Work by various Dutch designers in group exhibition “Spring Salon” at Carpenters Workshop Gallery

Thu, Mar 6 - Wed, Apr 16  2025

Carpenters Workshop Gallery, 693 Fifth Avenue, New York

Featuring works by designers from across Europe and the US, the exhibition invites viewers into a salon where objects have been crafted with conceptual vision and creative innovation to bring surprising and thought-provoking ideas into the spaces that they inhabit.

Carpenters Gallery Workshop New York presents Spring Salon, an exhibition showcasing the role of functional art in an everyday life that embraces art into all aspects. Featuring works by designers from across Europe and the US, the exhibition invites viewers into a salon where objects have been crafted with conceptual vision and creative innovation to bring surprising and thought-provoking ideas into the spaces that they inhabit.

Among the display is Grandfather Clock – The Son by Maarten Baas, a functioning timepiece that continues the artist’s performance of regressing back to childhood. Made of wooden planks reminiscent of a treehouse, the work sees Baas assuming a Peter Pan-like character. He removes himself from the aging effects of time, instead dictating it from within the sculpture by re-drawing the hands of the clock face.

Fuse IV by Charles Trevelyan illustrates how irregularity and asymmetry can be manipulated to create visually balanced and intriguing assemblages. Trevelyan’s work references the natural textures and colour palettes that surrounded him during his upbringing in Australia. This work features elongated irregular forms that slot seamlessly together, indicating a meticulous consideration of curvature.

Also exhibited are works by artists including Aldo Bakker, Nacho Carbonell, Aki+Arnaud Cooren, Vincenzo De Cotiis, Ingrid Donat, DRIFT, Vincent Dubourg, Roger Herman, Studio Job, Martin Laforêt, Kostas Lambridis, Gareth Mason, Rick Owens, Atelier Van Lieshout, Verhoeven Twins and Eva Zeisel.

The exhibition illustrates how works of design both influence and respond to the spaces they inhabit, producing a symbiotic relationship between the two. Inviting viewers to consider creative ways of living, the diverse design approaches that converge in this salon show how spaces become meaningful and liveable through the objects placed within them.