LOT S112 CHRIS JOHANSON and JOHANNA JACKSON / SOFT BENCH, 2013 Found wood, fabric and foam 18 x 33 x 15-1/2 inches (45.7 x 83.8 x 39.4 cm) Auction estimate: $4,000 Gift of the artists and Altman Siegel, San Francisco Los Angeles based artists Chris Johanson and Johanna Jackson trace their roots back to the street art skater community formed in San Francisco's Mission District in the late 1990s. As a husband and wife team, the two collaborate often, most recently for the Hammer Museum by creating a custom furnishings installation now on view at the museum. Soft Bench incorporates found wood with an exuberant sense of color and a playful but sharply critical edge which expresses the artists' strong beliefs in environmentalism, compassion, and peaceful co-existence. PREV   28 OF 49   NEXT