at swim - two - tables | Quinlan Osborne
The title of this piece refers to a novel by the Irish writer Flann O’Brien at swim – two – birds which in its most basic interpretation is a book about somebody who is writing a book. The novel is layered in nuances and meaning which is what inspired the idea of placing a table within another so as to call into question which is the real table. Is the glass box to be interpreted solely as a display case in the way a museum protects its artifacts or is it perhaps something more?
The title of this piece refers to a novel by the Irish writer Flann O’Brien at swim – two – birds which in its most basic interpretation is a book about somebody who is writing a book. The novel is layered in nuances and meaning which is what inspired the idea of placing a table within another so as to call into question which is the real table. Is the glass box to be interpreted solely as a display case in the way a museum protects its artifacts or is it perhaps something...
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