Michael Brennand-Wood: Vase Attacks | Lynn Christiansen: Maybe
Just One More
March 11 to April 19, 2009 Velvet da Vinci Gallery
Oral Examination Device by Lucy Rowlands
Equilibrium: Body as Site
Curated by Kate Bonansinga and Rachelle
Thiewes
Jan. 22 - March 21, 2009 at Rubin and L Galleries
Equilibrium was curated for Metalsmith Magazine's 2008 annual "Exhibition
in Print"
Progression: solo exhibition of works by Emma
Sher
at the Charles
Smith Gallery, Fitzroy Australia
March 3, 2009 - April 4, 2009
Sayaka Yamamoto
at Silke & the
gallery
Feb. 28, 2009 3-6pm

“jewel, labyrinth of dreams” by Francesca Gabrielli
Nov.29 – Dec.8, 2008 10.00 - 22.00
Tempio di Adriano, Piazza di Pietra-Roma
The Gallery 105 ART,
participates at the famous exhibition of jewellery: Desideri
Preziosi
The event will take place
in December and will include among the protagonists Francesca
Gabrielli director of the gallery itself, and member of the
jury of the event. A chance to admire in a large and sumptuous
location the creations of an esteemed goldsmith. The artist
will present her latest collection proposing the personal
vision of the theme: “jewel, labyrinth of dreams.” With
a series of performances inspired by natural, roughness and
asymmetries Gabrielli reveals her particular propensity for
abstract and gestural, never falling in trivial, rhetorical
or forcibly extravagant.
Pieces of Eight at Inform Contemporary Jewellery
Opening Night Tues Nov 25th, from 5pm Inform Contemporary
Jewellery, Christchurch, NZ
until Dec 13th, 2008
This year, for the very first time, the group of jewellers
working at the Pieces
of Eight studio have been exhibiting together. The exhibition
was recently held at Sturt Gallery in Mittagong, NSW. The exhibition
comprises various works made by the workshop residents at Melbourne’s
Pieces of Eight Gallery; Nina Ellis, Lucy Folk, Rachel Gorman,
Melanie Katsalidis, Krista McRae and Suzi Zutic.
Made by Hand
Fine Porcelain by Shannon
Garson & Contemporary Jewellery
by Rebecca Ward
Maleny - Studio sale Sat. Nov. 15, 2008 9am - 4pm
Venue: The Studio 23 Cedar Street, Maleny
Kelvin Grove Urban Village Fri. Nov. 28, 2008 4pm - 8pm
and Sat. Nov. 29 2008 9am - 3pm
Venue: Shop R5b, The Village
Centre corner Musk Ave. and Caraway St. Kelvin Grove Urban Village
GoMA Gallery Store Christmas Design Market Sat.
Dec. 6, 2008 9am - 5pm
Venue: Gallery Store forecourt GoMA -
Gallery of Modern Art Stanley Place, South Brisbane
Kayo Saito, Kim-Jung Vu, Isabelle Lutz
at Galerie Orfeo
Oct. 10-Nov. 19, 2008
aura2008 international exhibition of contemporary jewellery
Nov. 7-9 at The Kings Manor, York

The Pendant Show
Celebrating 500 Pendants & Lockets by Lark Books Velvet
da Vinci Gallery
Oct.29-Nov.30, 2008
Jillian Moore Velvet
da Vinci Gallery
Oct.29-Nov.30, 2008
Radical Makeover Jewelry Makeover Velvet
da Vinci Gallery
Oct. 22-Nov. 9, 2008
"Gioielli" by Elisabetta Duprè at Galleria
105 ART
Nov. 11-15, 2008
Helen
Britton at Fingers Jewellery
Nov. 3-15, 2008
Bedazzled: 5000 Years of Jewelry The Walters Art Museum -
Baltimore, MD USA
Oct. 19, 2008-Jan. 4, 2009
Gothic style bracelet
ca.
1870
gold, carnelian, malachite, moss agate, amethysts, aquamarines,
rubies
Gift in memory of Paul Esmerian, 1972
The Walters is one of the few museums worldwide that can provide
an array of exquisite jewelry from 5,000 years of world history
and a vast spectrum of cultures. It is the most wide-ranging
collection of jewelry assembled by a private collector in the
United States. Through the connoisseurship of founder Henry Walters,
this renowned collection contains beautiful examples of craftsmanship,
ranging from about 3000 B.C. to the early 20th century. With
over 200 objects from the Walters' collection-many never before
exhibited-Bedazzled will present the evolution of jewelry-making
techniques and materials throughout the ages as well as demonstrate
the significance of jewelry as an expression of creativity and
often wealth and position. A special section will be devoted
to rings, the only type of jewelry worn continuously through
the ages. Bedazzled traveled to The Frist Center for the Visual
Arts in Nashville from Sept. 16, 2006-Jan. 14, 2007 and the John
and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Fla. from Feb.
3-May 27, 2007.
The exhibition includes many spectacular pieces
from the renowned collection of Benjamin Zucker (New York), which
are on loan to the Walters. Bedazzled is presented by The Women's
Committee of the Walters Art Museum with lead support from Betty
Cooke, Bill Steinmetz, and The Store Ltd.; Richard S. and Rosalee
C. Davison; The Eliasberg Family Foundation; and The Tiffany & Co.
Foundation. Additional support is provided by Bob and Jackie
Smelkinson.
The Walters Art Museum presents fun-filled programming
relating to the fall exhibition Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry.
With more than 200 pieces from numerous cultures and over five
millennia, Bedazzled will showcase some of the Walters' greatest
masterpieces as well as many hidden treasures on view for the
first time.
Bedazzled:
5000 Years of Jewelry
Schedule of events:
First Fridays at the Walters: Bedazzled - Friday, Nov. 7, 5-9
pm
Price: free; Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry will be free during
First Fridays
Mix and mingle at Baltimore's newest cocktail party! Enjoy a
delicious signature cocktail while listening to music and enjoying
free admission to the special exhibition Bedazzled: 5,000 Years
of Jewelry. You'll also enjoy live performances, tours of the
exhibition and other special events! Promotional support provided
by STYLE Magazine.
Brownie & Junior Girl Scout Museum Day-Beadazzled & Bejeweled
- Saturday, Nov. 8, 1-3 pm
Brownie Museum Day-Beadazzled & Bejeweled - Saturday, Nov.
15, 1-3 pm
Price: $10 per scout The Walters invites scouts to learn about
art, especially pieces in the Bedazzled exhibition, while earning
merit badges and pins. This program includes a guided tour of
selected artworks, an art activity based on specific badge and
belt loop guidelines and a specially designed Walters' participatory
patch. Pre-registration is required, and a fee is due at the
time of registration. To register or for more information, visit www.thewalters.org or
call 410-547-9000, ext. 373.
Basic sketching, rendering & jewelry design
- Wednesdays, Nov. 12 & 19, 6:30-9 pm
Price: members $50; non-members $100, pre-registration required
Location: Studio B
Elissa O'Loughlin, Senior Paper Conservator
This class will begin with a brief illustrated talk on the history
of jewelry renderings, beginning from medieval time to modern
day, while focusing on Fabergé, Boucheron, Cartier, George
Jensen and Buccelati. Paper, colored pencils, markers and technical
drawing tools will be used to help participants learn to sketch
a brooch, a necklace and a bracelet.
College Night: Bling! Bling! Bling! - Thursday, Nov. 13, 6-9
pm
Price: free; Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry will be free during
College Night, pre-registration recommended. Open to college
and university students and faculty with valid college/university
identification.
The evening will offer college and university
faculty and students an opportunity to interact with Walters
staff and local artists. With a unique infusion of hip-hop music
and a dialogue about "Bling" and its culture, the Walters
will engage students in a fun approach to the history of jewels
and gems. College Night will include hip-hop performances, local
DJs, free refreshments, gallery conversations led by curators
and presentations by conservation staff.
Jewelry Fair at the Walters - Thursday-Sunday, Nov. 20-23
Price: $10 entry fee; programs vary in price.
The Women's Committee
of the Walters Art Museum is proud to announce the Jewelry Fair
at the Walters. Twenty-one jewelry artisans will offer exquisite
handmade wares, fashioned from copper, clay, Lucite, silver and
gold. The four-day event begins with the preview party First
Look, and the weekend will include jewelry making workshops for
children, a panel discussion with local designers as well as
interpretative jewelry and fashion designs by MICA students.
For more information, call 410-547-9000, ext. 305, or visit www.thewalters.org or www.wamwc.org
Bead Making for Kids - Saturday, Nov. 22, 1-4:30 pm
Price: members $25 per child; non-members $35 per child, pre-registration
required. Ages 7-10
A special guest educator will lead kids in
creating wacky, fun and beautiful types of beads. While the children
experiment with a range of materials to make one-of-a-kind wearable
pieces, parents can indulge in the Walters' Jewelry Fair and
special exhibition Bedazzled.
Drop-in Art Activities for kids - Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m.-3
p.m.
Price: free, no registration required. Museum educators help
families create artful projects related to Bedazzled.
November
You're a Gem! Families will discover and create treasures inspired
by the gold, gems and jewels found in the exhibition Bedazzled.
Kids of all ages can go home with new adornment, jeweled paintings
and sacred amulets.
Walk, Wonder, & Create Family Tour - third Saturdays, 11
am
Price: Free, pre-registration required; meet in the Centre Street
Lobby Recommended for ages 6-8; one guardian per two children
required, other family members welcome This 45-minute experience
allows visitors of all ages to enjoy an interactive, discovery
tour of the Walters' collection, and then create an artwork that
relates to the gallery objects. November 15 Treasure Hunt Visitors
can solve mysteries about ancient treasures' origins and uses
while making their own jewels.
A Mysterious Wedding Ring: Tracing Personal Jewelry Histories
- Sunday, Nov. 23, 2 pm
Price: free, pre-registration highly recommended
Location: Graham Auditorium
Benjamin Zucker, Collector and President
of the Precious Stones Company in New York
Benjamin Zucker has
built an impressive jewelry collection, dating from about 600
B.C. to present, which focuses on finger rings but also includes
bracelets, earrings and pendants. He will share stories about
his collection, which supplement the Bedazzled exhibition, and
offer insights into the role gems and rings have played throughout
the history of jewelry design. A book signing will follow the
lecture.
Bedazzled Walk-in Gallery Tours:
Sat., Nov. 8, 11 am
Sun.,
Nov. 16, 11 am
Sat., Nov. 22, 11 am
Sat., Dec. 6, 11 am
Sun.,
Dec. 7, 11 am
Sat., Dec. 13, 11 am
Sat., Dec. 20, 11 am
Sat.,
Dec. 27, 11 am
Sun., Dec. 28, 11 am
Price: free with Bedazzled admission; meet in the Centre Street
Lobby
Please note: all programs are subject to change. Please consult
the museum's web site at www.thewalters.org prior
to the date of the program to confirm.
METAL
Inclinations International Online Exhibition 
Stacey Webber- "Society for Midwest Metalsmiths First
Place Award"
Vina Rust- "Hauser and Miller Second
Place Award"
Helen Carnac- "Rio Grande Third Place
Award"
Miel-Margarita Paredes- "Pasternak Award of
Merit"
Namu Cho- "Pasternak Award of Merit"
Molly
Epstein- "Pasternak Award of Merit"
Jillian Moore- "Pasternak
Award of Merit"
Fifty images
including 7 award winners have been selected for the exhibition
by jurors Michael Monroe, Marilyn da Silva and Susie Ganch.
The 2008-09 METAL Inclinations exhibition includes selections
of the most exemplary fine metal art created by metalsmiths,
silversmiths, goldsmiths and jewelers from all over the world.
The exhibition will remain online for one year.
Show your love / Christmas 2008 at Studio
20/17
Christmas Showcase - Gifts of Wearable Art Exhibition
at Studio
20/17, Dank Street Galleries, Waterloo, Sydney NSW AU
Nov.15-Dec.20, 2008
Opening drinks: Sat. Nov.15, 2008 4-6pm
Pierre Cavalan - Face a Face
& Mike Turner - Metalmorphosis
Recent works by the artists
Oct.30-Nov.11, 2008 at Gaffa
Gallery - Sydney AU
Louise Bourgeois Retrospective
Oct.26,2008-Jan.25,2009
at MOCA - the Museum of Contemporary
Art, Los Angeles, CA USA Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau
Jewelry
Through Nov.9, 2008 at the Museum of Fine Arts - Boston MA USA
travels to the Cincinnati Art Museum - Nov. 1, 2009-Feb. 28,
2010
More than 100 pieces will be shown.
The majority of the works, by such recognized masters as René Lalique,
George Fouquet, and Louis Comfort Tiffany, are drawn from a private
collection representing one of the largest and most important
assemblages of Art Nouveau jewelry in the United States. More
than half of the pieces have never before been exhibited. Included
are such fanciful works as a belt buckle with lily pads and blossoms
by Henri Vever and a pendant/brooch with female bust, probably
by Louis Aucoc, both of which are from about 1900. A catalog of
the exhibit is available
Imperishable
Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry - Yvonne Markowitz, Elyse Karlin
- 2008
The Thinking Body San Francisco
Museum of Craft+Design
Oct.17, 2008 - Jan.4, 2009
PREVIEW RECEPTION:
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008, 6-8pm
An exhibition
focused on contemporary American and European metalsmiths whose
work considers the body in relation to its physical and intellectual
environment.
Artists include: Janine Antoni, Cornelia Parker,
Gijs Bakker, Joan Parcher, Lauren Fensterstock, Myra Mimlitsch-Gray,
Gerd Rothman, Otto Künzli and Melanie Bilenker.
Bay Area artists
Nick Dong, Emiko Oye, and Christine Dhein have created interactive
installations running concurrently providing an alternative
experience for the viewer and DIY activities for visitors.
Co-Curators:
Kate Wagle: Chair, Art Department, University
of Oregon
Anya Kivarkis: Visiting Professor, Metals & Jewelry,
University of Oregon
Exhibition Design: Ted Cohen
Catalogue
available in the SFMC+D Museum Store
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Speaker Series Event:
Crafting Experience,
Experiencing Craft Sat., Nov.1, 3:30-5:30pm at
SFMC+D, then the Larkspur Hotel
Moderator: Susan Cummins, Director,
Rotasa Foundation
Panelists: Kate Wagle, Anya Kivarkis and
Frank Wilson, neurologist and author
[Free to members/$10 for
non-members]
CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS
MakeArt Workshop: Accessorize
with Small Toys!
Sat., Nov.15, 1-3:30pm
DIY
workshop with jewelry artists Emiko Oye and Shana Astrachan
Free workshop
[To register, call 415.773.0303; Advance registration
required]
Visit the MakeArt Gallery anytime to experience DIY
jewelry!
Generous support from
the San Francisco Grants for the Arts/Hotel Tax Fund, The Bernard
Osher Foundation, COMERICA Palo Alto, Burr, Pilger & Mayer
Foundation, Susan Beech, the Larkspur Hotel, and De Novo Fine
Contemporary Jewelry. San Francisco
Museum of Craft+Design
550 Sutter St. San Francisco, California 94102
415.773.0303
Tues. thru Sat. - 10-5, Thurs. - 10-7, Sun. - 12-5
Alexander
Calder: The Paris Years, 1926-1933
at the Whitney
Museum -
New York, NY USA - Oct.16, 2008-Feb.15, 2009
then travels to:
the Centre Pompidou -
Paris France - March 18-July 20, 2009
This exhibition
looks at Calder's formative years (1926-1933) when he arrived
at his revolutionary notion of "drawing in space".
"Calder’s
Circus" will be presented in a new installation.
Wire sculptures will include all four extant
Josephine Bakers together for the first time, mechanized moving
abstractions, some never-before-exhibited animals from Calder's
bestiary and his first ceiling-suspended mobile.
His first Paris
sketchbook will be on view along with previously
unexhibited drawings.
Rare films include:
Sculptor
Discards Clay, of 1928
Le Grand Cirque
Calder 1927 (1955) by Jean Painlevé
Montparnasse–Where the Muses
Hold Sway 1929 - Calder is seen as a member of the artists'
community of Montparnasse creating
a wire portrait of
Kiki de Montparnasse.
Calder and his works portrayed in photographs by Brassaï,
Kertész,
Thérèse Bonney, Agnès Varda, and Marc Vaux.
A catalog of
the show is available.
From
the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith
at Brooklyn Museum, NY USA
May 14, 2008 through May 17, 2009
Exhibition of Silver Jewelry Designed by Legendary Modernist
Jeweler Art Smith
This exhibit
will honor the gift of twenty pieces of silver and gold jewelry
created by the Brooklyn-born modernist jeweler Arthur Smith (1917–1982),
primarily from Charles Russell, Smith’s companion
and heir.
The presentation of Art Smith jewelry
will be enhanced by archival material from the artist’s estate,
including his working tools, the original shop sign designed by
Smith, period photographs of models wearing his jewelry, preparatory
sketches, and account books. Presented along with Smith’s
work are twenty-three pieces of modernist jewelry from the permanent
collection by such artists as Elsa Freund, William Spratling, Frank
Rebajes, Eva Eisler, Ed Weiner, Claire Falkenstein, Jung-Hoo Kim,
and others. Inspired by surrealism, biomorphicism, and primitivism,
Art Smith’s
jewelry is dynamic in its size and form. Although sometimes massive
in scale, his jewelry remains lightweight and wearable due to his
awareness of the female form. The jewelry dates from the late 1940s
to the 1970s and includes his most famous pieces, such as a "Patina" necklace
inspired by the mobiles of Alexander Calder; a "Lava" bracelet,
or cuff, that extends over the entire lower arm in undulating
and overlapping forms; and a massive ring with three semiprecious
stones that stretches over three fingers.
Trained at Cooper Union, Art Smith, an African American, opened
his first shop on Cornelia Street in Greenwich Village in 1946.
He later moved the business to 140 West Fourth Street, where
it remained throughout his career. Not only one of the leading
modernist jewelers of the mid-twentieth century, Smith was also
an active supporter of black and gay civil rights, an avid jazz
enthusiast, and a supporter of early black modern dance groups.
This exhibition is organized by Barry Harwood, Curator of Decorative
Arts, Brooklyn Museum. The exhibition is supported by the Harold
S. Keller Fund with additional support from the Donald and Mary
Oenslager Fund.
Edge
of the Sublime: Enamels by Jamie Bennett
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art - NY Sept.27
- Nov.16 2008
Opening reception: Friday,
Sept.26, 2008 5-8pm
Edge of the Sublime represents the first-ever retrospective of
works by one of the most important enamelists working today.
This exhibition explores the artist’s creative use and
development of a variety of enameling and metalworking techniques
to produce highly color-saturated imagery on signature brooches,
necklaces and pendants. Curated by Jeannine Falino, former Carolyn
and Peter Lynch Curator of Decorative Arts, Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, Edge of the Sublime debuted at Fuller Craft Museum in
Massachusetts before traveling to the SDMA and museums nationwide
through 2010.
This exhibition will continue to travel to: Arkansas
Art Center - AR Dec.19, 2008
- Feb.22, 2009 Racine Art Museum -
WI Bellevue
Arts Museum - WA
An exhibition catalog is available:
Edge
of the Sublime: Enamels by Jamie Bennett by Jeannine Falino 2008
A beautifully illustrated catalogue of over 100 color plates,
it addresses artist's lifework who first established his international
reputation in 1986 when he produced enameled jewelry using unique,
electroformed shapes. Jeannine Falino is an independent curator
who formerly curated at the MFA in Boston.
Elegant Armor: The Art of Jewelry
Sept. 27, 2008 - May 31,
2009
The Museum of Arts & Design in New York inaugurates the Tiffany & Co.
Foundation Jewelry Gallery in its new home at 2 Columbus Circle
with Elegant Armor: The Art of Jewelry. The exhibition
offer visitors the unique opportunity to see an exceptional
assembly of works from the Museum's collection. The remarkably
inventive artists extend the range of materials beyond precious
gems and metals to demonstrate that they can make superb jewelry
from paper, rubber, plastic, found objects of all descriptions
and even pig’s intestines. Featuring over 200 objects
from the pioneering works of the 1940s to the cutting edge
pieces made this year, the exhibition provides a dazzling overview
of the evolution of contemporary art jewelry.
3rd Annual Intercollegiate Metals Exhibition
Oct. 6-17, 2008 Mon.-Thurs.
noon-5pm; Friday noon-3pm
Opening Reception: Mon.
Oct. 6, 2008 7-9pm
Tickets: Free
A national juried exhibition
of jewelry and metalwork, selected and organized by Herberger
College faculty member Becky McDonah and the Metals program
in the School of Art, ASU Tempe, AZ USA
GlassWear:
Glass in Contemporary Jewelry
Curator Ursula Ilse-Neuman of Museum of Arts & Design New York,
NY USA
organized by Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY & Schmuckmuseum
Pforzheim, Germany
traveling exhibition:
Nov.7, 2007– Jan.31, 2008 Glass Pavilion, Toledo Museum of
Art, Ohio
March 14 -May 25, 2008 Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany
April 18-June 28, 2009 Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester,
Rochester, NY USA
13 July – 20 Sept. 2009 Museum of Arts & Design, New
York, NY USA
Oct.2, 2009 – Jan. 3, 2010 Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile,
AL USA
Dieter Roth’s Rings
through 5 Oct. 2008
at MUDAC
The Swiss creator Dieter Roth (1930–1998) worked on innumerable
fronts, trying out multiple materials and techniques. He was
a remarkable dabbler in many things: at one and the same time
painter, graphic artist, designer, sculptor, creator of installations,
poet, musician, filmmaker and organiser of his own exhibitions.
The scope of his interests and his artistic research was such
that Dieter Roth is unique and, indeed, unclassifiable. His
work often leaped from one discipline to another, while some
of his works decomposed naturally because they were made from
chocolate, cheese or meat. The proliferation and originality
of his interventions and his works have left a lasting mark
on the most recent generations of artists.
In 1957, Dieter Roth decided to settle with
his wife in Iceland, which very quickly became his adopted
homeland. Following the birth of their three children, in order
to meet his family’s needs, the artist went on to experiment
in very diverse fields: he built furniture, designed a shelving
system for a pharmacist, developed new pieces for chess (a
very highly regarded game in Iceland), designed posters and
produced work in ceramics and glass. In parallel he became
interested in making jewellery, which he thought he could sell
easily. These creations were totally innovative and burst the
norms of traditional jewellery. Thus his bracelets were based
on salvaged aluminium plates on to which he poured chemical
products; he would wait two or three weeks until a form of
oxidisation was produced and then cut out strips of metal.
His early days as a jeweller were very laborious. Icelanders
did not recognise the originality of his experimental work,
which broke down the barriers between different areas of skills.
The meeting in 1958 with his fellow countryman, the goldsmith
Hans Langenbacher, marked a turning point in his production.
A long, fruitful collaboration grew out of this friendship,
which would last until the artist’s death, as the abundant
correspondence presented at the mudac this summer will testify.
Hans Langenbacher was instantly fascinated by the freedom
of expression of the jewellery designed by Dieter Roth, the
audacity of the materials employed and their ingenious system
of assemblage. The artist used to try out various combinations
of bolts, nuts and screws, propose new components to add, cover
or remove. This incredible series of sculptures for fingers,
or ring-sculptures, was based on rather ordinary materials
such as gilt brass, iron and coloured plexiglass. Dieter Roth
even went further, including the eventual wearers of his jewellery
in the creation of their own ring. They could modify the ring
as they pleased by combining or replacing certain components,
thereby creating a unique object. The dialogue of the artist
with the person who would wear the object is a central theme
in Dieter Roth’s work. The series of rings produced by
Dieter Roth includes some very special models such as the “Ring
with rotating components” (1971), permitting the wearer
to play with 15 different settings, the four “Lion rings” (1971)
inspired by the Lion Monument in Lucerne, and the “Zoo
ring” (1971) made up of toys in the form of interchangeable
animal heads.
The exhibition presents six ring-sculpture
models with multiple combinations permitting 40 different rings
to be made, as well as 70 original documents prefiguring these
projects. Drawings, sketches, letters and postcards sent by
Dieter Roth to Hans Langenbacher allow one to follow, step
by step, the collaboration between artist and goldsmith. All
the objects come from the private collection of Hans Langenbacher
(Lucerne).
Parallel to this
project, Edizioni Periferia (Lucerne) is publishing in German
and English the book Dieter Roth, Ringe 1959–1973, which
includes photographs by Harry Burst of the various ring projects,
with previously unpublished texts by Jean-Christophe Ammann,
Hans Langenbacher and Flurina Paravicini, Adalsteinn Ingolfsson
and Peter Noever. As the goldsmith Hans Langenbacher placed
his archives at the publisher’s disposal, all the original
documents relating to this collaboration have been reproduced
in facsimile and gathered together in a loose-leaf file in
a limited edition of 750. There is also a leader edition (15
numbered copies) incorporating an example of the “Lucerne
lion ring” in silver.
From
Hand to Hand: passing on skill and know-how in European contemporary
jewellery
through Oct.5, 2008 at MUDAC
Special
events:
Lecture by Karl Fritsch
Karl Fritsch, jewellery-maker,
talks about his work. Sept.23, 2008 at HEAD / Boulevard
James-Fazy 15, 1201 Geneva, free entrance.
Lecture by Karen
Pontoppidan
A lecturer at Ädellab, Konstfack, Stockholm,
Karen Pontoppidan talks about the transmission of knowledge.
Oct.3, 2008 at MUDAC
Via a selection
of jewellery by European creators, the exhibition “from
hand to hand” seeks to define the bonds that are created
between teachers and pupils and what is involved in passing
on a skill or knowledge. European jewellers whose influence
in the contemporary jewellery world is clearly established
and recognised were therefore chosen, not just because they
are eminent teachers but also because they are outstanding
creators of their period. What influences have they had on
their pupils? What do they hope to pass on? What have their
pupils retained of this? And do the latter, some of whom have
become teachers in their turn, have the feeling they are continuing
a link in the chain?
Contemporary jewellery
In our Western
societies, technical virtuosity acquired in a traditional manner
in workshops or professional schools allows the making of jewellery
that unites prestige with market value. Nevertheless, since
the 1970s, the world of contemporary jewellery creation has
questioned these values. So does this knowledge still have
any meaning? Is it not the idea transmitted via the object
that is of prime importance? In observing the selected pieces,
made by the creators themselves, one realises that both these
factors co-exist: manual skill remains very evident in as much
as these pieces of jewellery testify to the attention paid
to ensuring they are well made, a judicious choice of materials,
a genuine pleasure in producing a beautiful object. But this
manual skill is placed at the service of the expression of
each individual’s private questionings. It is this combination
that makes contemporary jewellery so fascinating. One can allow
oneself to feast one’s eyes while enjoying a pleasant
sensation of intellectual titillation. Benjamin Lignel, jeweller
and art historian, has set out a number of common characteristics
of contemporary jewellery. He underlines “notions of
individuality, craftmanship, and its troubled relationship
to the production mainstream.” And adds the following
elements: “the human body as a general working area;
an open attitude to methods and material that echoes art’s
own agenda, complicated by the notion of wearability; […]
and an emancipation from consumer goods’ vocation to ‘just’ satisfy
consumer desires.” [In Metalsmith Magazine, autumn 2006].
These are a few of the facets which allow one to define better
the preoccupations of contemporary jewellery creators.
Europe
Apart from a few isolated examples, it would be difficult in
Europe to find a school that is characterised by its territorial
roots. The majority of European jewellery schools and colleges
have developed an international style, based rather more on
the identity of the creator than on his or her origin. Ever
since the 1980s–1990s, Europe has represented a crucible
for the creation of contemporary jewellery. Students still
come from all over the world to undergo training here. Creators
who have passed through European schools are consequently right
in the centre of the reflections that prevail in the contemporary
jewellery field.
Ties and links
To define more closely the
relationships that exist between the exhibition’s participants,
the latter responded to a questionnaire regarding the transmission
of skills and knowledge. Their answers echo their creations
in the exhibition as well as in the catalogue. Thus, all the
jewellers relate their experiences during their years of training;
their relationship with their teacher(s); who pushed them,
who supported or discouraged them; who they still remember
several years later; how there was a certain amount of connivance.
Some pupils, having become masters in their turn, are continuing
an artistic process that was developed under the influence
of their teachers. Fabrice Schaefer, who teaches at the Haute école
d’art et de design in Geneva, says: “‘Transforming
a material’ was at the heart of Esther [Brinkmann]’s
teaching; I still work along those lines”. Others, on
the contrary, claim to have broken with them completely: “I
think that I have never been faithful to my teacher. We have
completely different ways of facing our craft and making jewellery.” (Marc
Monzó, Spain, 1973).
The exhibition
The exhibition brings
together works by 58 jewellery-makers of 3 generations (12
masters, 39 pupils, 7 pupils of pupils) who have emerged from
10 schools in various countries: Germany, Spain, Finland, France,
Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal and Switzerland.
It is organised around the first-generation teachers, with
the addition of their pupils and, in some cases, the pupils
of their pupils. The tradition that the Swiss are great travellers
is confirmed here: of the 17 Swiss jewellers included, 5 of
whom currently teach abroad, 5 pursued complementary training
outside Switzerland before returning home.
The choice of pieces
was carried out in agreement with the creators. The majority
of the works date from the last five years. In a few cases
they are older because they are emblematic of the work of particular
teachers. Each creator has the same module at his/her disposal,
without any sort of hierarchy: a trolley on wheels offering
a presentation area of around 1m2. This display option conveys
the very great mobility of jewellery creators: both the teachers
who move around giving workshops and the pupils who follow
the teacher of their choice.
Despite every effort on the scenographer’s
part, a piece of jewellery presented in a display case is nothing
but a miniature sculpture. It lacks its natural support, the
body. To compensate for this absence from the exhibition, some
of the jewellery pieces are also shown being worn by means
of black-and-white photographs taken by students of the Ecole
de Photographie in Vevey (CEPV).
The exhibition’s organisation
and scenography were undertaken by Carole Guinard, jewellerymaker
and scenographer at the MUDAC.
The Miniature Worlds of Bruce Metcalf
Sept.28 - Dec.21, 2008
Special Events on Sept.28, 2008:
Bruce Metcalf Lecture: "Chapters
in a Life of the Imagination" 2-3pm at the Palo Alto Art Center
auditorium
Public Preview 3-5pm
The lecture and preview are free to the public; please call
650-329-2366 to RSVP for the lecture.
A 120 page full-color exhibition catalogue is available.
Curated by Signe
Mayfield of PAAC, this first major exhibition of his work
examines social, moral and political issues, many of which
Metcalf has also raised in his essays. In this exhibition,
diminutive size matters. Cast in silver or carved in wood,
Metcalf's vulnerable protagonists act out issues on the stage
of miniature worlds. Some of his pieces serve dual lives
as wearable brooches, where the protagonists venture into
the world and engage the unsuspecting viewer with their stories
and distinctive visual language. The exhibition also marks
the premier of the United States tour slated for multiple
venues through 2011, including the Mint Museum of Craft+Design
in Charlotte, North Carolina; Bellevue Arts Museum in Bellevue,
Washington; Fresno Art Museum in Fresno, California; Fuller
Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts; Arkansas Arts Center
in Little Rock, Arkansas; and Racine Art Museum in Racine,
Wisconsin.
Flip
Side: Jewelry from JamFactory at Velvet da Vinci Gallery
Sept.10 to Oct.12, 2008
Velvet da Vinci Gallery in San Francisco presents "Flip
side: Jewelry from JamFactory", a show featuring new work
from eight established Australian jewelers. Sue Lorraine, Creative
Director of the Metals Design Studio and curator of Flip side,
explains that the intention of this exhibition was to push these
artists into a new dimension of their work. "There is always
more than one point of view, always several ways to look at something,
from the back and the front, the inside and the outside, the
upside and the downside, the safe side and the flip side." However,
instead of creating drastically new pieces for the exhibition,
Lorraine found that their mature and assured practice has allowed
them to push the boundaries of their everyday work. For the last
30 years, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design Centre, located
in Southern Australia, has been a center for the design, production,
exhibition and sale of work by leading and emerging Australian
designers / makers.
An exhibition catalog is available.
The
artists exhibiting in the show are: Alisa Dewhurst, Kath
Inglis, Tassia Joannides, Sim Luttin, Sally Mahony, Lauren
Simeoni, Belinda Newick, Melissa Turner.
Tassia Joannides uses
the common zipper as her medium. She has given this one-dimensional
form body and substance. The armbands intentionally blur
the boundaries between the inside and out. By unzipping and
zipping they become part of the wearer, an intimate experience.
Melissa Turner uses stainless steel to create fluid and soft
forms of beauty. There is no front or back, no pin back,
no pendant, no ring shank, only fluid forms. These forms
stand as an act of defiance to the jewelry world, without
a wearable function.
Sally Mahony uses primarily stainless
steel in her work. She manipulates the material to both extremes,
making it corrode and shine to a satiny, seductive black.
The brooches peel away from the body exposing fabric or metal
beneath.
Kath Inglis again is a manipulator of materials.
She carves PVC into three-dimensional wearable sculptures.
Kath is inspired by the colors of shadows and reflections
in water. Just as water has no top or bottom, no starting
or ending point, her jewelry is a continuous ripple on the
wearer.
Lauren Simeoni's brooches reflect the impact materials
have on the world. She is a lover of materials and the impact
these material leave. In this series of brooches she has
printed nostalgic images on aluminum and reveals a time of
personal innocence.
Sim Luttin made this body of work while
recently living in the U.S. As a visitor she was hyper-aware
of her surroundings. Her necklaces reflect and magnify nature
with their seed-like forms as vessels strung from dark beads.
Alisa Dewhurst and Belinda Newick have used the body as their
starting points. Alisa crochets necklaces illustrating the
repetitive genetic message of DNA, the building material
that makes up each individual. She mimics this process in
crocheted wire. Belinda uses the necklace to discuss the
fragility, fertility and fecundity of the female anatomy.
Home
- Jewellery by Sofia Björkman at Platina Stockholm Sweden
Exhibition runs until Oct. 4, 2008

"Where I live, all the houses are similar. The small houses
in wood are called shoe cartons and are on the line along
the streets of the suburb. All who live there have a house,
a garden, a car, a grill and at least one inherited piece
of jewellery."
Sofia Björkman
Chao
& Eero - Our Nature at Design Forum Finland Sept.12-
Oct.5, 2008
Unique one-off jewellery by Chao-Hsien Kuo and Eero Hintsanen
Board
Meeting - New Work by Anna Whitley at Fingers Jewellery
Sept.15 - 28, 2008
Preview Monday 15th from 5.30-7.00pm
Signs from Nature - Birgit Laken / Suzanne Esser at Galeria
Reverso through Oct.4, 2008
Lisa
Walker
"Unwearable" at Objectspace Gallery through
Oct. 4, 2008
"Trees Above" by Silke Spitzer
at Ornamentum Gallery through
Sept. 29,2008
"Nest"
Necklace, 18K gold, wood, natural rubber, 2008
Solo Exhibition of Yael Krakowski
Opening Sept. 15, 2008 at Galeria
Bielak


Ornament as Expression: The Jewelry
of Arline Fisch
Aug. 24- Dec. 7, 2008
Racine Art Museum, Racine,
Wisconsin
Meet the artist & booksigning Oct. 2, 2008 at 2:30
space is limited.
Masters
Workshop March 27-29, 2009
Craft in America -
Expanding Traditions - an eight city museum touring exhibition
opening April 2007
Arkansas Arts Center,
Little Rock, Arkansas April 13 through June 24, 2007
Museum
of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon July 22 through September
23, 2007
Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California
October 20, 2007 through January 27, 2008
Houston Center for
Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas February 22 through May
4, 2008
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan June
8 through September 14, 2008
National Cowboy & Western
Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma October 11, 2008 through
January 18, 2009
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California
February 18 through May 24, 2009
Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton,
Massachusetts June 27, 2009 through September 27, 2009
GOLDEN CLOGS, DUTCH MOUNTAINS: New Jewelry from the Netherlands
Golden Clogs, Dutch Mountains
is an exhibition showing the young generation of Dutch avantgarde
jewelry with strong and innovative work by eleven emerging
artists. It will open at Velvet
Da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco
on March 21 till April 20, 2007. It was curated for them by Andrea Wagner (studio
jeweller in Amsterdam) who further organized that the exhibition
continues to a number of other galleries in the United States
and Canada. Testifying to the exceptional originality and creative
mentality in The Netherlands the charismatic and compelling work
has an unconstrained playfulness and subtle humor. The innovative
use of a wide scope of materials is the outcome of the arists’ experimental
curiosity in their search for narrative materiality. These intelligently
beautiful jewels project a strong visual language that is based
to a large extent on the power of the emotional value of material
conveying the meaning behind the work. There is an exhibition
catalogue Golden Clogs, Dutch Mountains with 22 color illustrations
exceptionally photographed by Corriette Schoenaerts. A lecture
on the Dutch creative mentality and the historical background
of contemporary jewelry in that country will be given by Andrea
Wagner to accompany the exhibitions.
Further showings planned:
Ornamentum Gallery, Hudson NY 6 July – 6 August 2007
Gallery
Loupe, Montclair, NJ - Fall
2007
Gallery Noel Guyomarc'h,
(514) 840.9362 Montréal (Québec) Canada - 6 March – 13
April 2008
Anna
Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, N.S., Canada September 2008
Ornament
as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection
and even more info at Mintwiki
Audrey Jones Beck Building, Museum
of Fine Arts, Houston, TX USA Sept. 23, 2007 - Jan. 21, 2008
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum March 14-July 6, 2008
Mint Museum of Craft + Design,
Charlotte, NC Aug. 16, 2008-Jan. 9, 2009
Tacoma Art Museum,
Tacoma, Washington, June 20-Sept. 13, 2009
Catalogue of the show:
Ornament
as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection by
Cindi Strauss 2007
Listing of
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bijouterie, schmuck, juwelen,
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