EXPO ‘Entfesselt – Schmuck ohne Grenzen’ – Museum Bellerive, Zürich (CH) – 11 mai-23 Sept. 2012
Gold, silver and jewels: these precious materials were for a long time the favorite form of personal adornment. But since the 1960s their dominance has been undermined by objets trouvés, everyday utensils, plastics, or parts of plants. The jewellery made from these, each piece of which is a one-off and bears the unmistakable signature of the person who made it, relates to visual art, fashion and design. Worn as art works, these pieces of jewellery explore the boundaries of what is actually wearable and through their shape or size indeed often conflict with the body. With their pieces eighty international designers and – especially for the Museum Bellerive – national artists clearly show that the possibilities and applications of jewellery are practically unlimited. From small, fantastical brooches to portraits of stars made from strings of pearls: jewellery breaks out of the confines of museum showcases, spreads across walls and floors to create a space-filling installation or, in the form of urban jewellery, even decorates the street.
An exhibition of the Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem
in collaboration with the Museum Bellerive
Inner Beauty – a participatory performance by Frédéric Braham. The artist administers homeopathic doses of sapphires, emeralds, gold and Yves Klein blue
Sari Liimatta – Hopeless 2007 necklace
Ted Noten – knuckleduster (model for women) 2000
Aud Charlotte Ho Sook Sinding – Broche Floral; Photo © Galerie Platina
Helen Britton, Big White brooch
Benjamin Lignel, Io ce l ‘ho d’oro (Yeah but mine’s gold), 2007
Shelley Norton, Block Brooch, 2011
Hanna Hedman, While they await extinction, 2010
Fabienne Morel, Brokenfab – Halsschmuck/necklace, 2009
Carole Guinard, Halsschmuck/necklace «J’ai déménagé», 1997
Verena Sieber-Fuchs, Kragen/collar «Follow the Line!», 1989; Photo © FX.Jaggy & U.Romito
Julie Schmid (BA Jewellery Design 2011), 3The fish with golden bubbles3 and « Two dogs and a diamond », 2011; Photo: Vlado Alonso © HEAD – Genève
Monika Strasser, Garten Eden, 2009 - Photo © Michel Bonvin
Luzia Vogt, Segment III, 2010
