IMAGE: Kenneth Smythe, Synergistic Synthesis XVII sub b1 Chair, 2003, Finn Birch Laminate, Formica Colorcore, Latigo Leather, Sunbrella Acrylic, Top Grain Leather, Foam Rubber, Steel, Maple Dowels, Courtesy of the Thomas H. & Diane DeMell Jacobsen Ph.D Foundation. Photography: Michael Koryta; Andrew VanStyn, Art Director of Photography

The Art of Seating: Two Hundred Years of American Design

On View at LSU MOA: March 11–June 6, 2021

The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design features a selection of over forty iconic and historic chairs reaching back from the mid-1800s to pieces from today’s studio movement. Click here to learn more about the exhibition.

LSU Museum of Art thanks Partner Sponsor, Donald J. Boutté and Michael D. Robinson, and Presenting Sponsor, Taylor Porter Attorneys At Law, for sponsoring this exhibition. Additional support is provided by generous donors to the LSU MOA Annual Exhibition Fund: The Imo N. Brown Memorial Fund in memory of Heidel Brown and Mary Ann Brown; Louisiana CAT; Charles Schwing; The Alma Lee, H. N., and Cary Saurage Fund; The Newton B. Thomas Family/Newtron Group Fund; LSU College of Art & Design; Elizabeth M. Thomas; Mr. and Mrs. Sanford A. Arst. The Art of Seating is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, in collaboration with the Thomas H. and Diane DeMell Jacobsen Ph.D. Foundation and is toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, D.C. Programming sponsored by Louisiana CAT.