10 Collectible Design Shows to See in April
From re-editions of an obscure French architect’s rigorous geometry studies to a Greek collective’s hydroformed metallic mutations
BY RYAN WADDOUPS
April heralds the arrival of spring, meaning much-welcome warmer temperatures, blooming flowers, and longer days after wintertime hibernation. This month’s slate of collectible design exhibitions leans into that atmosphere, with artists and designers wielding resin, paper pulp, wood, and metal to explore transformation and the uninhibited freedom of creativity. In Brussels, Laurids Gallée suspends luminous resin volumes that shift with every step, while in Tokyo, Shigeki Fujishiro’s pulp creations disperse pigment into layered, unrepeatable compositions. Design connoisseurs may notice the conspicuous absence of Milan, but a dedicated guide to the fairs and exhibitions surrounding Milan Design Week will follow shortly.
Dripped at Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami
Channeling water materially and metaphorically, this group show traces how desire, power, and identity can circulate through objects that shift between solidity and liquidity. At its core, the Athens-based collective Made by Astronauts presents its most expansive body of work to date, a constellation of sculptural and functional pieces unified by hydroforming, an industrial process that uses high-pressure water to expand metal into fluid, organic forms. Elsewhere, Hilliary Gabryel transforms salvaged furniture into silicone-encased works that probe aspiration and domestic fantasy, while Oh de Laval’s self-portraits draw on water and Greek mythology.
Until April 18
