RE: [F_minor] Reproduction of GG's Chair??

["Robert Merkin" <bobmerk@earthlink.net>]

You're almost looking at discarded old chairs the right way. Philippe Weisbecker painted chairs abandoned on New York City sidewalks, and his pal Donald Evans created the imaginary nation of Weisbecker whose postage stamps are abandoned old chairs.

I'm a big Donald Evans fan, but have yet to see one of his Weisbecker faux stamps. There's one thumbnail (the full-size link is a dead end) of a Weisbecker chair among about 40 images of Weisbecker's work if you Google Image "Philippe Weisbecker."

I strongly recommend "The World of Donald Evans," long out of print, but nice copies at reasonable prices are here and there, and libraries with good art book collections must have a copy. Synesthetically speaking, if your ears like Gould, your eyes will like Evans.

Bob

http://vleeptronz.blogspot.com/

> [Original Message]
> From: Miranda Carnessale <mapleleafm@hotmail.com>
> To: <F_MINOR@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU>
> Date: 10/29/2006 8:03:34 PM
> Subject: RE: [F_minor] Reproduction of GG's Chair??
>
> This chair defines the word novelty.
> Did you catch the part about the improvements they've made?
>
> "In a short period of time what had to be preserved, what had to be 
> renounced to and what had to be improved were selected.
>
> No longer are there marked stigmata, abandoned iron wire, bundles of 
> adhesive tape, old corrective screws and jacks. In return the original shape 
> and the glossy aspect of the varnish have remained. The original idea of the 
> cushion for the seating has also been recovered; it is in pale green 
> leather."
>
> Although I've never seen Gould's chair in person, I'm quite certain that the 
> omitted characteristics were the most endearing aspects of the original!  
> How could the manufacturer deprive us of the chair's most eccentric 
> ornamentation?
>
> Last year I found an old, wooden, low-sitting folding chair on the side of 
> the road.  The chair's quite worn- partially stripped of veneer, and the 
> cushion's missing, so my bottom has no support while I sit on it.  I'd like 
> to imagine that its demeanor resembles qualities of Mr. Gould's chair, in 
> that over the years, wear and tear has granted it a personality of its own.  
> I think I'll pass on the replica, save my money, and spend it instead on a 
> trip to visit the museum that houses the one and only...
>
> Miranda
>
> >From: "MJ Watts" <mj.accounts@gmail.com>
> >To: f_minor@email.rutgers.edu
> >Subject: [F_minor] Reproduction of GG's Chair??
> >Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:47:02 -0500
> >
> >There is a company that appears to be producing replicas of GG's folding
> >chair:
> >http://www.glenngould-chair.com/inglese/home.htm
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