EXPO ‘Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition’ – Polidynamo Demotiko Kentro, Nicosia (Cyprus) – 12-15 Sept. 2012

Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition,  Nicosia, Cyprus

In their 4th successive year a group of 7 Jewellery Designers of Cypriot originpresent their latest work. They remain united in their vision in today’s world of Contemporary Jewellery which inspires their diverse and individual styles. Artists:
Augousta Themistocleous – Constantinos Kyriacou — Iro Kaskani — Liana Pattihis — Mala Siamptani — Panayiotis Panayi – Skevi Afantiti

Liana Pattihis – Blue ‘Istos’ Brooch 2010

harmony catastrophe - Panayiotis Panayi

Skevi Afantiti – HOME collection necklace

Constantinos Kyriacou bracelet

Augousta Themistocleous – from serie « ekthesi » 2010

Iro Kaskani : The Space in Between – 2007 Collection

 

Polidynamo Demotiko Kentro
Nicosia, Cyprus

Opening hours: 10.00- 13.00 and 16.00- 21.00

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Decouverte : Kellie Riggs : architectures blanches et douces

Architectures blanches et douces : Kellie Riggs – Moulures haussmaniennes pour le corps, pour mieux l’encadrer …

« My work is not ornament, it is about ornament.
My work is informed by the past, fueled by an interest in contemporizing our visual history. My curiosity in what came before me closely relates to the inherent fundamentals of adornment as a concept; I explore the human body’s direct relationship to architecture, as time has honored the idea that the human body deserves parallel exaltation. Using the decorative and structural articulation of environments like Italian churches, I aim to exploit the body as a site and surface able to be similarly defined.
Adapted fundaments of Renaissance and Baroque architecture encompass my work using identifiable derivations of visual vocabularies, principles, and dynamic functions. Using proportion and balance, contraction and release, my work explores ambiguity of scale. The physicality of each piece is also essential to the visual presence when seen on the body, and the structural presence when felt worn.
This series intends to reframe how the body is perceived by unifying object and body as one. This goal of unification is met with limitations of perception- how does one communicate a theoretical environment where piece meets the intended site, if one does not get to handle the piece personally? The tangible object alone is not the complete work; without the body, only fallen fragments would be found. How are they to be put back?  »

Kellie Riggs  Object: Dilation/Contraction 2011  Porcelain  From the series Architettonico

Kellie Riggs  Object: Binary Arch Study 2011  Porcelain, rope, brass  From the series Architettonico

Kellie Riggs  Object: To Borromini 2011  Porcelain  From the series Architettonico

Kellie Riggs  ARCHITETTONICO  Bronze N°1 patinated bronze