‘This is not a chair’ opens today at art museum

A new exhibition, “This is not a chair,” will open today at the Claremont Lewis Museum of Art in Claremont.

The exhibition, which runs through April 21, will present a range of artists and approaches to the human production that is the chair. Drawing inspiration from Rene Magritte’s painting “The Treachery of Images,” which placed the statement “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” (“This is not a pipe”) under a painted representation of a pipe, “This is not a chair” will explore the gray area between object and concept, language and meaning.

An opening reception is scheduled for 6-9 p.m. Saturday.

Seth Pringle, the museum’s associate director of exhibitions and collections, curated the exhibit, which includes a range of interpretations, from the 1960s to the present, of what it means to be a chair. “This is not a chair” seeks to position the chair in a dialogue between art, form and function, according to a news release.

Artists represented in the exhibit are Jane Brucker, Adam Friedman of Geology Studio, Jack Rogers Hopkins, Michael Levell, Sam Maloof, Adam John Manley, Mike Johnson, Doug Mcclellan, Jorge Moawad, Chuck Moffit, John Niero, Liz Nurenberg, Michael O’malley, Mark Posey, Peter

Shelton, Ryan Taber, Dave Tourje, Lauren Verdugo, Sarah Watlington, Larry White and Michael Woodcock.

The Claremont Lewis Museum of Art is in the historic Claremont Depot at 200 W. First St., Claremont. It is open noon-4 p.m. Friday through Sunday, and admission is free every Friday.

For information about “This is not a chair,” go to clmoa.org/exhibit/this-isnot-a-chair.