Art Fairs & Design Weeks

Kalkeriet supported Henzel Studio’s preview of Richard Prince’s 1967 at Imperfettogallery during Milan Design Week. The work was presented within Sodalizi Temporanei, bringing an artist-designed textile into a setting shaped by sculptural furniture and material experimentation.

Kalkeriet curated the presentation of The Atelier Editions by Atelier Bowy C.D. and Henzel Studio at Le Cavallerizze during Milan Design Week. Hand-knotted works by nine architects and designers were installed on walls and across the floor of the former stables, making the architecture part of the encounter with each textile.

Imperfettolab and Henzel Studio worked across Imperfettogallery and CARLOCINQUE Gallery during Milan Design Week. Kalkeriet supported the CARLOCINQUE presentation, where textiles by Calle Henzel and Anselm Reyle were shown with works from Imperfettolab’s Vestigia collection.

At PDC Design Gallery in West Hollywood, an installation of works by Verter Turroni, Jack Pierson, Olaf Breuning and Calle Henzel was presented in dialogue with Henzel Studio Collaborations: 1st Decade. Created by Joakim Andreasson, with exhibition design in collaboration with Kalkeriet Contemporary, the exhibition brought collectible design and artist-designed rugs into the former MOCA space during Frieze Los Angeles.

Mickalene Thomas’s Untitled #12 was loaned to The Broad through Henzel Studio, supported by Kalkeriet Contemporary. Presented in connection with Mickalene Thomas: All About Love, the work translates the artist’s layered visual language into a free-form textile. Geometric fragments, pattern and contrasting surfaces bring portraiture into dialogue with the space around it.

Richard Prince’s 1234-5678-910 (2013) was presented in Wall to Wall: Carpets by Artists at MOCA Cleveland and Katonah Museum of Art. The museum loan was arranged through Henzel Studio, supported by Kalkeriet Contemporary. Prince’s numerical collage takes on a physical presence through hand-knotted wool and silk, placing his language of appropriation and repetition within an exhibition devoted to the carpet as a contemporary artistic medium.

Marilyn Minter’s Cracked Glass (2013) was included in Wall to Wall: Carpets by Artists at MOCA Cleveland and Katonah Museum of Art. Loaned through Henzel Studio and supported by Kalkeriet Contemporary, the work brings Minter’s photographic imagery into sculptural textile form. Variations in pile height articulate the fractured surface, while raised silk details give the water droplets a shifting sheen.

Mickalene Thomas’s Candy Crush (2013) was loaned to The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles through Henzel Studio, supported by Kalkeriet Contemporary. Developed from a photo-drawing collage, the work brings portraiture, pattern and art-historical references into an irregular, free-form composition. Hand-knotted wool and silk, varied pile heights and carved details give the image a tactile, spatial presence.