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 17, 2022
Feb 24, 2022
Mar 03, 2022
Mar 10, 2022
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Nov 03, 2022
Nov 10, 2022
Nov 17, 2022
Nov 24, 2022
Dec 01, 2022
Dec 08, 2022
Dec 15, 2022
Dec 22, 2022
Dec 29, 2022
Jan 05, 2023
Jan 12, 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.