EXPO ‘Psychomanteum’ – Gallery Loupe, Montclair, NJ (USA) – 17 Nov.-6 Dec. 2012

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17/11/2012

EXPO ‘Psychomanteum’ – Gallery Loupe, Montclair, NJ (USA) – 17 Nov.-6 Dec. 2012

Classé dans : Conference / Lecture,Exposition/Exhibition,Gal. Loupe (US),Nicole POLENTAS (GR),USA — bijoucontemporain @ 0:03

Gallery Loupe - NEW DATE for Nicole Polentas SHOW AND TALK …
Nicole will now be speaking at Brooklyn Metal Works on Friday Nov. 16th at 7 pm and not on Nov. 11th as originally planned.

Nicole Polentas currently resides in Australia, but her connection to her family’s origins in Crete are an important influence on her jewelry. An accomplished gold and silversmith, she draws on her Greek heritage for inspiration and for the unique manner in which she exhibits her current body of work – in a setting meant to depict the psychomanteum – the naturally occurring rockpools of myth where ancient Greeks would go to consult the oracles.
Polentas has created her personal psychomanteum using plinths to display her jewelry. The installation includes water in order to re-create the aquatic area where one could commune with the gods. The jewelry pieces themselves are fascinating and intricate constructions of metal wire and steel sheets, sterling silver, plastic and paint, ornamented with personal photographs and bits of traditional music from Crete known as riztitka. For the artist, the song fragments are a bridge to her sense of belonging to a place she is rooted but no longer lives – her past and present become connected in her very personal jewelry.
Nicole Polentas will speak at Brooklyn Metal Works on Friday evening, Nov. 16 at 7pm.

Nicole Polentas – brooch