EXPO ‘Hardened Tears’ – Legnica Cultural Centre (PL) – 30 Avril–30 Juin 2013

Hardened Tears

Exhibition of amber designs by nineteen well-known European artists at the Legnica Cultural Centre

The curators of the exhibition are Wim Vandekerckhove, owner of the Villa De Bondt Gallery in Ghent (Belgium), and Sławomir Fijałkowski , professor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.

Artists:  Sławomir Fijałkowski — Christiane Förster — Karl Fritsch — Sophie Hanagarth — Herman Hermsen – Daniel Kruger — Stefano Marchettti — Wilhelm Tasso Mattar — Pavel Opočenský — Annelies Planteijdt — Ramon Puig Cuyàs — Wolfgang Rahs — Ulrich Reithofer — Philip Sajet — Adolfas Šaulys — Gisbert Stach — Manuel Vilhena — Arek Wolski — Petra Zimmermann

Petra Zimmermann amber rings  – Baltic amber, polymethyl methacrylate, gold
« The natural fossilised tree resin is combined with a material of our times, polymethyl methacrylate, a synthetic polymer. I was surprised how many material properties they have in common. »

Sławomir Fijałkowski from Poland – « bloody Cherry » Pendant (Baltic amber, stainless steel).

Ramon Puig Cuyas – No 1462 subtle architectures. Brooch   “The thinking arrives almost always with action, arrive with dialogue, with materials and shapes”.

Sophie Hanagarth – Neptun eyes in Goldwasser. Necklace   (Baltic amber, iron).  “The piece of amber that was given to me looked like a cut of dried meat or becon”

Annelies Planteijdt – « Beautiful city in the middle of the stonewood »  Necklace  (Baltic amber, gold, pigments).  “You see resin turned to stone with prints of trees and rocks that were ever there. When wearing the piece everything comes together”

Manuel Vilhena Brooch (Baltic amber, gold, wood, string).  “I cut some tear-shaped forms from a raw piece of amber. The frozen moments of the past, captured in the amber are now placed in a dynamic and moving setting”.

Wolfgang Rahs « not in vain » Necklace (Baltic amber, brass, tin).  “I am just a wounded man. I hope my piece of work suits a woman, so that both of them get me into the flow again”.

 

 

Legnica Cultural Centre,

Knights Academy,

Chojnowska 2

Open:  Tue – Fri: 11.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m., Sat: 10.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.