EXPO ‘Faultlines’ – Gallery V&V, Wien (AT) – 25 Mai-15 Juill. 2012
FAULTLINES - Susanne Hammer
Eröffnung: Donnerstag 24. Mai 2012, 19 Uhr
Bead necklaces 2011-12: V&V Gallery has decided to put over 30 of her most recent pieces on display, tracking Susanne Hammer‘s layered and complex inspirations and transformations of the simple bead.
« In geology, a fault line (crack, displacement or disruption) is a line of breakage where two rocks shift against each other. Picking up on my work with metal chains, which also revolved around disruption and deconstruction followed by reconstruction in an altered shape, with ‘fault lines’ I have brought a new angle to the classic sequencing of beads. Sections of threaded wooden beads are stiffened with synthetic resin and then cut in such a manner that the original material is exposed again yet, at the same time, the sequence is reconstructed according to a different rationale, with clearly visible breaks and shifts. Susanne Hammer 2012″
Susanne Hammer is one of the most important jewelry artists in Austria. Her powerfully conceptual works place her on the edge of fine arts. The artist treats traditional pieces in a critical, ironic way, so raising questions about the general meaning and function of jewelry
Susanne Hammer (Editorial photography nevertheless magazine 02)
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