a linguistic reference. (
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