Some artists immediately fall in love with their medium. Others, not so much. When Yinka Ilori’s art school tutors set him a brief based on chairs, he wasn’t exactly hooked.
“At the time, it didn't sound exciting,” he recalls. “Why are we sourcing old furniture, what's that about? But the deeper I got into the project and understood the power of chairs – the narratives you can find in these objects – I absolutely fell in love.”