Chest of Drawers by Tejo Remy

Tejo Remy
Chest of Drawers ‘You Can’t Lay Down Your Memory’, 1991

Used drawers, maple, jute strap

As a critique of consumerism, Tejo Remy collected found drawers, giving them new enclosures and loosely bundling them into a chest. By viewing everything as potential material, Remy incorporates existing information, circumstances, or found objects into new contexts, often fostering social connections and telling the story of a particular place. He transforms the familiar while preserving its essence.

The Chest of Drawers is part of the design collection of the MoMA and Museum of Art and Design, New York.