Atelier Van Lieshout

Pipecutter

2015

Mixed media
60 x 60 x 246 cm

Pipecutter is multi-layered, a work of many meanings: it raises a monument for humble tools, whilst its’ embryonic form refers to the small but overpowering origins of human life. The statue is cradled by an umbilical metal pedestal, which in turn is connected to a simple, crib-like chair – the AVL-Shaker chair. The chair appears to have been the focal point of shamanist rituals or offerings, in contrast with the Pipe Cutter itself, a virginal ideal image in pure white composite.

The AVL-Shaker chair was conceived in 1999, inspired by the furniture created by the Shakers. It was, however, intended as a furniture piece for the ideal dwelling of the Una Bomber, which in turn was part of an installation at the Walker Art Center entitled The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

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