This dinner table designed by D.C. artist Michael Enn Sirvet for basketball great Michael Jordan contains 32,292 holes – that’s one for every point M.J. scored during his historic career. Reports TBD who spoke with the artist:
“He had bought this new condo in Charlotte, N.C., because he bought the team there,” says Sirvet. “I guess everyone who follows sports knows that, but I’m not a sports guy.”
Nevertheless, Sirvet, a local sculptor who works in metal, knew that he would be competing against several artists for the honor of crafting a dining room table for His Airness. He wanted something that would catch Jordan’s eye, so he proposed a table drilled with one hole for every point Jordan scored in his basketball career, totaling 32,292 (The table actually has 32,296 holes if you include the holes drilled for each leveling foot, but Sirvet doesn’t count those).
“[If I were him,] I’d like to see some manifestation of my life’s work,” says Sirvet. “It’s gotta be cool to sit back and say, ‘I can quantitatively look back at every point I’ve scored.’”
Now that’s exclusive! Find out how he ended up making the table come to life HERE.
