The artist has installed previous versions of the piece in France, but the Abu Dhabi artwork will be unique.
"This time I did it, it's not a specific chair at all," he said. "It's more of a mixture of all kinds of wooden, metal, colorful chairs - everything.
"Because here in Abu Dhabi it's such an international city and a lot of people come from all over the world, and I wanted to put a mixture - even a couch."
Abu Dhabi Art will be held in the Saadiyat Cultural District. Chairs for Abu Dhabi is to be part of the fair's BEYOND section, featuring large installations or sculptures.
It will symbolically link the people who enter it, Mr Kawamata said.
"An empty chair is waiting for the people to sit down, and then a chair is connecting to the other chair," he explained. "So it's really like a waiting spot, open for everybody to sit down. That's kind of the metaphor we're using."
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