#scott burton

[yama-bato]

Scott Burton

TWO-PART CHAIR, circa 1986

granite

[gregdotorg]

I make a couple of audio projects reading art-related texts aloud, and thought I'd do an episode with the brochure for Scott Burton's 1989 MoMA exhibition about Brancusi's pedestal-bases, but it got all screwed up, producing more anxiety than relief, and anyway, just read it yourself.

Anyway, I mostly wanted to publish this installation photo with the scultpure/base Burton made for two Brancusi birds—and his brochure holders.

[archiveofaffinities]

Scott Burton, Concrete Tables, 1980

[mildewdrops]

Scott Burton, Aluminum Chair - 1981 Art Institute of Chicago

[frenchcurious]

Scott Burton (1939-1989) ''Cubes de stockage en cinq parties'' 1982. - source Philips.

[deftswerve]

Scott Burton’s sculpture “Two-Part Chairs, Obtuse Angle (A Pair),” at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Walker Art Center, 2015.Credit...Raymond Boyd/Getty Images

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The Legacy of Scott Burton: A Fragile Footnote in Art History

When renowned artist Scott Burton made the fateful decision on his deathbed in 1989 to bequeath his estate to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), he envisioned securing a lasting legacy in the annals of art history. However, this choice ultimately relegated him to a mere footnote — a figure almost lost to obscurity. Before his untimely death at the age of 50 due to AIDS-related complications, Burton…

[thefeawl]

Scott Burton Five-Part Storage Cubes, 1982

lacquered wood 53.25 h x 59 w x 43.5 d in (135 x 150 x 110 cm)

[frenzyarts]

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[itberice]

Star Trek: The Next Generation I Relics

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and the rest is history

[yama-bato]

Scott Burton

TWO-PART CAFE TABLE, 1984

Verde Ubatuba granite, in 2 parts

Scott Burton

Two-Cube Table, 1985-1986

polished granite

[gregdotorg]

Scott Burton left his entire estate to MoMA, which is not set up for that sort of thing tbqh, and it has been a mess. Some recent surges in interest in Burton's work and the threats faced by several of his public commissions, may have helped the museum focus on supporting his legacy, reports a big-ass article in the NYTimes

image: Scott Burton, Atrium Furnishment, 1986, granite, onyx, brass, plants, as installed in the atrium of the Equitable Building, 787 Seventh Avenue, NYC until 2020

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met in london, england, april 1984 ♡

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