There were an impressive 1600 chairs used in this piece of work by Doris Salcedo.
She is one of my 10 artists/articles in my visual bibliography.
Like myself, Salcedo uses wooden found objects because it is a material that really shows off wear and tear. The scuffs, scratches and weather damage cannot be hidden very easily on wood.
History is very important and excites a lot of people. An unknown history could be even more exciting; it lets people's imaginations work. A found object should show history; an unknown history that most probably will never be fully discovered.
I find my wooden pallets all over, usually abandoned at the side of a road or leaning against a building. There is no telling where this object has been or where it will end up after its gallery experience.
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