CHRIS SCHANCK

‘PANSPERMIA’

10 October- 11 November 2023

David Gill Gallery is proud to announce ‘Panspermia’.

Presenting ten exceptional new pieces by the American designer Chris Schanck as a part of an exciting new partnership with the gallery, as he takes his practice into a new level of imagination and refinement. Schanck describes his first show at the gallery as “an exploration into work that operates on two levels, the everyday and the unknown”, transforming his work with luscious coatings of resin or aluminium foil. Every piece contains more than one story.

“This is my first formal introduction to the UK and Europe,” says Schanck, “and I wanted to push both form and process to a new sense of resolution.”

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**Chris Schanck** **Chair ‘Puff’, 2023** Aluminium foil, resin, steel, polylstyrene, mohair velvet upholstery View Details →

**Chris Schanck** **Coffee Table 'Halo', 2023** Aluminium foil, resin, polystyrene, wood View Details →

**Chris Schanck** **Console ‘Flora’, 2023** Aluminium foil, resin, found objects, wood View Details →

Chris Schanck Mirror ‘Veiled’, 2023 Aluminium foil, wood, resin View Details →

Chris Schanck Chandelier ‘Panspermia’, 2023 Found objects, resin, steel View Details →

Chris Schanck’s new designs are characterised by a spikey entanglement of hundreds of found pieces, unified by the artist beneath a coating of aluminium, then dipped into luscious resin. They are fantastical and yet functional, with this new collection marked by an enhanced rigour. He often acknowledges the influence of his diverse neighbourhood, whose inhabitants are adept at making useful objects out of assemblages of discarded items. Schanck has followed this resourceful lead, taming the chaos of the myriad pieces beneath the alufoil technique that he first developed in 2011 for opulent results. Along the way, a critique of our wasteful society emerges.