You Can't Lay Down Your Memory Chest of Drawers
Tejo Remy (Dutch, born 1960), designer and maker
Details
Title
You Can't Lay Down Your Memory Chest of Drawers
Artist/Maker
Tejo Remy (Dutch, born 1960), designer and maker
Date
designed 1991, fabricated 2008
Medium
Maple, various preexisting drawers, jute furniture mover's strap, and metal
Dimensions
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Credit
Purchase with funds from the Friends of the Decorative Arts
Accession #
2008.161
Tejo Remy’s concept for this chest is a functional and visual marker of spaces to hold and retain memories. By creating a new context for old, forgotten parts (the drawers), he recycles the works and the meaning found within and around them. In 2008, the High sent out a statewide call for submissions of drawers from any type of furniture to be included; the chosen entries were assembled on site by Remy based on the original design Remy first debuted with Droog in 1991. His design philosophy champions a more responsible, moral, and simplistic approach, as demonstrated with these repurposed drawers.