During SCHMUCK 2015 – EXPO ‘Mythen/Myths 2015′ – Galerie Weltraum, Munich (DE) – 11-17 Mars 2015

«Mythen/Myths 2015» A contemporary insight in precious Greece

Galerie Weltraum

Opening: 11 March, 7 – 10 p.m.

Sofia Zarari  -  « Chronos », 2013, Photo credit: Myrto Koutoul

Thirteen visual artists, architects and designers and four guest stars turn their daily experience in Greece into jewellery: family violence, mother’s Alzheimer, unconditional love, negation of death, bankruptcy, androgynous sexuality, Charlie hebdo’s impact on freedom of speech etc.
Exhibits make part of a sculptural, walk-in installation reminding of a broken ancient Greek temple or a human-sized trap, a double symbol for the Greek crisis. Daily art performances inspired by contemporary Greek culture reflect on archaic uses of jewellery.

« The Greek drama is taking place right now, almost a third of the young do not have a job, many people live hard lives. Their hardships can be connected to the suffering that heroes from the great Greek stories underwent. Our contemporary dramas both in world politics as in our personal lives resemble those tragedies described in the great Greek theater.
We lose a loved one, we encounter unfaithfulness, we are in warlike situations due to real war or we seem to be in a battle to keep our health or sanity and all of us cope with these things in different ways. All these themes are expressed in the great Greek myths. Every Greek is steeped in her or his heritage as I know from having travelled many times in Greece.
For the artists of this show their Greek background is a focal point that one can always go back to. In the jewelry and other art, made by the exhibiting artists the Greek myth has been an enormous rich well to draw from as you will see.  »
Marietta de Bruïne, Art historian, Amsterdam.

Artists: Katerina Glyka — Christina Karababa — Anna Kitsou –  Maro Kornilaki — Yakinthi Oikonomou — Sofia Paschou — Loukia Richards — Heleni Siousti — Margarita Skokou — Eleftheria Spantidaki — Systemalab (Sofia Daniilidou) — Konstantina Tzavidopoulou — Marianna Tzouti — Sofia Zarari

Guest artists: Eugenia Feroussi — Elina Kakourou — Katerina Kolonellou — Sofia Paschou.

Yakinthi Oikonomou, Bonds, 2014, Photo by Orestis Rovakis

Yakinthi Oikonomou  - »Tough love », Mixed technique, Canelloni, paper, silver, 2014 Photo credit: Orestis Rovakis

SYSTEMALAB Ring: Peristerionas 3D printed Rings, 2013 Photo by: SYSTEMALAB

Loukia Richards, « Pornogirls/Sirens », 2013 Photo credit: Christoph Ziegler

Anna Kitsou, “Kyklikos Chronos” (“Κυκλικός χρόνος”), 2012, Ρhoto credit: Giannis Seferos – Anna Kitsou’s reference to aesthetics can be traced back to the Neolithic settlements, the Acropolis of Tiryns with the Cyclopean Walls, the Cycladic idols or the harmonious aerial photographs of excavations.  Her jewellery reflects magic rituals and the hope of humankind that with fire, gemstones and knots can gain control over destiny. Long before the construction of houses, roads, airplanes or refrigerators, mortals created jewellery to give them strength to confront not only enemies of the terrestrial world, but also the demons from beyond.  Jewellery was a companion for eternity, emphasizing faith in immortality.
“Each piece is a journey through land, water and fire… My inspiration is the Earth, Greece and cultures,” says the young designer and ceramist.

Mix & match of shapes and materials by Maro Kornilakh

Heleni Siousti « Synapsis/Alzheimer ». Work in progress  2015 -

Helices or spirals are characteristic patterns of ancient Greek jewellery. They symbolize the moon, mazes, snails, snakes, ebb and flow, cyclical time, regeneration, perpetual motion, echo, appearance and disappearance, consciousness and unconsciousness, memory and oblivion, even the human brain itself.
The jewellery of Helen Siousti, often unfinished or imperfect, signifies memory fading away due to Alzheimer disease.
It illustrates the pain of those who, unable to act, watch their loved ones crossing the river of Lethe while being alive. Her pieces are relics of beautiful, powerful moments – the offspring of the unknown future and love.
Heleni Siousti uses her art to unite robust remembrances with glimpses of memory in an attempt to explain how fragile and vulnerable we become through the memory of what has been and will not be — no more.
She hauls childhood fears to the surface, fears which become alive as our parents walk slowly, but steadily, towards the dark forest of fairy tales while we – like helpless Hop-o’-My-Thumbs – have only crumbs in our pockets to help them trace the path leading back to us…
Heleni Siousti studied Economics in Athens and worked in the private sector. She is an acrtive member of the ecological movement in her home town Kozani in Macedonia.

Peace man!  -  Christina Karababa, « Bang-Bang 1″, 2014 Photo credit: Christina Karababa

and should god Hephaestus, the famous blacksmith of Olympus, continue making weapons and jewellery in his workshop, he would possibly use a 3D printer.
Renowned for its decoration and apotropaic/defensive perfection is the shield Hephaistos made for Achilles.
Bang bang!
The sound of the gun in comic strips suits the myth of revolutionary subversion of aesthetics standards.
Such myths are endlessly created by fashion and technology in modern urban centers.
Everything goes, but in a different way…
« In my work I mould odd objects with contradictions as far as their operation, meaning and interpretation are concerned. These items should be conceived mostly as comments, as toys or as dangerous and naive fantasies, » writes Christina Karababa.
The artist teaches in Applied Science University Düsseldorf. She has held numerous individual and group exhibitions and co-curated the international art jewellery meeting « Zimmerhof Symposium » in 2014.

Katerina Glyka  – « Lethal Jewellery » -  « war-like jewellery » of Katerina Glyka which has as starting point scenographic imitations of archaic weapons made with the technique of paper mache and ends up being potentially lethal tools made from cement.

 

Galerie Weltraum
Rumfordstrasse 26, Munich
Opening 11.03.2015 19:00 – 22:00
12.03.2015 – 17.03.2015
14:00 – 20:00Rumfordstrasse 26, Munich
Opening 11.03.2015 19:00 – 22:00
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EXPO ‘mineralART 2014 – Between Layers’ – Staatlichen Antikensammlungen, Munich (DE) – 13 Mars- 11 Mai 2014

 SCHMUCK 2014 – Munich – 12-18 Mars 2014

Staatlichen Antikensammlungen, Preisverleihung mineralART 2014

« between layers – Innenwelten des Achats »
“between layers – worlds within agate”

The prize-giving will take place on Thursday, 13 March 2014, as part of a celebratory event inside the Munich State Collection of Antiques. The competition-winning pieces and other outstanding works will be on display here during SCHMUCK 2014 and until 11 May 2014 during museum opening hours.

After the opening, please join the CURRENT OBSESSION PARTY!!! :
Thursday, 13th March 2014, 9 – 12 pm
84 GHz, Georgenstraße 84, Munich

Award ceremony & opening: Thursday, 13th March 2014, 7:00 pm
State Collection of Antiques, Königsplatz, Munich.

 mineralART 2014 is proud to present the work of following artists in Munich :

Claudia Adam — Penka Arabova-Pasheva — Paula Bahadian — Frans Beelen — Tereza Borlova –
Carolin Denter — Katharina Dettar — Patrícia Domingues — Matthias Dyer — Tanja Emmert – Elvira Golombosi — Lina Goltsios — Elena Gorbunova — Taehee In — Levani Jishkariani — Christina Karababa – Yeonkyung Kim — Beate Klockmann — Karina Lazauskaitė — Typhaine Le Monnier — Tianqi Li –  Cristina Martí Mató –  Judy McCaig — Viktoria Münzker – Tom Munsteiner — Julia Obermaier — Ruudt Peters — Hester Popma-van de Kolk — Sari Räthel — Philip Sajet — Nils Schmalenbach — Kvetoslava Flora Sekanova –  Giovanni Sicuro — Supavee Sirinkraporn — Jörg Stoffel — Karen Vanmol — Karol Weisslechner — Zindzi Wijminga — Getter Ziugand   ………..

An overwhelming number of 275 pieces by 161 participants ………………

Annamaria Zanella

Sari Räthel

Li Tianqi

Tatjana Giorgadse

Julia Obermaier

Giovanni Sicuro

Philip Sajet

 

 

Staatlichen Antikensammlungen
Königsplatz 1
80333 München
www.mineralart.de
Di-So 10-17, Mi 10-20 Uhr

 

 

EXPO ‘Maquina’ – Showcase 20a, Munich (DE) – 12-18 Mars 2014

SCHMUCK 2014 – Munich – 12-18 Mars 2014

Maquina – window display – 12-18 mars

***24h WINDOW DISPLAY*** OPENING 13. 03. — 17H
EXHIBITION 12. 03. — 18. 03.2014

During SCHMUCK 2014 « Máquina » presents the work of a group of jewellery-makers eager to explore the potential of achieving new contemporary jewellery styles. They translate their creative ideas into tangible pieces of adornment by merging a range of modern production techniques, with traditional craftsmanship methods to materialize their vision.

 

Anne Achenbach – Laura Alvarado — Maren Düsel — Beate Eismann — Ariane Ernst — Silke Fleischer — Phylicia Gilijamse — Christina Karababa — Karin Maisch — Vivian Meller — Daniel Michel — Denise Julia Reytan — Maryvonne Wellen

Vivian Meller brooches

Laura Alvarado - lost & found

Daniel Michel – There Is No Single Story – 2010- polyamid (Selective Laser Sintering), lenticular print
This ring changes its colors if you change your or the rings position.
Same things are different. The impression you get depends on your position, your point of view, your socialisation, your associations. 

Maryvonne Wellen

Karin Maisch (Fachhochschule Düsseldorf) – necklace, Kaleidoscope, the folded one, 2013, rubber, fabric, steel, magnet, paint

 Christina Karababa, GUN-GUN #10, Polyamid, Silver,  2013

Phylicia Gilijamse – Andclose – Necklace, 2013 Every link of this chain is different but they all have in common that they consist of two incomplete parts. Only when the two parts come together can the link be closed.

 Anne Achenbach pins – rosa klapprad serie

Ariane Ernst

Denise Julia Reytan, Schmuckdesign, Berlin 2011

 

 

Showcase 20a

Donnersbergerstraße 20a

80634 München

24/24 Uhr, window display

REACH THE EXHIBITION : U-Bahn, bus and tram stop Rotkreuzplatz S-Bahn Station Donnersbergerbrücke Tram and bus stop Donnersbergerstraße

EXPO ‘Papallona / Mariposa / Butterfly’ – Museu de Ciències Naturals de Granollers, Granollers (Spain) – 29 Nov. 2013 – 2 Mars 2014

Papallona / Mariposa / Butterfly

Museu de Ciències Naturals de Granollers

Check the online catalogue here

Paticipating artists:
Adriano Castoro — Alexander Blank — Ana Toledo — Andrea Wagner – Anne Wiedau — Annika Lange — Arek Wolski — Atsuko Fujishima — Attai Chen — Atty Tantivit — Beate Klockmann — Bernhard Schobinger — Bruno Sievering Tornow — Chiara Scarpitti — Christina Karababa — Cristina Martí Mató — Chang Wei Hsuan — Dana Seachuga — David Bielander — Davide Zambon — Diana Tipoia — Donald Friedlich – Edu Tarín — Emi Fukuda — Eva Burton — Fanny Agnier – Felieke Ven Der Leest – Florie Dupont — Francesca Ferrario — Gabi Dziuba — Gésine Hackenberg — Grego García — Gregory Larin — Hans-Joachim Härtel — Hector Lasso – Helen Britton — Herman Hermsen — Horst Feiler – Hu Jun — Jiro Kamata — Jordi Sànchez – Karina Lazauskaite — Karl Fritsch – Karolina Bik – Katharina Dettar — Kathleen Fink — Katja Prins – Kecskés Orsolya – Kvetoslava Flora Sekanova — Lisa Walker – Maarja Niinemägi — Manon Van Kouswijk – Manuel Vilhena — Mari Ishikawa – María Mamkaeva – Marina Elenskaya/Christian Van Der Kaap — Marta Roca Solé — Martin Wipperfürth — Martina Pont — Martina Tornow — Melanie Isverding — Mirei Takeuchi — Montserrat Lacomba — Natalie Luder – Nicolás Estrada – Nina Sajet –  Noon Passama – Otto Künzli — Patrícia Domingues — Pavel Opocenský — Peter Skubic — Petr Dvorak – Petra Zimmerman — Philip Sajet – Ramon Puig Cuyás — Robean Visschers – Rosa Nogués Freixas — Rudolf Kocea — Ryuichiro Nakamura –  Sandra Murray – Sara Shahak – Sehee Um –  Silvia Walz — Simone Knust –  Slawomir Fijalkowski — Stefan Heuser — Stefan Todorov – Stefano Marchetti — Surasekk Yushiwat — Suzan Rezac — Tabea Reulecke — Taweesak Molsawat — Terhi Tolvanen –  Theodora Vasilopoulou –  Therese Hilbert — Thomas Dierks — Ulrich Reithofer – Uta Feiler — Vera Siemund — Volker Atrops — Xavier Monclús.

Arek Wolski – Brooch: Untitled, 2013 -  Steel pins

Philip Sajet – ring  Papallona/Butterfly, 2013  Niello on silver, enamel on silver, gold

Ulrich Reithofer – Ring: Grey on green with gold butterfly, 2013 – Jade, rock crystal, gold leaf

Marta Roca Solé – Pendant: Madame butterfly, 2013 – Glued newspaper, oxidised silver, cotton thread

 Fanny Agnier – « papallona » ring

Beate Klockmann - ‘papallona d’or’ brooch 

Christina Karababa (GR) ‘crisalide’ pendentif

 Karolina Bik -  ‘graphium’ ring – peridot, argent oxydé

Montserrat Lacomba - broche ‘papallona blanca’ – cobre, esmalte

Katharina Dettar - brooch – labradorite, or

Gesine Hackenberg – ‘papallona de mandarina’ brooch – cuivre

 

Museu de Ciències Naturals de Granollers
Carrer de Palaudàries 102
08402 – Granollers
Spain
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