Scott Burton was best known for creating work that was a balance between art and furniture while forming a new kind of functional public sculpture. “Two-Part Chairs, Right Angle Version (A Pair)” is a marbled sculpture, literally in 2 combined parts, art that serves the public. They are intended to be touched, sat upon, and enjoyed by the public. Burton once said that art should “place itself in front of, but around, behind, underneath (literally) the audience in and operational capacity”. Two-part chairs is a creation for public pleasure.
This visual time-lapse is footage of the true usage of Burton’s sculptures here on WWU’s campus. Located in front of the biology building, the chairs are not used as frequent as their artist initially intended for them to be. On rainy days, the chairs are hardly used at all. To our sudden surprise, some students didn’t even realize that the chairs were a piece of art. The time lapse shows that Burtons initial intent for the piece – frequent use – isn’t how it is in reality. In reality students inconsistently sit upon the marbled chairs.
This image shows the plaque describing the piece and giving information on the artist.
Here is another view of where the sculptures are placed. They are on either side of the main door to the biology building and they are not under any roofing.
The image clearly shows the literal “two-parts” of the “Two-Part Chairs”.
The image captures the unique color of the marble and its texture.
Students use the chairs to study upon. They serve as a great place to hang out in between classes.
Created by:
Katie Mott, Leilana Bill, and Michelle Hughes.
Michelle – Typed out captions, took some pictures, helped set up time lapse, wrote out paragraph about sculpture, contributed with research about artist, contributed with ideas about artist and his intentions, and helped figure out word press.
Leilana – created one of the time lapse videos, edited time lapse videos, added music, helped figure out word press contributed ideas about artist and his intentions, added ideas about observations of statues and what the artist’s intent might be, contributed with research about artist.
Katie – Inserted pictures, inserted video, inserted captions, contributed with research about artist, contributed with ideas about artist and intentions, added ideas about observations of statues, wrote down observations about statues, helped figure out word press.
Music in video: Mild Nova
Video editor by Samsung Electronics Co.
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