Focus on this artwork and analyze the Community reception.
Chair has been received as a part of neighborhood life since its original installation. Anacostia, a neighborhood that has seen economic and cultural ups and downs prides itself on a landmark that withstands the community's evolution.Chair is often used as a geographic marker for direction giving and holiday celebration; Santa Claus sits upon the chair during Christmas. When the Chair was reinstalled in 2006, community members surrounded the giant, clapping, yelling and photographing the new chair.During the riots in 1968, Chair was one of the few landmarks to go unscathed in a neighborhood heavily affected by Martin Luther King Jr.'s death.
Anacostia riots in 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. Santa Claus Christmas