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 13, 2022
Feb 20, 2022
Feb 27, 2022
Mar 06, 2022
Mar 13, 2022
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Nov 06, 2022
Nov 13, 2022
Nov 20, 2022
Nov 27, 2022
Dec 04, 2022
Dec 11, 2022
Dec 18, 2022
Dec 25, 2022
Jan 01, 2023
Jan 08, 2023
Jan 15, 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.