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Jake Smith Design Blog

Apr 24 '12
Shiro Kuramata Japanese (Tokyo, Japan, 1934 - 1991) Miss Blanche 1988 furniture | plastic Not currently on view in the museum 35 7/16 in. x 21 5/8 in. x 23 5/8 in. (90 cm x 55 cm x 60 cm) Acquired 1991 Collection SFMOMA Accessions Committee Fund: gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fisher, Mrs. George Roberts, and Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Walker, Jr. 91.27.A-E Source: http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artwork/367#ixzz1sxda6q00 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art “Miss Blanche derives its design from the corsage that Blanche Dubois wore in Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire. The seat, arms, and back are made of clear acrylic resin in which red silk roses seem to float, an ironic memory of chintz upholstery. The gently curving arms and back are joined and proportioned to stand out as individual elements rather than as parts of a whole. The purple anodized aluminum legs are inserted into slots carved out of the underside of the seat”i kinda like this chair but i kind of don’t , i like most of Kuramata’s work and i like the fact that this piece is made of glass and that the back rest is not straight. but the only thing that puts me off from this is the flowers. for some reason is reminds me of art nouveau, i think it is just because of the floral aspect, to me these are out dated and makes the piece feel older than it actually is. 

Shiro Kuramata

Japanese (Tokyo, Japan, 1934 - 1991)

Miss Blanche

1988

furniture | plastic

Not currently on view in the museum



35 7/16 in. x 21 5/8 in. x 23 5/8 in. (90 cm x 55 cm x 60 cm)
Acquired 1991
Collection SFMOMA
Accessions Committee Fund: gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fisher, Mrs. George Roberts, and Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Walker, Jr.
91.27.A-E



Source: http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artwork/367#ixzz1sxda6q00 
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

“Miss Blanche derives its design from the corsage that Blanche Dubois wore in Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire. The seat, arms, and back are made of clear acrylic resin in which red silk roses seem to float, an ironic memory of chintz upholstery. The gently curving arms and back are joined and proportioned to stand out as individual elements rather than as parts of a whole. The purple anodized aluminum legs are inserted into slots carved out of the underside of the seat”

i kinda like this chair but i kind of don’t , i like most of Kuramata’s work and i like the fact that this piece is made of glass and that the back rest is not straight. but the only thing that puts me off from this is the flowers. for some reason is reminds me of art nouveau, i think it is just because of the floral aspect, to me these are out dated and makes the piece feel older than it actually is.