Fat Chair
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Fat Chair is a conceptual artwork by Joseph Beuys that features an ordinary wooden chair partially covered in fat to explore themes of transformation, impermanence, and the relationship between everyday objects and sculptural materials.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fat Chair canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
conceptual artwork
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sculpture ⓘ |
| artForm | mixed-media sculpture ⓘ |
| artist | Joseph Beuys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
performance art practice of Joseph Beuys
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postwar German art ⓘ |
| conceptualFocus |
integration of everyday object into artwork
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redefinition of sculpture through non-traditional materials ⓘ tension between stability of wood and mutability of fat ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Joseph Beuys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features |
chair partially covered in fat
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ordinary wooden chair ⓘ |
| genre | conceptual art ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
1960s–1970s conceptual art discourse
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post-World War II European avant-garde ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
fat
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wood ⓘ |
| movement | Fluxus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Joseph Beuys’s theory of social sculpture
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challenging conventional boundaries of sculpture ⓘ use of organic, perishable material ⓘ |
| theme |
energy and change
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ephemerality of materials ⓘ expanded notion of sculpture ⓘ impermanence ⓘ relationship between everyday objects and sculptural materials ⓘ transformation ⓘ |
| usesMotif |
chair
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fat ⓘ |
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