Comments on: Brickchair by Pepe Heykoop

By: oh no!

oh no! — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:43:58 +0000

@eindhoven for me the concept is entirely clear. He transformed the sketch he liked into a 3d object (an object not a chair!). I like it as an exercise of translating the 2d to the 3d

By: Frever t.

Frever t. — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:47:18 +0000

Every time i come here I am not dissapointed, nice post

By: RIC.

RIC. — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:20:16 +0000

Its not a good sign if a project needs so much explanation and metaphorical talking to make it seem like a piece of art.

His statement is simple and straight to the point! him interpreting a drawing made by James Gulliver Hancock.
would more see it as an expressive, visual piece like a first rough sketch on paper.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:17:27 +0000

I’m amazed so little people see the artistic value of this chair. I think it works as a piece of art, or a statement, though I either would have liked a bit more of an explanation by the designer (what does it represent to him?) or none at all, and let the piece do the talking.

I can read elements of Cubism, Memphis and De Stijl into it, but represented by a child’s toy building blocks it puts those movements in an interesting perspective. Artists look at the world with wonder and translate it with a mix of intuition and intellectual deliberation into their art. They are, in a way, children with building blocks, building what they see through the filter of their artistic interpretation with the tools that are handed to them. One could even state that by the very act of being artists, they themselves become building blocks of the chair that seats society.

So I think this chair is definitely a legitimate artistic exercise. I don’t think anybody can deny the integrity with which it was made and I think integrity is the only condition for art. What it becomes after that is a matter of individual interpretation: can you create a story around the piece that resonates with you. Apparently, many of you could not.

By: RIC.

RIC. — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:02:50 +0000

HE GOT HIS INSPIRATION FROM THE ILLUSTRATIONS WITH THE TITLE: ALL THE CHAIRS I SAT ON. SEEMS QUIT FUNCTIONAL TO ME!

TO ME ITS MORE OF A SIMPLE AND QUICK INTERPRETATION OF A DRAWING SOMEBODY ELSE MADE.

HEEE James Gulliver Hancock LOVE YOUR WORK!
MAYBE YOU SHOULD MAKE A DRAWING AGAIN OF PEPEs CHAIR!…..
OR IS THIS ONE IMPOSSIBLE TO SIT ON? HAHAHA