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  • Triptych III

    Richard Artschwager used laminated furniture surfaces (Formica) on flat paintings, creating works that blur painting and sculpture. The pieces explore material, form, and space, combining minimalism with irony. By elevating everyday industrial surfaces into art, he critiques mass culture and challenges viewers to reconsider how ordinary materials and textures can carry conceptual and aesthetic meaning.

    Category: History, Object
    Artist: Richard Artschwager
    Movement: Сonceptualism
    Date: 1967
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  • Furniture

    Richard Artschwager transformed everyday furniture—tables, chairs, cabinets—into art objects, sometimes retaining only their form without function. The work blurs the line between functional item and artwork, challenging viewers to reconsider what constitutes an object in contemporary art and highlighting perception, context, and conceptual framing over practical use.

    Category: History, Object
    Artist: Richard Artschwager
    Movement: Сonceptualism
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