Worn

Based on a famous Dutch modernist sofa  from 1969, Job Smeets (1969) portrayed it now in its least presentable but maybe most loved way. Lazy chair? The drapery, shine and folds refer to High Culture while the real expression is a worn couch. The one of your student home. The one of your grandma.

This piece embodies the stark contrast often found in Job’s oeuvre, juxtaposing the realms of high and low culture. It showcases the raw authenticity of

spending countless weeks sculpting something inherently imperfect and real, a portrayal one might hesitate to display, let alone immortalize in high bronze