Joseph Algieri at Make-Do
Organised by
Marta LA & Catalog Sale
Dates
May 19, 2023 - May 27, 2023
Opening Hours
12:00 am - 5:00 pm
Address
5 Chatham Square
New York
United States
Free
Marta Los Angeles and Catalog Sale are pleased to present Make–Do, an exhibition of twenty-four historic and contemporary ad-hoc chairs, held in alignment with NYC×Design. This selection of improvised chair typologies surveys twelve works from Catalog Sale founder Avi Kovacevich’s ebullient collection, placed in dialogue with a dozen works from contemporary practices, each of whom fabricated their entries in response to the following brief: Make a Chair in Three Days.
Day 1, Identify & Gather Material
Day 2, Design & Plan
Day 3, Craft & Assemble
The proposed schedule emphasizes the primary components of making-do, the verbiage of which suggests the simultaneous expression of Place, Time, and Know-How—the submission to what is at-hand. Kovacevich’s selections, originally sourced from a variety of disparate and delightful venues, revel in spontaneous necessity: a seat of tires assembled by employees at an auto body shop; a swag of worn carpet, suspended over a slatted wood frame, discovered in a rug warehouse—each represents an idiosyncratic respite of a moment off-the-clock.
12 Contemporary Ad-Hoc Chairs from — Joseph Algieri, Samuel Brockman, Sarah Burns, Chen Chen & Kai Williams, Miles Huston, Sebastijan Jemec & Georgia McGovern, Minjae Kim, Nifemi Ogunro, Isabel Rower, Shaina Tabak, Brendan Timmins, and Kristen Wentrcek & Andrew Zebulon
12 Historical Ad-Hoc Chairs from — Anonymous (Berks County, PA), Anonymous (Berkshire County, MA), Anonymous (Bucks County, PA), Anonymous (Coos County, NH), Anonymous (Inyo County, CA), Anonymous (Kennebec County, ME), Anonymous (Kings County, NY), Anonymous (Lincoln County, ME), Anonymous (Middlesex County, MA), Anonymous (San Bernardino County, CA), Anonymous (Spartanburg County, SC), Anonymous (Ulster County, NY)
The public opening of Make-Do is taking place on Friday, May 19 from 6 – 9PM.
