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Scott Burton – Two-Part Chairs, Right Angle Version (a Pair)

(1987)

Scott Burton: Two Parts Chairs, Right Angle Version (a Pair)

Created by Nathan Wilkinson and Olivia Stoddard Visual Analysis Scott Burton created Two-Part Chairs, Right Angle Version (a Pair) in 1987. The sculpture is located at the entrance of the Biology building at Western Washington University, which is surrounded by black… Continue Reading →

Two-Part Chairs, Right Angle Version (a Pair) 1987

By: Grace Westermann (Research), Alex DeChenne (Video), Paige Bartholmey (Research) Group statement For Scott Burton’s sculpture, Two-Part Chairs, Right Angle Version (a Pair) (1987), our group wanted to capture the chairs through video to show Burton’s original intent to create… Continue Reading →

Scott Burton – Two-Part Chairs, Right Angle Version (a Pair)

By: Nghi Nguyen, Makani Falkin, Marissa Ishii The Sculpture: The Two-part Chairs, Right Angle Version (a Pair), a sculpture created by Scott Burton, is located at front of the Biology building, in Western Washington University. The sculptor – Scott Burton… Continue Reading →

By: Dillon Hamblin & Paige Rittenhouse The Piece “Two-Part Chairs, Right Angle Version” was created in 1987 only 2 years before Scott Burton’s death. This piece was originally in the Virginia Wright Fund in Seattle and gifted to Western Washington… Continue Reading →

Details of The Unseen

By: Dylan Willis, Madison Dowling, Ireland Kelly Artist statement: We wanted to represent the complex aspects of these very simple sculpture pieces. Two-part chairs, Right angle version (a pair) blends into the fast paced world of campus, and they sometimes… Continue Reading →

Art: Utilitarian

The artist Scott Burton was born in Greensboro, Alabama in 1939, and was raised by his single mother in the town of Eutaw, Alabama[1]. He attended a number of colleges on the east coast of the United States, most notably… Continue Reading →

Two-Part Chairs: Right Angle Version (a Pair) – Scott Burton (1987)

 Scott Burton was born June 23, 1939 in Greensboro, Alabama. When his parents separated in 1952, he moved to Washington D.C. with his mother where he studied art with Leon Berkowitz and at Hans Hofmann’s painting school. He attended many universities… Continue Reading →

Two-Part Chairs, Right Angle Version – Scott Burton

The Two-Part Chairs, Right Angle Version (a pair) sculpture is displayed at Western Washington University. This sculpture is two chairs carved out of polished granite into perfect right angles. The intention of this art piece is for viewers and students to be… Continue Reading →

Two-Part Chairs: Right Angle Version (A Pair) – Scott Burton

In front of Western’s biology building, flanking both sides of the front entrance sit two identical granite chairs. Minimalist in form and with clean and simple lines, they offer a seat for any passerby and act as an object to… Continue Reading →

Two-Part Chairs, Right Angle Version – Scott Burton

The Sculpture Location: South Campus in front of the Biology building Date Installed: 2005 Medium: African Juparana granite The Artist Scott Burton first began his artistic career as a teenager attending the Washington Workshop of the Arts in the mid-1950s…. Continue Reading →

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