Jean-François Fourtou
Untitled (Bench), 2006
Painted metal, wood
H 63 3/8 x 122 x 28 in
Photo: JC Lett
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This bench is part of the immense work entitled Mes Maisons (My Houses), created in 2007. Based on his own memories, Jean-François Fourtou has reconstructed part of his great-grandmother’s house...
This bench is part of the immense work entitled Mes Maisons (My Houses), created in 2007. Based on his own memories, Jean-François Fourtou has reconstructed part of his great-grandmother’s house to double scale. The objects in it (broom, chairs, bench, bed) take on once again the disproportionate size they appeared to have when the artist was a child. This playing with scale, which Jean-François Fourtou is fond of, disrupts our adult points of reference and naturally sends the spectator back to their childlike state and perspective.