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-worldEvent Dates
Feb 12, 2022
Feb 19, 2022
Feb 26, 2022
Mar 05, 2022
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Nov 05, 2022
Nov 12, 2022
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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
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.