EXPO ‘Multiple Exposures : Jewelry and Photography’ – MAD Museum, New York (USA) – 13 Mai-14 Sept. 2014
exhibition at Museum of Arts and Design (MAD Museum), New York, featuring:
JANTJE FLEISCHHUT — MARI ISHIKAWA — JIRO KAMATA and SHARI PIERCE.
Multiple Exposures: Jewelry and Photography is the first museum exhibition to explore how contemporary jewelry artists transform and add new meaning to the pervasive images of this digital age. Drawing inspiration from historic daguerreotypes to manipulated digital images, international jewelry artists explore changing views of beauty and the human body; examine social, political, and cultural issues; probe perceptions of memory and desire; and question the broader relation of jewelry to society and personal identity, issues central to the contemporary experience.
More than 80 renowned artists from over 20 countries are represented —including
Gijs Bakker, Wafaa Bilal, Jordan Doner, Mari Ishikawa, Jiro Kamata, Sooyeon Kim, Iris Nieuwenburg, Kara Ross, Gabriela Sanchez, Bernhard Schobinger, Bettina Speckner,
Joyce Scott, Kiff Slemmons, Andy Warhol and Noa Zilberman.
The connection between photography and jewelry extends back more than 150 years to the invention of the photographic process. The exhibition will provide historical context for this evolving relationship by presenting outstanding nineteenth-century pieces, many of which have never before been exhibited. In recent years, both photography and art jewelry have changed dramatically, and the exhibition will present cutting-edge videos and installations that will provide viewers a broader perspective of contemporary jewelry now.
Organized by MAD’s Curator of Jewelry, Ursula Ilse-Neuman, Multiple Exposures: Jewelry and Photography will be on view from May 13 to September 14, 2014.
Multiple Exposures: Jewelry and Photography will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with essays by Ursula Ilse-Neuman, MAD’s Acting Chief Curator Lowery Stokes Sims, Dutch author and jewelry curator Liesbeth den Besten, photography expert Mark Durant, Curator of Decorative Arts at the Toledo Museum of Art Jutta Page, American author and Metalsmith editor Suzanne Ramljak, photography historian and critic Lyle Rexer and German author and critic Ellen Maurer Zillioli.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a full range of educational programming, including lectures and panels for adults, workshops for young visitors and families, in-house demonstrations of jewelry making, curator-led tours of the exhibition, and a variety of film screenings.
Organized by MAD’s Curator of Jewelry, Ursula Ilse-Neuman, Multiple Exposures: Jewelry and Photography will be on view from May 13 to September 14, 2014.
Multiple Exposures: Jewelry and Photography will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with essays by Ursula Ilse-Neuman, MAD’s Acting Chief Curator Lowery Stokes Sims, Dutch author and jewelry curator Liesbeth den Besten, photography expert Mark Durant, Curator of Decorative Arts at the Toledo Museum of Art Jutta Page, American author and Metalsmith editor Suzanne Ramljak, photography historian and critic Lyle Rexer and German author and critic Ellen Maurer Zillioli.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a full range of educational programming, including lectures and panels for adults, workshops for young visitors and families, in-house demonstrations of jewelry making, curator-led tours of the exhibition, and a variety of film screenings.
Gijs Bakker – « Waterman » (brooch), 1991 – black & white photo, diamonds, white gold
Martin Papcun, Ring, 1999 – artist photopgraph, silver, brass
Jiro Kamata, Brooch, from the Arboresque series, 2010 – Camera lenses, acrylic paint, blackened silver, 3 1/2 x 3 9/10 x 2/5 in. (9.0 x 10.0 x 1.0 cm), Collection of the artist, Photo credit: Jiro Kamata
Bettina Speckner, Untitled (brooch), 2004
Artist’s photograph enameled on silver, cowrie shells, amethysts; Courtesy of a private collection; Photo credit: Bettina Speckner
Betsy King, Bound to be Back (brooch), 1992
Photocopy of comic book character, sterling silver, brass, 3 x 5 1/8 x 3/4 in. (7.6 x 13.0 x 1.9 cm), The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Helen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation, Photo credit: Courtesy of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Iris Nieuwenburg Love Story (brooch), 2009, Museum of Arts and Design, with funds provided by proceeds from works donated by the American Craft Council, Norman Anderson, Knoll North America, Suzi Pleyte, Daniel Rhodes and Osborn Webb by exchange, 2010 Photo credit: J. Gold & Co.
Lauren Kalman, Tongue Gilding, 2009
Digital video, 12 minutes; Courtesy of the artist and Sienna Patti
Hyun-Seok Sim – Panoramic Camera (pendant), 2000 - 20k gold, sterling silver, steel, plastic Collection of the artist Photo credit: Gwang-chun Park
Margit Hart Brooch, 2011 - Artist’s digital photograph on Dibond®, silver, paint Collection of the artist Photo credit: Margit Hart
Célio Braga - Golden Boys Collection/ Silver Boys Collection (strings/ colliers), 2010–11 Fragments of digital C-prints, double-sided tape, glitter Collection of the artist Photo by Cris Bierrenbach
Bernhard Schobinger Self-Portrait with Nose (brooch), 2010 – Digital photograph on commuter card, hologram, silver, coral Courtesy of Gallery S O Photo courtesy of Gallery S O
Viktoria Munzker-Ferus - 27th Week (brooch) from the Secret series, 2004 Image dimensions: 640px x 427px Viktoria Münzker Sonogram printed on transparent plastic-foil, silver, plastic hemispheres Collection of the artist Photo by Viktoria Münzker
Ramon Puig Cuyàs - N° 1279, Ita est (brooch) from the UTOPOS series, 2009 Internet images, enamel, acrylic resin, silver, nickel silver, onyx, shell, pearl, coral, plastic Courtesy of a private collection Photo by Ramon Puig Cuyàs
Sally von Bargen – Elegy (neckpiece), 2008 Digital photographs on paper, brass, paint Collection of the artist Photo by Sally von Bargen
Sooyeon Kim – House on Benefit Street (neckpiece), 2010 Artist’s digital photographs on paper, fabric, magnets Collection of the artist Photo by Sooyeon KimSupport for Multiple Exposures: Jewelry and Photography has been provided by Hasselblad, Kara Ross NY, Betsy Z. and Edward E. Cohen, Washington Square Hotel, the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York, Creative New Zealand, Janet Kardon, and Frame Finland. Additional support is made possible in part through the generosity of the Inner Circle, one of the Museum’s leadership support groups.
