TV Chair, 1973

Basel 2017
TV Chair

James Cohan Gallery

Sculpture
Chair, monitor, Plexiglas
122.3 x 41.9 x 43.5 (cm)
48.1 x 16.5 x 17.1 (inch)
The earliest and most formative work in the presentation is TV Chair (1973). The sculpture consists of a garden chair through which the viewer sees a classic 1970s monitor broadcasting live television. Paik was amused with the notion of passively consuming contemporary media.