The founders of Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Loïc Le Gaillard and Julien Lombrail, and the director of Steinitz Gallery, Benjamin Steinitz, share the same high aesthetic standards and this has naturally led them to collaborate once again.

Steinitz Gallery is known the world over for its quest for rare objects. Carpenters Workshop Gallery aims for excellence by producing and showing the work of artists and designers that step outside their usual areas of expression.

In this fictional apartment presented at Design Days Dubai, the two galleries bring their two worlds together, the contemporary and the traditional. The scenography makes the booth an exceptional experience for visitors to Design Days Dubai. Steinitz Gallery presents a selection of rare pieces that are a part of art history; a 16th century chandelier, furniture from the 17th century, large partitions and wood panelling from the 18th century.

In the middle of these historical museum pieces, old art blends perfectly with the landmark pieces of Carpenters Workshop Gallery’s artists and designers. For example, an impressive bronze chandelier by the Dutch designer Frederik Molenschot. This suspended piece, inspired by the seven emirates, has been made especially for Design Days Dubai.

An interactive installation by the UK collective Random International will also be on show at the fair. Temporary Printing Machine is an experimental and performance piece which explores interaction between inanimate objects and the public. The piece works like a mirror that prints your face instantaneously on its surface but only for a few seconds, before the image disappears from the canvas.

ABOUT STEINITZ

Recognized the world-over for his incessant quest for the rarest of objects and his unrivalled talent for displaying them in a theatrical mis en scène, Bernard Steinitz, known as the “prince des antiquaires”, founded Steinitz Gallery in 1968.

Having joined the family business in 1991, Bernard’s son Benjamin now presides over the gallery’s future. Through his participation at the world’s top antique fairs from Moscow to San Francisco, London to Palm Beach and New York, Benjamin has been able to distinguish himself notably through the presentation of his exhibition spaces, all widely acclaimed for their excellence.

Their close relationship with the world’s leading museums and cultural institutions has made it possible for Steinitz Gallery to see their works of art displayed alongside those of the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Jerusalem Museum as well as the J.Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

ABOUT CARPENTERS WORKSHOP GALLERY

Carpenters Workshop Gallery transcends classical borders in terms of art and design. Its proposal stands just at the intersection of these two universes: reaching precisely a symbiosis of art and design.

Carpenters Workshop Gallery produces and exhibits functional sculptures by international rising and already established artists and designers going outside their traditional territories of expression.

The gallery is actively involved in the research and production of the limited edition works exhibited.The choices are guided by the research of an emotional, artistic and historical relevance; a relevance that appears as an evidence.