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Sydney
Date:
28-Jun-2009
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Description:
Peter Tully, (1947 - 1992), Liberace Memorial Chair, 1989 cast aluminium frame decorated with fabric, mirrors, buttons, faux fur and found objects height. In 1989 Brian sayer, who designed the g'Day chair together with Chistopher Connell, invited artists and designers to create art objects based on the chair. The resultant objects were exhibited and subsequently auctioned to raise funds for AiDs research and charities. Tully donated one design to the exhibition, however this design, again using the G'Day chair as its starting point, was made for an exhibition at Barry Stern gallery. The Liberace Memorial Chair, pays irreverent homage to the passing of its oppulently ostentatious namesake. The companion piece, the Liberace Memorial Fountain, is in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia. Exhibited: Barry Stern Gallery, 1990. Literature: Vogue Italia, 1991, front cover Anna Piaggi, Fashion Algebra, Thames & Hudson, 1998
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Category:
Furniture - Post 1950: Australian