This is amazing.

"Ouch. Be careful with that encyclopedia!"

Wow.

I wish I could read the Spanish below the photos, and I'd be grateful for a translation, but I like this a lot.

Translation from Google Translate:
(a little rough, but you get the idea)


CURRENT EXHIBITION
06. April - 05. May

HUMAN FURNITURE
DAVID BLÁZQUEZ

"Man is the measure of all things, which are, as they are,
and which are not, as they are not. "Protagoras, s. V a. C.

Attractive and disturbing are two adjectives that fit well in the work that David Blázquez have these days in the room The Fotómata, turning the space into an area that seems to transcend beyond the reality.

Who has not ever had the feeling of being watched by something or someone when you're alone in a room. Table, dresser, the lamp may be passed from inanimate objects to become ghostly sentinels that scrutinize our presence. Or perhaps the opposite? The surreal and dreamlike vision of reality seen through the lens of the photographer, covered the body transforms into inert and stripped of any trace of life to the subject, now mobilier repertoire that accompanies our daily discourse.

Other artists have had before the temptation to turn the human body in a suggestive Attrezzo interior fantasies. Among the closest are the proposals by UK Allen Jones in the late sixties of last century, with an aesthetic that immerses us in the imagination of Pop Art, and on the European continent is much more prone to erotic obsession that in the American context. Fetishism and sadistic connotation Jones refers to a universe that confronts the viewer in a very direct and, perhaps, ironic about the limitations of eroticism in contemporary society.

In the work of David Blázquez is not to compel the public. In any case, there is rather an exercise of introspection and the intention to re-submit as an individual is transformed into an object. Clarifiers are two elements: the naked and the self. The first is that we are immersed in the realm of Morpheus where the absence of bias allows for the plausibility of the photographic language, using the naked with a freedom beyond the bounds of morality, decency, or to what is socially established. Regarding the role of the artist himself, is more revealing still. We are always the main actor in our dreams. Sometimes we do not distinguish the faces of those who formed the furniture until we realize that it is oneself. And in the background we can interpret all the papers. Our image is multiplied beyond belief and is transformed into that object that monitors our lives: in the measure of all things.

Ricardo Leon Moro.

Well, it would certainly be a conversation starter!

Looks painful but must be a real conversation piece. Are the shelves sold separately?

But is it tethered to the wall for earthquake safety? And what if the cats climb on it?

Funny - rated.

What a powerful statement about the objectification and dehumanization of people. rated

Not to be crude, but how come I'm not seeing any penises?

I'm sure the Ikea version has some unorthodox pieces, too. At last, a natural slot for a thin book that always get lost on a regular shelf.

Amazing photo...can't wait to see the rest.

Holy merde! Just gotta’ say, that 2nd (downward facing) shelf from the bottom has the toughest load-bearing job... The plant’s a nice touch.

I love this

Miss you Biblio!

I would like to say that this is cute. Cute does not really fit the feeling I have when I look at this human shelving. I guess it looks cute, but strange.

Regards,
Alec
Shelving