Yan Wen Chang, Pair of replica customized Wassily Chairs, 2022. Chair No. 1: Marcel Breuer Model B3 Wassily Chair replica steel chrome frame purchased on Kijiji in 2018 for $99CAN, then electroplated with 24 Karat Gold in 2022. The seat is made of fve unstretched paintings by Chang. The paintings are titled as follows: Portrait of Self in Passenger Seat No. 1, 2022, oil on canvas; Big Dreams, 2020, gouache on denim; Take Away My Pain, I Regret I Told Mama Life Would Change, 2018, mixed media on canvas; Home, Exile, and Return, 2018, mixed media on canvas; You Can’t Play God Without Being Acquainted With The Devil, 2017, mixed media on canvas. All parts of the seat were hand-stitched with a black cotton embroidery thread. Chair No. 2: Black leather seat Marcel Breuer Model B3 Wassily Chair replica chair stolen from Chang’s ex-boyfriend in 2018. Installation documentation of “The size of the credit card” group exhibition curated by Daniel Griffn Hunt at the plumb (Toronto) from April 1 to April 29, 2022. Image courtesy of the artist and the plumb. Photo by Laura Findlay Documentation.
Two Wassily chairs face opposite directions in the gallery. One is steel with black back, arms, and seat while the other has a gold frame and is reupholstered with canvas painted with red, blue, black, and white.
