Culture

Chris Schanck: Off-World

Museum of Arts and Design

2 Columbus Circle
New York, NY 10019

(212) 299-7777

http://www.madmuseum.org/exhibition/chris-schanck-world

Event Dates

Feb 12, 2022

Feb 19, 2022

Feb 26, 2022

Mar 05, 2022

Mar 12, 2022

Mar 19, 2022

Mar 26, 2022

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Jul 02, 2022

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Aug 20, 2022

Aug 27, 2022

Sep 03, 2022

Sep 10, 2022

Sep 17, 2022

Sep 24, 2022

Oct 01, 2022

Oct 08, 2022

Oct 15, 2022

Oct 22, 2022

Oct 29, 2022

Nov 05, 2022

Nov 12, 2022

Nov 19, 2022

Nov 26, 2022

Dec 03, 2022

Dec 10, 2022

Dec 17, 2022

Dec 24, 2022

Dec 31, 2022

Jan 07, 2023

Jan 14, 2023

When

Tuesday - Sunday, 10:00am–6:00pm

Museum of Arts and Design

During the past decade, Chris Schanck has emerged as a leading figure in the design world for his otherworldly fusion of sculpture and furniture. Skirting the line between refinement and camp, the strange, unfamiliar forms of Schanck’s chairs, sofas, lighting, mirrors, and more suggest coral reefs, extraterrestrial worlds, and artifacts from ancient civilizations, to name just a few of the designer’s inspirations. Each piece is meticulously handcrafted in Schanck’s Detroit-based studio, where his community of artists, students, and Bangladeshi craftspeople plays a key role in the designer’s egalitarian studio practice. Deftly melding innovative material experiments with an expressive yet rigorous refinement of form, Schanck’s elaborately carved, colorfully hued, and lustrous objects are contemporary talismans of stories from the past, present, and future.