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VITO ACCONCI
(1940-2017)
Name-Calling Chair
1990

17 – 27 July 2023, 12:00 EDT
Online, New York

US$3,000 - US$5,000

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VITO ACCONCI (1940-2017)

Name-Calling Chair
1990

signed, titled and dated 1984/1990 on the plaque underside
cherry, ebony, and birch veneer plywood

51 3/4 by 35 3/4 by 46 in.
131.4 by 90.7 by 116.8 cm.

This work is from the edition of ten.


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Considered a conceptual and performance artist as well as a sculptor and an architect, the late artist Vito Acconci's first love was writing, obtaining an MFA in literature and poetry from the University of Iowa's prestigious Iowa Writer's Workshop in 1964. Name Calling Chair could be considered a literal interpretation of a "concrete" poem, as well as a manifestation of the artist's preoccupation with humiliation and self-identified shameful acts, subjects covered in many of his videos from the 1960s as well as his landmark performance work "Seedbed" from 1973.

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