Scott Reeder USA, b. 1970
Privacy Screen, 2015
Wood, paint, hardware
84 in H x Variable W+D
4999
Scott Reeder created this sculpture especially for his 2015 exhibition Put The Cat on the Phone, at Kavi Gupta. The exhibition riffed on ideas that grew out of the making...
Scott Reeder created this sculpture especially for his 2015 exhibition Put The Cat on the Phone, at Kavi Gupta. The exhibition riffed on ideas that grew out of the making of Reeder's 2014 film Moon Dust. The gallery was conceived almost as a movie set, with viewers walking through a short, rounded portal in order to enter one gallery. The second gallery, meanwhile, consisted only of a neon sculpture, which hung from the ceiling and almost brushed the floor (which was covered in a bright yellow carpet).
The title of this piece, Privacy Screen, is absurd, as the work is filled with holes like a slice of Swiss Cheese, destroying the promise of privacy its name implies. Uselessness, however, is often considered one of the essential qualities of art. Were the holes not part of this piece, it would simply become a piece of furniture. The absurdity it contains is what endows it with its meaning and value.
The title of this piece, Privacy Screen, is absurd, as the work is filled with holes like a slice of Swiss Cheese, destroying the promise of privacy its name implies. Uselessness, however, is often considered one of the essential qualities of art. Were the holes not part of this piece, it would simply become a piece of furniture. The absurdity it contains is what endows it with its meaning and value.