EXPO ‘BASALT- Volcanic bijoux’ – Geological Museum, Ramat Hasharon (IL) – 26 Sept. 2016-31 Janv. 2017

BASALT- Volcanic bijoux -

Soon in the  Geological Museum  -

Opening on Monday September 26th, 20h30

An international exhibition that reunites 25 artists from Europe and Israel who have created jewelry especially for this show, utilizing basalt as the central motif.
Taking into consideration the unique properties of this igneous rock – its natural structure, color and texture – the artists have created pieces that provoke questions about preciousness, esthetics, mythology and beliefs.
The exhibition was originally shown in Agde, France (a city built from basalt) in 2015 and was re-curated for the Geological Museum in Ramat HaSharon. / Jean-Yves Le Mignot, Curator, Rachel Sasporta, Curator in charge

« Taking into consideration the unique properties of this igneous rock – its natural structure, color and texture – the artists have created pieces that provoke questions about preciousness, esthetics, mythology and beliefs. « 

Artist list :    Vered Babai — Christian Balmer — Yakov Bloch — Brune Boyer — Esther Brinkmann — Seliena Coyle –  Johanna Dahm — Clara Denidet — Georg Dobler – Marine Dominiczak — Pia Farrugia — Sophie Hanagarth — Naama Haneman — Noga Harel — Lia Kirel — Florence Lehmann — Taïr Delia Littman — Stefano Marchetti –  Eliane Michel — Renzo Pasquale — Ramon Puig Cuyàs — Philip Sajet — Ilona Schwippel — Annamaria Zanella

Marine Dominiczak – «Noyade au Cap d’Agde» Copper, basalt, patinated bronze, hemp rope  20 x 9 x 8 cm and …. VERY HEAVY !

Annamaria Zanella Ring: Monolite, 2016 Basalt 3.8 x 1.8 x 3.6 cm Photo by: Marco Furio Magliani

 Ramon Puig Cuyàs Brooch: Metamorphic, 2016 Nickel silver, basalt, ColorCore, acrylic painting, reconstructed pink choral 8 x 6.1 x 1 cm Photo by: Ramon Puig Cuyàs

Stefano Marchetti Ring: Untitled, 2016 Gold, basalt-resin 4 x 2.5 x 3 cm Photo by: Stefano Marchetti

Georg Dobler Brooch: Untitled, 2016 Silver, basalt, red paint  11 x 3.5 x 1 cm Photo by: Georg Dobler

Vered Babai  Pendants: Black orchids, 2015 – Basalt, resin, polymer  7 x 6 x 2 cm Photo by: Vered Babai

Sophie Hanagarth   »Dyke » 2015 – basalt, resin  13/7/3 cm

Lia Kirel

Christian Balmer - ‘Spitzberg’ 2016- forged iron, white gold, silver, basalt, diamond

Yakov Bloch - 2015 – basalt, silver, polymer 11x5x1,6cmSeliena Coyle  brooch « Carraig Dubh #1″-2015 silver, image on Di-bond, basalt, steel 10x10x6cm
Taïr Delia Littman. Ring: The trail, 2016. Basalt, silver, gold plated, 24k gold leafs, resin, polymer. 3 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm. Photo by: Vered Babai

Renzo Pasquale. Brooch: BAS-ALT, 2016. Basalt, gold, steel. 8.7 x 6.1 x 1.5 cm. Photo by: Marco Furio Magliani.

 Philip Sajet ring for « BASALT »

 

Programme

A conference on contemporary jewelry will be held before the opening at Yad Lebanim, 3 HaMahteret st, Ramat HaSharon.

19:00   Welcome and greetings – Rachel Sasporta, curator in charge.
19:10   Behind the scenes: nursing, staging, curating contemporary jewelery - Nicole Brémond, marketing and communication, luxury goods (Paris)
19:40   Eyes sink into stone: my work and other stories - Johanna Dahm, contemporary jeweler (Zürich)
20:30   Exhibition opening in the Geological Museum.

Admission is free.

 

 

The Geological Museum
12 Hapalmach st
Ramat HaSharon -  Ramat Hasharon
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EXPO ‘Design Bijou Suisse’ – Fondation Suisse, Paris (FR) – 3-27 Oct./7Nov.-1er Dec. 2013

Parcours du Bijou «Circuit Bijoux» – Paris – à partir de SEPT. 2013

De septembre 2013 à mars 2014

à la Fondation Suisse – Pavillon Le Corbusier , une exposition à deux temps :

* Design Bijou suisse Du 3 au 27 octobre 2013. Tout d’abord, grande première en France, un éventail des artistes les plus représentatifs du bijou suisse qui parraineront la jeune génération.

* Puis, la HEAD–Genève (Haute Ecole d’art et Design) prendra le relais, selon une scénographie des étudiants du master Design/espaces et Communication pour montrer les créations en Bijou et accessoires issues de l’école.

 

Du 3 au 27 octobre 2013

Le bijou contemporain suisse sera présenté en octobre à la Fondation Suisse. Cet évènement rassemblera, dans le pavillon Le Corbusier, quinze maîtres du bijou suisse et quinze designers de la nouvelle génération qui exposeront sous leur parrainage.

Christian Balmer — David Bielander — Sophie Bouduban — Esther Brinkmann – Florence Croisier — Johanna Dahm — Aurélie Dellasanta — Noémie Doge — Valentine Dubois — Florie Dupont —  Giulia Frigerio — Kiko Gianocca — Carole Guinard — Andi Gut — Sophie Hanagarth — Pauline Held — Isabelle Hertzeinsen — Therese Hilbert — Susanne Klemm — Otto Künzli — Natalie Luder — Sonia Morel — David Roux-Fouillet — Fabrice Schaefer — Bernhard Schobinger — Ilona Schwippel — Verena Sieber-Fuchs — Marine Stampfli — Hans Stofer — Monika Strasser — Julie Usel — Luzia Vogt — Christoph Zellweger

Commissaires : Nicole Brémond, Jean-Yves Le Mignot

 

Du 7 novembre au 1er décembre 2013

La HEAD – Genève au Pavillon Le Corbusier

en novembre, la Haute Ecole d’art et Design de Genève prendra le relais. Les étudiant(e)s du master Design /

espaces et Communication créeront une scénographie autour des créations en Design Bijou et accessoires issues de l’école. A cette occasion, elles concevront un bijou en hommage à Charlotte Perriand et à Le Corbusier.

Marine Stampfli Collection Face à moi / Facing myself

 

 

Fondation Suisse – pavillon Le Corbusier,

Cité internationale universitaire de Paris

7K, boulevard Jourdan – 75014 paris

Du lundi au vendredi de 8h à 12h et de 14h à 20h

Samedi et dimanche de 10h à 12h et de 14h à 20h

entrée : 2 euros

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www.fondationsuisse.fr

EXPO ‘THE RING – jewel forever’ – Hnoss Gallery, Gothenburg (Sweden) – 9 Sept.-9 Oct. 2011

THE RING – the most common piece of jewellery can be full of meaning, a personal statement sometimes showing itself as a technical miracle or purely decorative and beautiful. It can demand attention, be an invitation to play, be filled with tears and secrets – and is to be worn for one day or for ever.
In homage to the ring Galleri Hnoss has invited all the jewellery artists exhibited in the gallery since the start in 1997 to produce one ring each. The result is now to be seen in the exhibition THE RING – jewel forever. The show consisting of over one hundred rings is a vibrant collection of different expressions, thoughts and forms

In connection with the exhibition on September 9 we are also arranging aseminar : The Ring – jewel forever. The theme is the ring seen from different perspectives. We are very proud to announce the speakers: Anna Schetelich from Galerie Oona, Germany, Professor Otto Kunzli, Germany, and Manuel Vilhena, jewellery artist from Portugal. Moderator is Love Jönsson, crafts critic and guest lecturer at HDK, University of Gothenburg. The seminar is a collaboration between Galleri Hnoss and the Department of Jewellery Art at HDK, with support from Gothenburg Crafts Association, Estrid Ericsson’s Foundation, Wilhelm and Martina Lundgren Fund, and the family Wikanders Foundation.

Artist list:
Ingierd Hanevold, Norway — Lena Bergestad–Jonsson, Sweden — Per Suntum, Denmark — Kim Buck, Denmark — Christer G. Jonsson, Sweden — Peter De Wit, Sweden — Otto Künzli, Germany — Andreas Treykorn, Germany — Verena Siber-Fuchs, Swizerland — Margareth Sandström, Sweden — Karin Johansson, Sweden – Sigurd Bronger, Norway — Esther Knobel, Israel — Tore Svensson, Sweden — Anette Kraen, Denmark — Beppe Kessler, Netherlands — Mona Wallström, Sweden — Ari Turunen, Finland — Synnøve Korssjøen, Norway — Konrad Mehus, Norway — Onno Boekhoudt, Netherlands — Ulrika Swärd, Sweden — Rian de Jong, Netherlands — Christoph Zellweger, Switzerland — Helena Lehtinen, Finland — Helena Sandström, Sweden — Jamie Bennett, USA — Lotta Åström, Sweden — Karen Ihle/ Jens Eliasen, Denmark — Johanna Dahm, Switzerland — Petra Schou, Sweden — Adam Paxon, Scotland — Bruce Metcalf, USA — Eva Dora Lamm, Denmark — Ruudt Peters, Netherlands — Barbara Paganin, Italy — Kasia Gasparski, Denmark — Annelies Planteydt, Netherlands — Kadri Mälk, Estonia — Lena Olson, Sweden — Tarja Tuppanen, Finland — Manuel Vilhena, Portugal — Castello Hansen, Denmark/Sweden — Gijs Bakker, Netherlands — Cecilia Johansson, Sweden — Gunilla Grahn, Sweden — Vera Siemund, Germany — Karl Fritsch, Germany — Nel Linssen, Netherlands — Margaret West, Australia — Lars Sture, Norway — Kerstin Ringedal, Sweden — Fabrice Schaefer, Switzerland — Lucy Sarneel, Netherlands — Elise-Ann Hochlin, Norway — Georg Dobler, Germany — Katja Prins, Netherlands — Ramon Puig Cuyás, Spain — Xavier Monclús, Spain — Mah Rana, England — Peter Bauhuis, Germany — Silke Trekel, Germany — Terhi Tolvanen Finland/Netherlands — Svenja John, Germany — Jivan Astflack, England — Anna Unsgaard, Sweden — Charlotte Sinding, Sweden — Sonia Morel, Switzerland — Pia Aleborg, Sweden — Marc Monzó, Spain — Andi Gut, Switzerland — Anna Martinsson, Sweden — Ulrich Reithofer, Austria/Netherlands — Peter Hoogeboom, Netherlands — Mari Ishikawa, Japan/Germany — Annika Åkerfelt, Sweden — Karin Seufert, Germany — Peter Scubic, Austria — Lina Petersson, Sweden/England — Sara Borgegård, Sweden — Erik Kuiper, Netherlands — Ineke Heerkens, Netherlands — Bettina Speckner, Germany — Sebastian Buescher, England/Tyskland — Warwick Freeman, New Zealand — Iris Neuwenburg, Netherlands — Jiro Kamata, Germany/Japan — Anne-Marie Bernhardt, Sweden — Hanna Hedman Sweden — Lin Cheung, England — Bas Bouman, Netherlands — Birgit Laken, Netherlands — Norman Weber, Germany — Gemma Draper, Spain — Kristi Paap, Estonia — Alexander Blank, Germany — Klara Brynge, Sweden — Mia Maljojoki, Finland/Germany — Jenny Klemming Sweden — Jantje Fleischhut, Netherlands — Mikiko Minewaki, Japan — Carolina Claesson, Sweden — Linda Marie Karlsson, Sweden — Maria Ylander, Sweden — Åsa Christensson Sweden

Onno Boekhoudt (NL) – ring – Mixed media

Peter Hoogeboom  –  Bruce Metcalf  

 Jiro Kamata  –  Gijs Bakker

Ramon Puig Cuyas  —   Ruudt Peters

Bettina Speckner –  Johanna Dahm

Marc Monzo  –  Synnove Korssjoen

Jenny Klemming  –  Nel Linssen

Annika Åkerfelt  –    Katja Prins

Barbara Paganin  –  Ineke Heerkens

Fabrice Schaefer  —   Birgit Laken

Beppe Kessler  –   Christoph Zellweger

 

Esther Knobel  —   Hanna Hedman

Anette Kræn  –  Kim Buck

Manuel Vilhena  —   Lena Olson

Mia Maljojoki  —   Otto Künzli

Mari Ishikawa  –  Petra Schou

Sigurd Bronger  —   Terhi Tolvanen

Rian de Jong  --  Verena Sieber-Fuchs

 
Tore Svensson  —   Kerstin Ringedal

Andreas Treykorn  —   Andi Gut

Carolina Claesson  –  Charlotte Ho Sook Sinding

Annelies Planteydt  –  Castello Hansen

Ingjerd Hanevold  –  Eva Dora Lamm

Helena Sandström  –  Helena Lehtinen

Jens Eliasen  –  Kare Ihle

Kristi Paap  –  Mona Wallstöm

Lucy Sarneel  —   Jivan Astfalck

Lina Peterson  –  Karin Seufert

Lotta Åström  —   Kasia Gasparski

Mikiko Minewaki  —   Linda Marie Karlsson

Norman Weber  —   Per Suntum

Pia Aleborg  —   Silke Trekel

Peter Bauhuis  —   Peter de Wit

Sara Borgegård Älgå  —   Tarja Tuupanen

Erik Kuiper —   Xavier Monclús

Kadri-Mälk  —   Ulrika Swärd

Anne-Marie-Bernhardt  —   Alexander Blank

Georg Dobler   —   Peter Skubic

Jantje Fleischhut  –  Adam Paxon

Gemma Draper  –  Lin Cheung

Hnoss Gallery
Konstepidemin
413 14 – Gothenburg
Sweden
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EXPO ‘LINGAM’ – Galerie du WCC-BF, Mons (Belgique) – 8 mai-22 aout 2010

« L’exposition LINGAM met en scène 121 interprétations d’un symbole ancestral de fertilité : le lingam.
Représentation symbolique du phallus et du dieu Shiva, le Lingam représente la force créatrice à la base de l’existence de tout l’univers. Dans les religions hindoue et bouddhique, c’est par le biais du lingam que l’on honore quotidiennement le dieu Shiva, la représentation phallique n’y est nullement mise en relation avec le sexe.
Dans la culture occidentale, le phallus évoque la sexualité et le plaisir. Alors qu’il fut un temps où le Christianisme et la culture judéo chrétienne mettaient également en avant la sexualité comme acte créateur positif. Depuis la séparation du corps et de l’esprit, cet aspect en a été banni et d’une référence sacrée, la sexualité est devenue un mal nécessaire.
Avec l’exposition LINGAM, son commissaire, le plasticien Ruudt Peters (NL), désire rétablir cette signification initiale ainsi que sa dimension spirituelle.

Udi Lagallina - Lingam et son yoni. Wood, gold, pearls, textile.

Partant de sa fascination pour le lingam dont il a découvert l’existence il y a dix ans lors de voyages en Asie du Sud-est, il a eut envie de proposer à des artistes et designers contemporains de créer un objet symbolisant la fertilité, chaque créateur interprétant le sujet en se basant sur sa propre sensibilité et sa perception personnelle du thème.
121 créations ont ainsi vu le jour et sont présentées dans une scénographie où la signification originelle du lingam est soulignée par la présentation des objets contemporains en compagnie de leurs modèles originaux. »

Ruudt Peters – lingam

Ruudt Peters – modern lingam

 

Après deux étapes particulièrement remarquées à Stockholm et Utrecht, l’exposition Lingam sera présente cet été aux anciens abattoirs de Mons où la Galerie du WCC-BF accueillera les œuvres des 121 créateurs, issus de 24 pays à travers le monde, qui se sont prêtés au jeu de la réinterprétation de ce symbole fort, à la fois si spécifique et universel.

 Sam Tho-Duong – Malebow. Gold strap. (photos by Rob Versluys)

Alexander Blank – Rabbit  …..

Complete list of all the participating artists:
Alexander Blank — Andi Gut — Agnes Larsson — Aurel Schiller — Anders Lagombra — Adam Grinovich — Bussi Buhs — Brune Boyer — Benjamin Lignel — Célio Braga — Carla Castiajo — Christiane Förster — Constanze Schreiber — Carla Nuis — Carolein Smit — Christoph Zellweger –  David Bielander — Detlef Thomas — Dagmar Heeser — Daniel Kruger — David Huycke — David Taylor — Daniela Hedman — Erik Kuiper/Joana Meroz — Evert Nijland – Estela Sàez Vilanova — Elisa Deval — Esther Knobel — Eija Mustonen — Esther Jiskoot — Frederic Braham — Florence Lehmann — Fabrice Schaefer — Fredrik Ingemansson — Gie Luyten — Gunilla Bandolin — Gesine Hackenberg — Graziano Visintin — Hilde de Decker — Henriette Schuster — Helfried Kodré — Helena Lehtinen — Hedda Bjerkeli – Helen Britton — Hanna Hedman – Iris Bodemer — Ineke Heerkens — Iris Eichenberg — Ivar Björkman — Julia Walter — Joop Haring — Johanna Schweizer — Javier Moreno Frias – Jorge Manilla — Johanna Dahm — Julia Turner — Kadri Mälk — Karin Johansson — Karl Fritsch — Katja Prins — Kim Buck — Karen Pontoppidan — Luzia Vogt — Lucy Sarneel — Lisa Walker — Manfred Bischoff — Miro Sazdic — Manfred Nisslmüller — Manuel Vilhena — Monika Brugger – Marc Monzo — Machteld van Joolingen — Marian Bijlenga — Manon van Kouswijk — Marianne Schliwinski — Marcel Wanders — Mascha Moje — Michael Petry — Matt Stone — Nedda El-Asmar — Nanna Melland — Norman Weber — Nelli Tanner — Oliver Füting — Piret Hirv — Paul McClure — Petra Zimmerman — Peter Skubic — Pedro Sequeira — Peter Vermandere – Peter Hoogeboom — Paul Derrez – Pavel Opocensky — Pornpilai & Jiradej- Meemalai — Rudee Tancharoen — Ramon Puig Cuyas — Ruudt Peters — Ruud-Jan Kokke — Sigurd Bronger — Sergey Jivetin — Sofia Björkman — Sara Borgegård — Sophie Hanagarth — Studio Makkink&Bey — Suska Mackert — Sam Tho Duong — Sissi Westerberg — Tanel Veenre – Thomas Gentille — Tobias Birgersson — Tarja Tuupanen — Terhi Tolvanen — Teja van Hoften — Ted Noten — Ulo Florack — Udi Lagallina — Volker Atrops — Wolfgang Lieglein — Warwick Freeman — Yuka Oyama — Zeger Reyer — Gijs Bakker

Constanze Schreiber - Pendant Bolislav - Fur, 18ct gold, lead - made for the exhibition Lingam

Du 8 mai au 22 août 2010.

Exposition accessible du mardi au dimanche, de 12h00 à 18h00.
Fermé les lundis et jours fériés ainsi que les 29 et 30 mai 2010.

WCC-BF  (World Craft Council- Belgique Francophone)

Anciens abattoirs de Mons – Galerie du WCC-BF
Site des Anciens Abattoirs
17 – 02, Rue de la Trouille
B-7000 Mons (Belgique)
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La Vie en Rose ! « girly tour »

« Quand il me prend dans ses bras
Il me parle tout bas
Je vois la vie en rose.. » (Edith Piaf)

Arthur HASH voit (aussi) la vie en rose !!! …. et c’est KITSCH !!!

Arthur Hash  bracelet  –  ping pong pin  –  Cake Mixer brooch

 

Maiiiiis ……. il n’est pas le seul !!! allez, c’est parti pour un « girly tour » !!

Mette Saabye (DK) – Ring ‘Crystalring’ – silver, salt crystal, paper
Mette Saabye (DK) – Brooch ‘Bumblebee harasses Pink Flower’ – gold, laquer, paper, silver (Gal. Louise Smit)

Dana Seachuga (IL) – ‘Hollow cries’ brooch – deer horn, pearls, nail polish, silver …
Mia Maljojoki (DE) – necklace

Miette (FR)- « envie » necklace, pvc
Mikiko Minewaki (JP)- necklace ‘plachain’ – curlers – (schmuck 2010)
Kate Kusack (US) zipper necklace

Alexia Cohen (US) bracelet
Heather Skowood - love-hate bracelet, silver & pom poms (photo Jonathan Keenan, UK)

Amy Weiks (US) – lick series
Karen Monny (FR) – collerettes soie 2000-01

Julie Bouldoires – b.o. spirales -fleurs – bijou d’un jour avec fleurs fraîches (ou pas) (Gal. Caractere)
Emiko OYE (US) – eclipse pink  Limited Edition bracelet – LEGO, sterling silver, rubber cord

Uli Rapp (NL) – proudly FAKE
Fifi  la Ferraille (FR) – Collier – Pièce unique

Cheryl Eve Acosta (US) – Double Bracelet – expo ‘fibers expanded’ – sterling- nylon bracelet
Helen Britton (AU) – ‘non omne est aurum quod splendet’ (all that glitters is not gold)

Denise Julia Reytan (DE)- neckpiece
Masako ONODERA (US) – Eruption Necklace

 

‘mikeandmaryjewelry‘ ‘ring_a_day » challenge
Brigit Daamen (NL) felt ring
Yoko Izawa  (UK)- veiled ring

Iris Eichenberg (NL)- ‘traenenmeer’ brooch – ‘pink years later’ – copper plated silver, beads, nylon
Terhi Tolvanen (NL)- Hyacinthe Cristalline – broche, 2008 – grape wood- silk, silver, amethyst (long 18cm)

Min-Jii CHO - necklace
Silvina Romero (Arg.) – textile necklace

 

Katerina Handlova (CS) – glass-rocaille, lamp-worked beads ‘coral’ necklace
Christine Bossler (US) ‘Distance’ necklace

 

Eric-Charles Donatien pour Lemarié (FR) – Broche Étoile du Sud-plumes, argent,cristaux
Lisa Juen – Brooch ‘Pink Tradition’ 2009- Steel, nail varnish, rost, glass, silk floss

Mi-Mi Moscow (RU)- necklace « tranquility »
Felicity PETERS (AU) – ‘inspired by the gherkin’, earplugs and silver thread

 

Akiko Kurihara (JP) ring
Susanne KLEMM (CH) – ring ‘sleeping beauty’- ‘orchid’  -silver,cold enamel

 

Johanna Dahm (CH) perspex brooch
Shannon Carney – resin brooch

 

Sarah Keay (UK) pink bangle detail – Silver, monofilament, enamel, plastic.
Katharina Moch (DE) bracelet- plastic (partly glow in the dark) copper, enamel, citrin...

 

Philip SAJET- ‘Precious and stone’ 2008 – gold, rose quartz
Ted NOTEN-’ Fashionista Purple Haze’ necklace- glass, crystal, nylon

Susie Ganch  brooch (SOFA 2009)
Seth Papac  (US) necklace

Chloé Durand - Monocle : laiton doré + gravure laser « ¥€$ » + plexiglass teinté en rose taille diamant
« Monocle qui met en avant la dérision de notre comportement vis à vis de l’argent ; l’obsession que la quête de la richesse engendre en nous, et l’illusion de bonheur qu’elle produit. Avec, je vois la vie en rose… »

 

 

et pour finir en beauté …. des fesses roses … de bonheur !

Brigit Daamen (NL) was recently featured in the exhibition “Fashioning Felt”, at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Brigit felts plastic costume jewelry with merino wool and transforms them into precious edgy neck pieces.

EXPO ‘ PREZIOSA 2010 : Dialoghi ‘ – Florence (Italy) 22 Mai – 20 Juin 2010

The 2010’s edition of PREZIOSA presents three masters of research jewellery: 3 artists, 3 different nationalities, a geographical line leading from North to South: Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy.

The three artists have been asked to select a younger artist to set up a dialogue with : the exhibition is thus driven by a “spirit of dialogue”. Not merely “talking with” but “thinking with”, “being bound by thought”: a dialogue based on the desire to understand and know the other, and to propose an approach to the reality of the research jewel through a spirit of discovery.

Each of the six artists will offer a broad and inclusive presentation of his own work, and develop dialogues between different generations, languages and contents. This relationship of dialogue will make it possible to develop broader reflections on the creative reality of the jewel, its history and its present.
The public will be able to approach the work of the six artists through the various phases of their work, listening to the conversations and reflections triggered by the encounters, and also by reading the “dialogue” in the works themselves. The public will be provided with the necessary information, while also leaving room for a personal interpretation and, above all, an emotional engagement.

Artists:

Giampaolo Babetto (Padua, Italy, 1947)
Babetto’s work appears as a tireless and rigorous analytic investigation of form, plumbed in all its expressive and compositional possibilities. Geometry was the starting point for the development of a constructive approach to jewellery conceived as architecture, jewels that can be read in all their parts and that emanate a dense formal tension. Minimalism, architecture, but also the painting of Pontormo are just some of the sources that have nourished Babetto’s complex language, in which the quest for form is melded with technical expertise, always taken to extremes to pursue an ever-vital spirit of experimentation.
The artist chosen by Giampaolo Babetto is Helen Britton

Giampaolo BABETTO – ring -
Helen BRITTON – ‘burning garden’ brooch 2005 – silver, glass, paint, plastics

Johanna Dahm (Basel, CH, 1947)
… From an initial interest in serial production, on the keynote of the democratisation of the jewel in the mid 70s, in the 80s the artist moved on to investigating the jewel as event, elaborating installations and works in which there is an extensive use of light, exploited to dematerialise the object and turn it into a visible but not tangible sign on the body. The latest phase of her work is characterised by the return to the material quality of the jewel, to its links with earth and fire. The Ashanti and Fast Ashanti series consist of works conceived through a personal elaboration of traditional casting techniques, where the a priori control becomes very limited, and the gold matter is charged with a vigorous physical sensuality.  
The artist chosen by Johanna Dahm is Andi Gut

 

Johanna Dahm ring – Andi Gut ring

Ruudt Peters (Naaldwijk, netherlands, 1950)
In his research the jewel becomes part of a system of representation in which religions, philosophies, symbols and alchemy, combined with encounters and the suggestions of other cultures experienced during his travels, are melded, mingled and reworked, going to make up the prime matter of his works.
His jewels are organised into ‘families’ linked to a specific reference, such as for example the stage of an alchemical process for Iosis (2002) or the Kabbalah for Sefiroth (2006), and to the materials used to make them as in Lapis (1997), where the mineral powders are reworked to create a new material. Nevertheless, an overview of his work enables us to grasp the consistency of a process that has conceived the jewel as a condensate of emotions and suggestions, an object imbued with an archaic rituality while being enunciated in an idiom that is entirely contemporary.
The artist chosen by Ruudt Peters is Evert Nijland

Ruudt PETERS – Pendant – ‘Lingam 5′ 2008 – silver, galvanized silver, wood, rubber… -
Evert NIJLAND -necklace porcelain, flock

Helen Britton (Lithgow, Australia, 1966)
Britton’s work evolves from mixing, layering, combination and assembly, actions presided over by constant supervision which gives order to the apparent chaos. The creative process passes through phases that intersect: from attentive observation of reality she moves on to focus on particular details, single elements that are collected together and carefully sifted. Thus is created what the artist calls an energy circuit, which starts with search and selection and is completed by restitution of the object to the flow through its exhibition on the body.

Andi Gut (Zug, Switzerland, 1971)
In the works of the early 90s Andi Gut concentrated on the special relationship between the jewel and the body, both by inserting real corporeal elements (teeth, nails) and by reproducing them in materials of medical origin, such as dental porcelain. Following this, his meditation shifted towards the dualistic relationship between the naturalness of form and the artificiality of the matter it is made from. Before the jewels of Andi Gut the observer is taken by a sort of rapture, in which anxiety and captivation come together.

Evert Nijland (Oldenzaal, The Netherlands, 1971)
Active since 1997, Evert Nijland has pursued a consistent endeavour of re-elaboration, transformation and new interpretation of sources of inspiration linked to the past history of art: Renaissance panels, Baroque paintings, the theme of the garland, the city of Venice. The material quality of a pictorial detail, its special luminosity, are restored to life, translated into the dimension of the jewel through a calibrated stratification of embroidered fabrics juxtaposed with stones, silver, porcelain and very often glass. In his most recent works glass, declined in its various expressive possibilities, is used in combination with silk and flock. The most strikingly three-dimensional aspect appears to be linked to a sensual accentuation of forms.

 

PREZIOSA 2010
Leopoldine old Cloister (Chiostro dell’ex Convento delle Leopoldine – Firenze)
Torquato Tasso Square
Florence Italy
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“Lucca preziosa” nasce da una idea di Le Arti Orafe, scuola di oreficeria e galleria d’arte a Firenze. Il Comune di Lucca ha recepito e fatto suo quel progetto, rendendone possibile la realizzazione. A partire dagli anni ’50 si è diffuso un nuovo approccio al gioiello come libera espressione artistica, aperta ad interpretazioni e sperimentazioni di forme, materiali e tecniche. Negli ultimi quaranta anni il gioiello di ricerca è stato presentato in mostre a tema, rassegne annuali, sezioni di fiere di settore, gallerie specializzate, principalmente in Europa centrale ed in Gran Bretagna, ed è entrato a far parte delle collezioni museali come quelle del Victoria and Albert Museum di Londra; della Pinakothek der Moderne di Monaco, del Musée des arts décoratifis di Parigi…. In Europa le ultime grandi mostre di gioiello d’arte risalgono rispettivamente al 1988, in Svizzera, con il titolo « Biennale del gioiello d’arte contemporaneo » tenutasi a Lugano alla Villa Malpensata; al 1989 in Germania, « ORNAMENTA, Internationale Schmuckkunst », a Pforzheim; al 2001 a Firenze, Museo degli Argenti, “L’arte del gioiello e il gioiello d’artista dal novecento a oggi ». In Italia le occasioni espositive sono state circoscritte, oppure dedicate ad affermati pittori e scultori che occasionalmente si sono occupati di gioielli (La rassegna Aurea, 1972-1974-1976-1979, Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze; L’arte del gioiello ed il gioiello d’artista dal ‘900 ad oggi, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze, 2001; Immaginazione Aurea, Ancona, 2001). L’evento Lucca Preziosa contribuisce a riempire un vuoto di cui si avverte più o meno consapevolmente l’incongruenza.

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