The exhibition and catalogue survey the complete work of Scott Burton’s performances, furniture, and public spaces, emphasizing his brilliance as an observer who understood the design process as a way to produce an object that does something, and where problems can be solved intelligently.  He reduced his furniture to its essence, transforming a boulder of gneiss or a cube of polished granite into a chair.  At the same time, his works carefully calibrate the balance between two identities, sculpture and furniture.  This ambiguity invites questions that extend the boundaries of art and advocate for a joining of aesthetics and social commitment. Burton’s work thus reflects his main concept that art justifies itself by being functional. 

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