No Title (Table and Four Chairs) 2003

Curator: Robert Therrien's large-scale sculpture, "No Title (Table and Four Chairs)," presents a familiar scene made uncanny through sheer size. Editor: It’s like being a kid again, seeing the world from down low, all looming shapes and shadows. There's something menacing about it. Curator: Absolutely, the scale is crucial. It transforms the domestic and commonplace into something almost surreal, even unsettling. Its all about the institutional and societal impact of the mundane. Editor: And the monochrome flattens it, stripping away any sense of warmth or welcome. I start to think of childhood memories—family dinners, but also feeling so small, unheard. Curator: Therrien often plays with these ideas of memory and perception, inviting us to reconsider the objects that shape our daily lives. It’s about how we encounter and remember things, and also how we memorialize those moments through art. Editor: It’s a powerful reminder of how easily perspective shifts everything. What looms largest in childhood memory has shifted in scale and importance to the world.