Roy McMakin

When is a chair not a chair?

2010
Essays by John Baldessari, Michael Darling, Lisa Eisner, Michael Ned Holte, and Roy McMakin.

Roy McMakin is at once an artist, furniture designer, and architect. His seemingly simple chairs, tables, dressers, and other furniture pieces at first appear childlike and often whimsical; upon closer inspection these pieces evoke contemporary art references as well as domestic archetypal forms. Each piece of furniture, interior, or art installation is infused with rigor as well as humor through tweaked proportions, innately sculptural forms, and craftsmanship of the highest order. This long-awaited monograph collects McMakin's most important creations and commissions from his 30-year career.
Published by Skira Rizzoli.

207 pages. 398 color plates. Hardcover.

9 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches; 25 x 32 cm

ISBN: 978-0-8478-3357-3 (0-8478-3357-7)