On the grounds of the North Carolina Museum of Art, Penland, N.C. artist Tom Shields created Forest for the Chairs. In a grove of trees Shields transforms discarded chairs “into anthropomorphic furniture and sculpture.” The chairs are positioned in a variety of angles among the trees.
In this 2013 work of art, the chairs are grafted to the trees and over time the they will decay and fall apart, completing the natural cycle.
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A jogger runs along the path on the Museum Park grounds. One of the chairs is in the foreground and Thomas Sayre's huge circles work of art are in the background. The smokestack from the former Polk Youth Center is seen in the far background.
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Artist Tom Shields created Forest for the Chairs on the grounds of the North Carolina Museum of Art
