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    Artist Name:

    Tejo Remy

    Nationality & Life Dates:

    Dutch, born 1960

    Title:

    You Can't Lay Down Your Memory

    Date:

    Designed 1991, Made 2008

    Medium:

    Maple, various preexisting drawers, furniture mover's strap of jute and metal

    Credit Line:

    Purchase with funds from the Friends of the Decorative Arts

    Accession Number:

    2008.161
    On View - Stent Family Wing, Skyway Level, Gallery 410
    Tejo Remy was one of the first members of the Dutch design collective Droog, which emerged in 1993 by championing a more responsible, moral, and simplistic approach after the excess of the 1980s. Remy initially designed these lively, recycled chests of drawers in 1991. In 2008, the High sent out a statewide call for submissions of drawers from any type of furniture. The personal stories attached to each participant's entry support the designer's concept that objects hold memories for their owners. Remy selected drawers for the commissioned work and traveled to Atlanta in May 2008 to assemble the object before a live audience.



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