On View

Opening Reception: November 07, 18:00-20:00

ORFÈVRE
Bastionstraße 35
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany

Omphalos refers in Greek mythology to the “navel of the world.” The sacred stone in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi marked the center of the earth and was considered a connection between gods and humans. It symbolizes origin, orientation, and the search for a central point.

This motif forms the core of the work of German artist, goldsmith, and sculptor Walter Wittek (born 1943), whose practice dissolves the boundaries between art and design with poetic clarity. Since the late 1960s, he has developed a distinctive visual language in his studio in Vreden, Westphalia, where jewelry, sculpture, and drawing enter into a constant dialogue.

Wittek gained international recognition with the design of the Tension Ring, a technical and aesthetic innovation in which a diamond is held solely by the tension of the metal, appearing to float freely. His works revolve around the themes of origin, center, and movement, expressed in reduced, precise, and symbolically rich forms.

We look forward to welcoming you to the opening!

Opening Reception: July 11, 18:00-21:00

On View: July 11 - August 30, 2025

ORFÈVRE Gallery
Bastionstraße 35
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany

Tuesday – Friday 11–18
Saturday 11–15
and by appointment

With SILBERSOMMER, ORFÈVRE revives a long-standing tradition and places a material at the center that has fascinated for centuries. Silver is noble and headstrong, adaptable and full of character.

The exhibition brings together works by regional and international jewelry designers, goldsmith studios, and artists who reflect on jewelry in their practice. Their approaches are as diverse as their techniques: some finely crafted, others left raw; some narrative, others abstract. What unites them is a passion for the material and a curiosity about what can emerge from it.

SILBERSOMMER is an invitation to rediscover silver.

With works by:

Alan Hamliko
Alessa Joosten
Alis Luks
Alma Damaschke
Constanze Chrosch
Fragille
Freya Douglas Ferguson
Gerlach & Heilig
Grat
Hilfreich
Laura Prahl
Lea Lauren
Lisa Scherebnenko
Mika Meinck
Nathalie Schreckenberg
Noon Passama
Paula Pollux
Peter Hassenpflug
Studio Aseo
Trapa
Veronika Šola
Wiener Glanz
202 Editions

There’s No Such Thing as a Houseplant

Opening: May 30, 18:00-21:00

On View: May 30 - June 28, 2025

ORFÈVRE Gallery
Bastionstraße 35
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany

Tuesday – Friday 11–18
Saturday 11–15
and by appointment

Is a plant still a plant when it grows on a windowsill? When its roots are confined to a pot and its leaves adjust to filtered light—has it been tamed, or merely redefined?

The exhibition ES GIBT KEINE ZIMMERPFLANZEN (There’s No Such Thing as a Houseplant) takes its title as a quiet provocation. Fritz Adamski’s sculptural ceramics serve as vessels for a series of unconventional plants—wild, sprawling, sometimes resistant to domestic life. These are not your usual potted companions. Their forms challenge the visual vocabulary of the houseplant, and with it, the idea that nature can be easily framed, softened, or scaled down for interior design.

Much like Adamski’s containers—robust, idiosyncratic, and far from neutral—the plants resist their roles as passive décor. Together, they unsettle the assumed boundaries between object and environment, wilderness and home. This is not just an arrangement of things—it is a study of containment, care, and the quiet negotiations we stage with nature in our living spaces.

May 9, 2025 
18:00-20:00

ORFÈVRE Gallery
Bastionstraße 35
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany

We’re thrilled to invite you to a special evening marking the conclusion of ‘BOX IS A BOX IS A BOX IS A BOX’.

Join us for drinks, good company, and the Düsseldorf celebration of 3 objects magazine.

What are your three favourite objects?
This simple yet revealing question is the starting point for every interview in 3 objects - a print magazine founded in Berlin by Sven Durst. It’s an interview-based publication that explores the emotional and symbolic connections between people and their most cherished objects. In this issue, 13 interesting personalities are photographed in their homes - their “natural habitats”, with just a few film photographs per participant: a portrait and their three chosen objects. This issue takes a broader perspective, featuring voices from Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, and Sicily. Among the participants are artist Michael Stipe, Sicilian fermenting expert Marion Tiso, PIN-UP founder Felix Burrichter, bodybuilder Tischa Thomas, and architect Sam Chermayeff.

On view from April 10 to May 10, 2025. 

ORFÈVRE Gallery
Bastionstraße 35
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany

Tuesday – Friday 11–18
Saturday 11–15
and by appointment

A box is a box is a box is a box—but is it ever just a box?

Inspired by Gertrude Stein’s famous poem, the exhibition explores different ways of perceiving the box. It is both an everyday object and a place of the extraordinary. Long serving as a protective space for memories and valuables, it is both a keeper of secrets and an organizational system.

contributing artists

Anna Søgaard, Lisa Scherebnenko, Melina Sutter, Oscar Hamish Tulloch, Selmeci Kocka Jusko, Walter Wittek

in dialog with jewelry by

Lisa Scherebnenko & Peter Hassenpflug