Discussion Questions
Miss Blanche
Shiro Kuramata
May 2017
Shiro Kuramata, Miss Blanche chair, 1988; collection SFMOMA, Accessions Committee Fund: gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fisher, Mrs. George Roberts, and Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Walker, Jr.; © Estate of Shiro Kuramata
- How does this chair compare with furniture in your house?
- Do you think this chair is beautiful? Why or why not?
- What do you think makes an object beautiful?
- Does something need to be beautiful in order to be called a work of art?
- How does the functionality of an object relate to its status as a work of art?