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Michael Beitz’s Topsy-Turvy Furniture Design

What do you get when you cross a roller coaster with a picnic table? Probably something that resembles Michael Beitz's imaginative takes on the furniture we encounter on a daily basis. Beitz turns mundane objects into innovative sculptural forms that are at once artistic and functional. He flips the script on how to build desks, tables, benches, and couches -- twisting their shapes, turning them into curly cues, or making them bend, stretch, and melt in unexpected ways. His work always has a sense of humor and inspires viewers to become curious about their everyday surroundings.

What do you get when you cross a roller coaster with a picnic table? Probably something that resembles Michael Beitz’s imaginative takes on the furniture we encounter on a daily basis. Beitz turns mundane objects into innovative sculptural forms that are at once artistic and functional. He flips the script on how to build desks, tables, benches, and couches — twisting their shapes, turning them into curly cues, or making them bend, stretch, and melt in unexpected ways. His work always has a sense of humor and inspires viewers to become curious about their everyday surroundings.

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furniture, installation, Michael Beitz, sculpture

figurative, Salman Khoshroo, sculpture

January 25, 2019

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Chen-Shun Lin’s Off-Kilter Sculptures

Chen-Shun Lin, Mixed Media, sculpture

June 22, 2018

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On View: Mandy Greer’s “The Ecstatic Moment” at the Hudson River Museum

crochet, Hudson River Museum, installation, Mandy Greer, The Ecstatic Moment

September 12, 2014

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installation, John Grade, sculpture

September 4, 2014

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Michael Beitz’s Topsy-Turvy Furniture Design

Salman Khoshroo’s Figurative Wire Sculptures

Chen-Shun Lin’s Off-Kilter Sculptures

On View: Mandy Greer’s “The Ecstatic Moment” at the Hudson River Museum

John Grade’s Monumental Installations Take Cues from Nature

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