Sam Stewart
Untitled (Chair), 2017
60" x 20" x 20" (Chair 1)
86" x 20" x 20" (Chair 2)
Maple, beech, vinyl, leather
“Continuing the theme of defeatism, hybridity, and precious materials, Sam Stewart’s stick chairs have been netted into the domestic realm with their Arborous backs upholstered in what the artist refers to as “body bags.” By putting the tradition of hickory-twig furniture (from the artist’s home state of North Carolina) on display through transparent vinyl slip covers, Stewart offers an absurdist nature morte, that mocks, mourns, and memorializes the common tropes of Americana, challenging both ideas of status and the illusion of continual use.” -Pinup Magazine