EXPO ‘aka jewellery’ – Falkenbergs Museum (Sweden) – 11 Sept.-27 Nov. 2010
« Also known as jewelery« *
17 contemporary French artists
* A project of Christian Alandete & Benjamin Lignel for la Garantie, Association pour le Bijou
Claire Baloge, Babette Boucher, Brune Boyer-Pellerej, Frédéric Braham, Monika Brugger, Carole Deltenre, Joanne Grimonprez, Sophie Hanagarth, Ulrike Kämpfert, Emmanuel Lacoste, Catherine Le Gal, Florence Lehmann, Christophe Marguier, Amandine Meunier, Jana Natier, Nathalie Perret , Maud Traon
Nathalie Perret- Paliceder, necklace 2007
Entitled Also known as jewelery * by French curators Christian Alandete & Benjamin Lignel shows how the participants jewelry artists choose a critical approach to art history, jewelry and crafts traditions. They invite us out from other disciplines such as anthropology, philosophy, film and architecture, questioning the conventional definition of jewelry.Nathalie Perret necklace with plaster powder leaves a shadow on the necklace and the clothes we wear are the shade. Babette Bouchers work revolves around time and memories often based on found objects as a toy or a fragment of a photo. The lost toy has been a sarcophagus and affects the feeling of regret that we can easily recognize. Amandine Meuniers necklace with intricate designs taken from the doors she had seen on his travels is cut in inner tubes – beautiful and sensual.
Other artists raise questions about gender roles and sexuality that Carole Deltenre with his necklace made up of girls respectively boy toys in plastic. In Frédéric Braham projects Cosmetics is a shift. It is not the user who is attractive but beauty aids become coveted items in the form of natural-looking lipstick, eyeliner and powder box in silver and gold.
Also know as jewelery * has been shown in galleries and museums in the United States and Europe.
Babette Boucher- Sarcophagus 2007 - jet and found object
Amandine Meunier- ‘Roads never travel’ necklace, 2007-08 – rubber hose
Carole Deltenre- Necklace – plastic toys -2007
Ulrike Kampfert, « Silver Thistle » Brooch
Christophe Marguier, « Esperance de vie de la femme », Necklace
Catherine Le Gal, « Under Over » & « Souvenir » Brooches
Monika Brugger, « Marianne as roberts » Brooch
Joanne Grimonprez, « Bernicks » Brooch (photos Galerie Velvet da Vinci)
Emmanuel Lacoste, « Langues » Tongue Jewels
Jana Natier, « Barbie » Necklace
