Past
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THE TRIP
New work by Belgian designers: Pierre Coddens, Rim Ram and Lionel Jadot 27 Sep - 10 Dec 2023 New Belgian contemporary sustainable design. Read more -
Designer Highlight: Hans Wegner
1 Feb - 1 May 2023 Wegner was part of the spectacular generation that created what is today referred to as the Golden Age of modern Danish design. “Many foreigners have asked me how we created the Danish style,” Wegner once said. “I’ve answered that it was a continuous process of purification and simplification – to... Read more -
Designer Spotlight: Axel Einar Hjorth
From Swedish Grace to Swedish Minimalism 12 Jan - 31 Mar 2023 Axel Einar Hjorth was born in 1888 in Krokek outside Norrköping, Sweden. In 1908, Hjorth relocated to Stockholm to study architecture and design at Högre Konstindustriella Skolan, which was later known as Konstfack. After the death of his foster-father who came into Hjorth's life at the age of twelve, he... Read more -
Intergeneration
Curated by Yolande De Bontridder & Els Wuyts 5 Oct - 18 Dec 2022 The exhibition INTERGENERATION brings together a few artists and designers from different generations and different regions in SHÅK Gallery. Together they enter dialogue and interaction with each other’s works and navigate between design, creativity, recuperation, and craftsmanship. Their worlds are connected, merge and transform into clusters of different media and materials, such as textiles or glass, furniture, design, installation, and painting. Their creations transcend roles and functions and create visual exchanges that lead to changing perspectives and varied collections. With an associative approach, the exhibition unfolds several unexpected angles and some surprising insights. Read more -
Mexican Design
14 Sep - 1 Oct 2022 Read more -
Down to Earth
New Dutch design curated by Berry Dijkstra 13 May - 19 Jun 2022 The Dutch are known for their pragmatic and down to earth attitude. The selected objects are about experimenting with materials, defying gravity and at times having a feeling of otherworldliness. Read more -
20th century and Contemporary Japanese Design
25 Feb - 12 Mar 2022 The twentieth century was a turning point in Japanese’s design history. A post-industrial and a modern globalized world brought new ideas and inspiration to Japanese society and its artists, while succeeding in maintaining a very strong hold on their heritage. As the former dominant and traditional Tansu design was progressively... Read more -
Stools
From the 20th to the 21st century 4 Nov - 18 Dec 2021 History of design has generally considered the chair as the most important piece of a designer’s work. But before the chair there was the stool. ‘The basic problem in furniture design, both historically and practically, is the connecting element between vertical and horizontal parts. I would go as far as... Read more -
Naturally Magic
Curated by Elien Haentjens 3 Sep - 30 Oct 2021 With the exhibition Naturally magic curator Elien Haentjens wants to deepen the multi-layered DNA of Shåk Gallery. As in the contemporary creative field strongly defined labels become less relevant and artists just choose the best medium to freely express them. On the ground floor of the gallery the outspoken, colourful... Read more -
Sous le signe des confluences
Curated by Vincent Vanden Bogaard 3 Jun - 28 Aug 2021 Pour son inauguration, Shåk Gallery m’a invité à concevoir et imaginer une exposition qui ferait déjà in- tégralement partie de son ADN. Se présentant comme l’équation formée du design et de l’’art. Afin d’être fidèle avec ses idées et sa vision, j’ai invité le couple Mattia Listwoski et Alice Roux... Read more
