A chair made from loaves of bread and a toilet-cum-sink are among the objects on display in an exhibition at Friedman Benda that aims to find a "new form of pleasure" in furniture.
All of the objects are on display in a room with yellow walls and plush yellow carpeting to create an experience that is both immersive and difficult for visitors to process
Spanish-born creative director Omar Sosa curated the exhibition titled Comfort as part of the New York gallery's annual presentation of a guest-curated show. Sosa included sculptures, paintings and furniture pieces that all discuss the conditions of comfort.
"I think comfort is very subjective, it really depends on every person and something could be very comfortable for one and for another could be really horrible," Sosa told Dezeen. "It's not something that is really measured by any kind of measurement." Loaf by Sam Stewart upholsters a chair with loaves of bread that visitors are encouraged to tear off and eat chunks of
"Combining utilitarian objects, sculptures, photographs and paintings into a visual landscape meant to provoke engagement from the viewer, Comfort investigates comfort's relationship to aesthetics and the tension that occurs when an object can be physically comfortable, but visually or psychologically uncomfortable, and vice versa," said Friedman Benda.
John Chamberlain's couch from 1970 comprises a polyurethane foam structure draped with a white parachute
All of the...