JOHN CALDWELL, THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, DEC. 13, 1981
“CHAIRS AND MORE CHAIRS” Overall, however, the success of this large show- more than 100 works by 53 artists- must…
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“CHAIRS AND MORE CHAIRS” Overall, however, the success of this large show- more than 100 works by 53 artists- must…
I’m interested in the direction architecture is going – the hybridization of past styles and the expression of something beyond…
Next we have Christopher Sproat’s stylized croquet game, all its components white and skewed. They are actually slanted. The peculiarly…
“NOT ALL CHAIRS ARE EQUAL” ???.. Although Nicholas Calas’ selections in “Further Furniture” were marred by the inclusion of too…
The inclusion of art into a space whether interior or exterior presents a theater for vicarious experience. At Wave Hill…
On a sedate green lawn is one of Christopher Sproat’s best works ? a giant, dangerous- looking “couch” and table…
Christopher Sproat’s “Contemplating Croquet” is a reference to the gentility of Wave Hill’s past. An elegantly curved bench that would…
“BLURRING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN ART AND FURNITURE” Artists see the potential of furniture in different ways, some, like Christopher Sproat,…
Neon is the only common denominator in Christopher Sproat’s dramatic turnabout. Half a decade ago, Sproat draped glowing neon tubing…
Christopher Sproat says that for him “furniture is a depository for associations and meanings, a devise which evokes presence and…