Julia and I chose
to reassign Vincent Van Gogh’s Chair from
the National Gallery to Camden Market. One day when Julia was walking through
Camden, she wandered into an eclectic tea-house. After strolling through a
deserted hallway, she saw a chair sitting alone in a corner. She was struck by
its subtle charm, and took a picture to document it. This was before we were
given the assignment of reassigning an artwork, so after seeing Van Gogh’s Chair, we thought it worked perfectly.
While
Van Gogh’s Chair does not exactly fit
neatly into our theme of “street art vs. institutionalized art”, we did feel
that the idea of changing the place in which an artwork is viewed can also
change its meaning applies equally to both our portfolio and this assignment.
We wanted to move Van Gogh’s piece to Camden because viewing such a notable
work by such a prominent artist in Camden, a very eclectic part of London,
would not only come as a shock but perhaps even compliment the painting in
unexpected ways. Similar to the way in which moving artwork from the streets of
London into a gallery can change its meaning and take away some of its edge,
Van Gogh’s piece can be altered by moving it to Camden.
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