Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pécuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - First Version

Bouvard and Pécuchet's Invented Desk For Copying

2007-2012
(Version One pictured above, 2007)
30.75 × 48 × 96"
Plywood

A series of sculptures pulled from the unfinished pages of Flaubert's last novel. A modest monument to bourgeois cliche, friendship, amateurism and potential; the failures of total knowledge, authority, and books as a site of learning.

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Second Version

Version Two

2008
30.75 × 36 × 72"
Plywood

Reading room wall text by Erika Balsom

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Third and Fourth Versions

Third and Fourth Versions

2009
Version 3: 31 × 36 × 72"; version 4: 30 × 40.6 × 72"
Version 3: plywood, steel; version 4: plywood

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Fourth Version

Version Four

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Fifth Version

Version Five

2009
29 × 24 × 80"
Steel trestle legs, door

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Seventh Version

Version Seven

2009
26.5 × 27.5 × 60"
Plastic folding table

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Eighth Version

Version Eight

2010
30.25 × 36 × 72"
Plywood, metal brackets

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Ninth Version

Version Nine

2010
30 × 36 × 72"
Plywood

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Tenth Version

Version Ten

2010
30 × 36 × 72"
Plywood, aluminum laminate, steel

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Eleventh Version

Version Eleven

2010
31 × 36 × 72"
Plywood

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Twelfth Version

Version Twelve

2011
30 × 36 × 84"
Plywood, paint

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Thirteenth Version

Version Thirteen

2011
30 × 36 × 72"
MDF

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Fourteenth Version

Version Fourteen

2011
28.75 × 36 × 72"
Plywood, laminate, steel

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Fifteenth Version

Version Fifteen

2011
30 × 36 × 72"
Found aluminum school desks, plywood

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Fifteenth Version

Version Fifteen - Detail

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Versions 1 - 15

Versions one through fifteen

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Versions 1 - 15

Versions one through fifteen

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Sixteenth Version

Version Sixteen

2013
30 × 36 × 72"
Assorted found desks

With John Preus

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Sixteenth Version

Version Sixteen

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Seventeenth Version

Version Seventeen

2013
30 × 36 × 72"
Plywood, metal, video

With Sebura & Gartelmann

Version Seventeen - Video by Sebura & Gartelmann

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Construction Diagram - Prouvé's Compass Version

Bouvard and Pécuchet's Invented Desk for Copying
Contruction Diagram – Prouvé's Compass Version

2010
17 × 13.5"
Graphite on paper

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Construction Diagram - Liam Gillick Version

Bouvard and Pécuchet's Invented Desk for Copying
Contruction Diagram – Liam Gillick Version

2010
17 × 13.5"
Graphite on paper

Gareth Long - 2010 - Bouvard and Pécuchet's Invented Desk for Copying - Prouvé's Compass Version - Construction Diagram (BLUE)

Bouvard and Pécuchet's Invented Desk for Copying
Construction Diagram – Prouvé's Compass Version (BLUE)

2010
21.75 × 22"
Graphite copying paper

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Construction Diagrams

Construction Diagrams: Liam Gillick Version, Prouvé's Compass Version, Prouvé's Compass Version (BLUE)

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Construction Diagram - Liam Gillick Version (Aluminum)

Bouvard and Pécuchet's Invented Desk for Copying
Construction Diagram – Liam Gillick Version (Aluminum)

2012
47 × 35"
UV inkjet print on aluminum

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Printed (Stainless Steel Set)

Bouvard and Pécuchet's Invented Desk for Copying
Printed (Stainless Steel Set)

2012
Dimensions variable
Bronze-infused stainless steel

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Printed (Stainless Steel Set)

Bouvard and Pécuchet's Invented Desk for Copying
Printed (Stainless Steel Set)

2012
Dimensions variable
Bronze-infused stainless steel

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Liam Gillick Version – Printed (Stainless Steel)

Bouvard and Pécuchet's Invented Desk for Copying
Liam Gillick Version – Printed (Stainless Steel)

2012
2.2 × 2.5 × 5"
Bronze-infused stainless steel

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Version 7 – Printed (Stainless Steel)

Bouvard and Pécuchet's Invented Desk for Copying
Version 7 – Printed (Stainless Steel)

2012
1.8 × 1.9 × 4.2"
Bronze-infused stainless steel

Gareth Long - Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk For Copying - Prouvé's Compass – Printed (Grey)

Bouvard and Pécuchet's Invented Desk for Copying
Prouvé's Compass Version – Printed (Grey)

2012
2.2 × 2.5 × 5"
Alumide (nylon with aluminum dust)
Produced for Invisible Export's Artist of the Month Club