White Cuboid, Black Cylinder, 2012. Sikander Pervez.
This is an early experiment consisting of a chair painted white and a caster wheel drilled into it.
This experiment was realised soon after the work I had been working on for the 48 hour exhibition in which I used the shadow of a simple dining table chair to explore how the history of furniture has impacted on what we make in present times. I have always associated glossy, white, streamlined, plastic/metal objects with an obsession with making everything ‘futuristic’ in the design industry. Therefore, I decided to research when and how white became so popular in commercial household objects in England. My trail lead me to Josiah Wedgwood, who added white to his pottery and it was very popular amongst homes.
With this in mind I went on to carry out my experiment and drilled a hole into the chair to add a caster wheel because my practice concerns the fast paced, throw-away generation of our time.
It was only once I had completed this artwork, that I realised it referenced Marcel Duchamp’s Bicycle Wheel.
