Made in 2009 by the English-British artist duo, Benandsebastian, the iconoclastic Seat [...] in wood and plaster is build from fragments of ruined architecture and leftovers from construction sites. Delicately collapsing and elaborately erected, Seat [...] stands as if caught in time. As chair and classical portico, ruin and construction site, the work exists in a state of spatial and temporal suspension. Beneath the work’s surfaces lie miniature architectural structures that suggest an ambiguity of scale and a vulnerable relationship between the work’s bold outer surfaces and the fragile inner constructions that support them.
With a strong background in the humanities, Benandsebastian’s sculptures are meticulously handcrafted and take the form of elaborate structures with a keen sense of detail, while embracing important philosophical and sociological concepts. Their work is impossible to delineate, it embodies a form of elusiveness in a grey area between sculpture, installation, design, craft and architecture.