EXPO ‘Innovation & Craftsmanship in Metal: Jewelry Artists of Québec’ – Aaron Faber Gallery, New York (US) – 4-26 Mai 2012

Aaron Faber Gallery to Host 14 of Québec’s Most Celebrated Jewelry Artists -
Exhibit: May 4-26

The Exhibition is brought in partnership with the Québec Government Office in New York and SODEC, the Québec government body that matches the passion of artistic creation with the power of economic development; providing cultural enterprises with solutions designed to nurture Québec artists and promote the production, distribution and exportation of their work.
Annegret Morf  — Antonio Serafino — Barbara Stutman — Christine Larochelle — Claudio Pino — Gustavo Estrada — Janis Kerman — Jean-Pierre Gauvreau — Laurie Dansereau – Lynn Légaré –Matthieu Cheminée – Pierre-Yves Paquette — Roland Dubuc — Élise Bergeron

 

The celebration of artistry and creativity is as ingrained in the culture of Québec as it is a calling card for New York City.  It was thus inevitable that such a shared principle would lead to the upcoming exhibition, “Innovation and Craftsmanship in Metal:  Jewelry Artists of Québec”, opening at Aaron Faber Gallery, 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY on Thursday, May 3, 2012.  Ongoing through May 26, 2012, the exhibition will feature fourteen of Québec’s most talented jewelry artists, and their extraordinary maneuverings in precious and semi-precious metals and stones.  Debuting in its first year at Aaron Faber Gallery, Jewelry Artists of Québec offers both trade and consumers a glimpse of  highly original works of jewelry artistry using precious and semi-precious stones and metals.  The fourteen participating Québecois artists have audaciously redefined conventional approaches to jewelry design, with each artist’s viewpoint quite distinctly their own.

While Claudio Pino’s kinetic movement rings are painstakingly designed to do more than just adorn a finger, Matthieu Cheminee bestows young, fresh life to old, discarded jewelry in a recycled kaleidoscope of sculptural virtuosity.

As Janis Kerman entices us to see the beauty in opposites and asymmetrical balance, Laurie Dansereau invites us to become one with nature as her floral necklaces garnish décolletages in a splendor of anthers and petals in sterling silver and exotic woods.

And as Jean-Pierre Gauvreau’s rings capture the grand pursuits of the most genius architects, Pierre-Yves Paquette uses the ancient art of mokume gane to harmonize various hues of gold and silver into a visually stunning crescendo.

 

Lynn Légaré - « tumulte » necklace – silver, gold, gaspéite

Lynn Légaré ‘la murène’ necklace

Gustavo Estrada bracelet 2012 – silver plate on copper

« SERAFINO » rings from ‘Sarabande’ collection -  Annegret Morf and Antonio Serafino began SERAFINO in 1999 in Montreal.

Laurie Dansereau – ring

 Barbara Stutman – Amethyst & Pearl Delight, for a Maharajah – 2010 – Freshwater pearls, coloured and silver-plated copper wire, vinyl lacing, seedbeads, magnets. Spool knit, crochet.

Claudio Pino – kinetic ring ‘magnificence stellaire’ – gold, silver, black opal, chrome diopsides, emerald, moonstones, pearls

 

 

 

Aaron Faber Gallery
666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Press Release: http://jewelryofquebec.lmrpr.com/PressRelease_JewelryofQuebec.html

EXPO ‘In LINE / in METAL’ – Aaron Faber Gallery, N.Y. (USA) – 4-28 Oct.2011

IN LINE / IN METAL, a Group Exhibition at Aaron Faber Gallery, New York

then at SOFA Chicago, november 3-6
  ”Happlily inspired by the marvelous exhibition ‘On Line’ at  the Museum of Modern Art ,  IN LINE /IN METAL  will explore , exploit, invent, celebrate or incorporate linear concepts through fine jewelry”.

(Toril Bjorg necklace)

Participating Artists :
Kika Alvarenga — Glenda Arentzen — John Aristizibal — Toril Bjorg — Jung Eun Chang — Valeria Dowding — Emanuela Duca — Emma Fielden — Arata Fuchi — Fabiana Gadano — Carolina Gimeno — Mia Hebib — Janis Kerman — Sooyeon Kim — Christy Klug — Enric Majoral – Mayumi Matsuyama – Gustav Reyes — Meghan Patrice Riley — Biba Schutz – Daniel Porter Stevens — Silke Knetsch and Christian Streit — Beverly Tadeu — Yoko Takirai — Amy Tavern — Karola Torkos — Ginny Whitney — Andrea Williams — Jaesun Won — Peter Schmid/Atelier Zobel  –

Amy Tavern

Mia Hebib

Kika Alvarenga

Gustav Reyes - In Line Neckpiece

Jaesun Won

Mayumi Matsuyama

Beverly Tadeu- rooted hoops

Meghan Patrice Riley

Andrea Williams Kebyar Winter Necklace – hand fabricated from patinated Reclaimed Sterling Silver & 18k gold

Emma Fielden- Drawings (brooches), 2011

 

 

Aaron Faber Gallery
666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10103
tel [phone]
http://www.aaronfaber.com

SOFA New-York 2011 – 14-17 Avril 2011

opens at the city’s Park Avenue Armory – Fifty-five international galleries and dealers will represent 12 nations

Main jewelry galleries : Aaron Faber Gallery, Charon Kransen Arts, Gallery S O London, Jewelers’ Werk Galerie, Ornamentum, Sienna Gallery

Peter Schmid/Atelier Zobel - Ring, 2010 – sterling silver, black granite, black diamonds  - Aaron Faber Gallery

Efharis Alepedis - Necklace, 2010 - red patent leather, silk cocoons, epoxy resin, silver  - Charon Kransen Arts

Mirjam Hiller -  Brooch Ovalias, 2010 - stainless steel, powder coated  -Charon Kransen Arts

Sergey Jivetin – Cloud Brooch, Drip Brooch, Splash Brooch – 2009 – eggs, carbon-fiber, steel, resin - Ornamentum

Vera Siemund -  Necklace, 2010 – enameled copper, silver  - Jewelers’ Werk Galerie

Jiro Kamata - Arboresque Brooch, 2010 - oxidized silver, camera lenses, acrylic paint  - Ornamentum

Hanna Hedman - Human Tree, 2010 - copper, oxidized silver, paint  - Ornamentum

Jennifer Trask- Acanthus, 2010 – antler, 17th century gilded frame, gold leaf, gold – Ornamentum

Helen Britton -  Grey Brooch, 2009 - silver, paint, plastics, shells, glass  - Sienna Gallery

Bernhard Schobinger – Ring mit Halbkugeln – gold, rose quarz, pearl, diamond-split in bronze, malachite enamel – 2005 -Gallery S O London

 

 

LECTURE SERIES :
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 14-16
in the Armory’s Tiffany Room

*THURSDAY, April 14 – 11:30 am – 12:30 pm :
For People Who are Slightly Mad : American Modernist Jewelry
A review of the iconoclastic artists who translated the excitement of surrealism and modernism into wearable jewelry. Their work will be seen in Crafting Modernism: Mid-century American Art and Design at the Museum of Arts and Design, NY in October 2011. Jeannine Falino, Curator, Museum of Arts and Design, NY
Cosponsored by Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) and Art Jewelry Forum (AJF)

Jay De Feo

 

 *FRIDAY, April 15 – 1:30 – 2:30 pm : Sometimes
New Zealand artist Lisa Walker makes jewellery out of a vast collection of materials – plastic, wood, paper, gold, fabric, clay, dirt, dust, aluminum, paint – the list goes on. Her talk will be a retrospective look at pieces and projects of the last 20 years, looking at what extremes are possible, questioning and researching what jewellery means, what it can be.
Represented by Jewelers’ Werk Galerie

Lisa Walker

* SATURDAY, April 16 – 1:30 – 2:30 pm :
Sergey Jivetin and Jennifer Trask: Two Visions
Jewelry artists Jennifer Trask and Sergey Jivetin discuss their individual ideologies and shared studio practices.  Trask will talk about the evolution of her most recent series, “Embodiment”, which encompasses both sculptural and wearable works. Jivetin will elaborate on the role of experimental techniques and materials.
Represented by Ornamentum,
Presented by the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)

Jennifer Trask  —   Sergey Jivetin

 

 SOFA N.Y.
Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue at 67th Street
New York, NY, 10021

SOFA Chicago 2010 – Chicago (USA) – 5-7 Nov. 2010

17th Annual SOFA CHICAGO 2010

* among the galleries present : Aaron Faber Gallery (NY), Charon Kransen Arts (NY),  Ornamentum (Hudson, N.Y.), Sienna Gallery (Lenox, MA), …..

Petra Zimmerman bracelet – antique coin purse, acrylic, silver, brass, steel (Ornamentum)

 

* Lectures take place Friday, November 5 and Saturday, Nov. 6 in rooms 324, 326 & 327 of Navy Pier’s Festival Hall. Admission to the Lecture Series is included with purchase of SOFA ticket :

among the lectures (to see at this page) : 
- Lecture Friday NOV 5 – SNAG Emerging Artists 2010 – 9-10 am  Room 324
Three exceptional emerging artists, Adam Grinovich, Andrea Janosik and Eun Yeong Jeong talk about the development of their jewelry, which draws on a diverse and innovative palette of materials. Presented by the Society of North American Goldsmiths
(Grinovich is represented by Ornamentum, Hudson, NY; Janosik and Jeong are represented by Charon Kransen Arts, NY)

Eun Yeong Jeong

Adam Grinovich – ‘Husk’ Circle Bangle, 2010  -synthetic plaster, lacquer, shellac, leather (ornamentum)

- Lecture Friday NOV 5 – Masters and Apprentices: The European Tradition and Contemporary Jewelry in an American Context – 11 am-12:30 pm Room 324
A presentation and panel discussion on the European tradition of goldsmithing; how it contrasts to the American university system, and the relevance of apprenticeship in contemporary jewelry-making. With artists Ayesha Mayadas, India; Peter Schmid, Germany; Juha Koskela, Finland; Britt Anderson North Carolina, USA; Liz Tyler, UK; Christian Streit, Germany; So Young Park; Stephen LeBlanc; Patricia Kiley Faber, gallery director/owner, Aaron Faber Gallery, NY.
Moderated by art historian Sue Barry

Peter Schmid (Aaron Faber Gallery, NY)

- Lecture Friday NOV 5 -  “And Viewers Like You” – 2-3 pm Room 327
Art Jewelry Forum board members Susan Cummins, former gallery owner and now director on the Rotasa Foundation Board and Chair of AJF and Susan Kempin, Secretary of AJF and a collector of contemporary jewelry, discuss the role of active viewing and the development of Art Jewelry Forum as an organization that promotes dialogue regarding viewing, collecting, wearing, owning, and displaying contemporary jewelry. Directly following this talk Agnes Larsson, this year’s Art Jewelry Forum Emerging Artist Award winner from Stockholm Sweden will discuss her work.
Presented by Art Jewelry Forum

Agnes Larsson (Ornamentum gallery)

Bruce Metcalf - ‘Large Rocket’, 2009 painted maple and birch, 24k gold plated brass (Snyderman Works gallery)
(Lecture Friday NOV 5 – Makers: The First History of Studio Craft in America – 3:30-4:30 pm Room 327 – discussion will be followed by a book signing)

 

 

Festival Hall
Navy Pier
600 East Grand Avenue
Chicago, IL  (USA)

 

BOOK:

presented during Lecture Friday NOV 5 – Makers: The First History of Studio Craft in America – 3:30-4:30 pm Room 327 – discussion will be followed by a book signing

« Makers: The First History of Studio Craft in America » – co-authors Janet Koplos, freelance critic and Bruce Metcalf, studio jeweler

 

 

et juste pour l’infini plaisir des yeux !

Yvel – Necklace – 20 by 21 mm to 20 to 25 mm multi-color baroque South Sea pearl necklace combining 18k yellow gold set with 15.20 ct. multi-colored diamonds from One of a Kind Collection Yvel, Jerusalem -

 

SOFA -International Exposition of Modern Decorative Art and Design- New-York (USA) – 16-19 avril 2010

SOFA NY International Exposition of Modern Decorative Art and Design

 

SOFA NEW YORK 2010 : LECTURE SERIES

* Friday, APRIL 16  – 11:15 am – 12:15 – Holding Objects: What It Means to Wear Jewelry ?  The Psychoanalytic Mechanisms
An introduction to core psychoanalytic concepts that activate jewelry and allow artists to communicate and mediate complex and dynamic interactions between people.
Rock Hushka, Director of Curatorial Administration/Curator of Contemporary and Northwest Art, Tacoma Art Museum. (Sponsored by Art Jewelry Forum and Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG))

* Friday, APRIL 16  -  1:45 pm – 2:45 pm  – ANIMA
Dutch artist/jeweler Ruudt Peters talks about his exploration of the feminine subconscious in men by drawing with wax underwater, a freeform process that makes manifest the latent, androgynous unconscious in gracile, delicate and fragile works.
Represented by Ornamentum, Hudson, NY

* Friday, APRIL 16  – 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm  – Jewelry Design: Surface in Depth
Italian goldsmith Stefano Marchetti traces the development of his work, from the experimental mosaics Pointillisme in Metallo,1989 through his current work. Marchetti is the recipient of the 2009 Italian Jewellry Award, Naples, Italy.
Represented by Charon Kransen Arts, New York (Sponsored by Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG))

 

Galeries présentes (entre autres) / some of the galleries :

Ateliers d’Art de France (FR) , Aaron Faber Gal. (NY) , Charon Kransen Arts (NY), Ornamentum (NY), Sienna Gallery (US), ………….

 

SOFA N.Y.
Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue at 67th Street
New York, NY, 10021 (USA)
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T: 800.563.SOFA (7632) or 773.506.8860
F: 773.506.8892
www.sofaexpo.com

 

16 mars 2010 — The second part of the SNAG fashion show, featuring extreme jewelry from a number of talented artists. (dommage qu’on ne voie pas mieux !)

EXPO ‘Working in METAL : three women’, Aaron Faber gallery, New-York (USA) – 18 mars-19 avril 2010

‘Working in METAL : three women’

The exhibition features the work of Glenda Arentzen, Sydney Lynch and So Young Park, different generations of jewelry artists with similar interests in working directly in sterling silver and gold. Exhibition opens March 18 at Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, and moves on April 15th to the Park Avenue Armory where the artists will present their work.

Glenda Arentzen, whose work is in the Museum of Art and Design permanent collection, celebrates more than forty years working by hand as a jewelry artist. Her silver and gold highly textured works are sculptural with an appeal that derives in part from their tactile qualities.

Glenda Arentzen necklace

Sydney Lynch (affiche), favors bi-metal, a gold-and-silver sheet metal that allows her to create works that play with both metals. She incorporates gemstones, often rough or cabochon, that are colorful rather than precious.

Sydney Lynch – Gold Sticks Necklace – Green

 So Young Park, the most junior of the artists, writes in the third person about her work : « So Young Park’s concept is that of nativity ; where her work is not created but born through her diligent creativity of forming metal. Human and plant life have similar growth and life characteristics. Creation of life requires much patience and suffering. She appreciates being involved in the process to experience the power of miracles, even if it requires the endurance to give a life to her jewelry. Her jewelry pieces express desire, hope, and the power of life through organic plant forms and sea lives that are artistically rendered in a simplistic, geometric, and sophisticated manner.
Expressing the emotions she has towards nativity through using the assembling wires, tiny concave disc, hammered textures, and hand engraving patterns symbolize the origins of life and each elements represent the single cells that makeup all life.
So Young Park usually works on sterling silver and 18k yellow gold with pearls and stones to create beautiful jewelry. She uses a patina with silver to add beautiful colors to the surface. She also brings oxidized silver and gold together to express a beautiful contrast of these cherished materials. »

So Young Park necklace — « Nativity » brooch, silver, pearls – « sprouting II » bracelet, silver & gems

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