For much of his career, Scott Burton created works related to the human figure. Chairs and benches interested him because of the ways they interplay with, and symbolize, the body. Initially, as in his video Individual Behavior Tableaux (1980), he used chairs as props. Later, he made chairs as sculptures, including Two-Part Chairs, Obtuse Angle (A Pair) (1983-1984) and Seat-Leg Table (1986). Whether arranged in a gallery or installed outdoors, each of these works has a distinctive sculptural presence while also functioning as inviting and practical pieces of furniture.
 
 

Seat-Leg Table
1986/refabricated 1991
sandstone

Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Gift of Honeywell Inc. in honor of Harriet and Edson W. Spencer, 1992