EXPO ‘Agnes Larsson Remains’ – Ornamentum Gallery, New York (USA) – 8 Aout-7 Sept. 2015

Agnes Larsson  Remains

Agnes Larsson, hair jewelry

« Remains – Agnes Larsson 2015 -
Skin, – the container of our body, a carrier of life, holder of light, a surface with a depth. It is faded, solid and transparent. It is hardened,  petrified and reshaped. As a construction it is strong but at the same time fragile. It has been transformed and time has left its mark.
Hair, - A remnant, a trace of life. Bleached, almost white. On its own very brittle, together it is strong with movement and vitality. 
Aluminum, –  often seen as light, polished and cold, yet it has been shaped with a surface soft like skin- tactile and warm, changing…ageing. Grey like stone.
Remains marks Agnes Larsson’s second solo exhibition with Ornamentum.  Larsson was born 1980 in Stockholm, Sweden.  Awarded the AJF Emerging Artist Award for her previous body of work created of carbon in 2010, she earned her MFA in silversmithing and jewellery at Konstfack, Stockholm, under professors Ruudt Peters, Helena Lehtinen and Karen Pontoppidan. « 

 Agnes Larsson, necklace, hair jewelry – Remains 7, 2015, necklace, calf skin, aluminum, horse hair, iron, 15.5 x 8.5 x 1.5 inches

 Agnes Larsson, necklace, hair jewelry (back)

Agnes Larsson, necklace, hair jewelry – Remains 9, 2015, necklace, calf skin, aluminum, horse hair, 16 x 9 x 1.25 inches

 Agnes Larsson, necklace, hair jewelry – Remains 3, 2015, necklace, calf skin, aluminum, horse hair, iron, 24 x 13.5 x .75 inches

 Agnes Larsson

 
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EXPO ‘Silke Spitzer: Breathing’ – Ornamentum Gallery, New York (USA) – 12 Juill.-10 Aout 2014

Silke Spitzer: Breathing

« Silke Spitzers most recent body of work BREATHING is aptly named. Like the delicate task of inhaling and exhaling these pieces feel effortless and very intimate.  She choreographs her ideas with pinpoint balance between primal earthiness and refined beauty and somehow does this  so it conjures lighthearted memories from a childhood that we wish we’d had. »
Joni Johnson, jeweler, Rhode Island, USA

Silke Spitzer – Slate/Wood, 2014 Necklace: Slate, wood, aluminum

Silke Spitzer – Breathing -  Green Double-round, 2014 Necklace: wood, antler, plastic, fabric 12 x 11.25 x 1 inches

Silke Spitzer -Breathing: Slate/Wood Left and Right, 2014 Necklace: Slate, wood, aluminum

Silke Spitzer - Yellow Bows, 2014 Necklace: Antler, wood, plastic, fabric 12.75 x 7.5 x .85 inches

Silke Spitzer -  Breathing: Aluminum Twig II – necklace: anodized aluminum, wood, plastic, fabric 12.5 x 8.25 x .85 inches

 

Ornamentum Gallery
506 1/2 Warren St.
Hudson – New York
United States
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EXPO ‘HANNAH HEDMAN: LOSS’ – Ornamentum gallery, Hudson, NY (US) – 6 Juill.-5 Aout 2013

 Hanna Hedman: Loss

 « All around is beauty, but a lingering bleakness is pulling downward. » – Hanna Hedman
Hanna Hedman’s new group of jewellery merge from aesthetics of loss, personal inner darkness, imitated nature and talismanic objects.
Blossoming sentimental flowers that imitate still life paintings become preserved into metal. Desiccated leaves form a hand that wants to hold on to you or a mask to hide behind. The work represent a frozen moment of decay; a preserved dark beauty that derives from the struggle of good and evil. Light and darkness are contesting one another. The jewellery wants to be beautiful on one hand, but on the other hand haunting and not even jewellery at all.

Hanna Hedman Neckpiece: Black Bile 2013 Silver, leather, copper, paint 56x10x18 cm Photograph Sanna Lindberg

Hanna Hedman Neckpiece: Black Bile 2013 Silver, leather, copper, paint 47x26x5 cm Photograph Sanna Lindberg

 

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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

COUP de COEUR ! Jennifer TRASK

avec Jennifer TRASK  j’ai eu l’impression d’entrer dans le domaine des elfes et des trolls, sur fond de musique de Björk ……..

Represented at SOFA NEW YORK by Ornamentum, Hudson, NY
Jennifer TRASK has an M.F.A. in metalsmithing from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Inspired by man’s effect on nature, Trask uses salvageable materials like pre-ban ivory, antlers, gold and palladium to create fantastical botanical arrangements. Trask says her “recycled materials address the uncomfortable distance we have created from nature itself. The references are specific, biological and metaphoric…Beauty is great, but I’m more interested in getting people to look at the unusual.” Jennifer Trask will also be a speaker in the SOFA NEW YORK 2011 Lecture Series.

Jennifer Trask’s  Calciflora (Agavacea) brooch ‘Corona’ – 18K gold, palladium gold, bone, teeth (deer), sapphires, rainbow moonstones -
‘Unnatural Histories’ series, Flourish (2008), begins with the following definitions of the word flourish:
1. To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
2. To do or fare well; prosper
3. To be in a period of highest productivity; excellence or influence.
4. To make bold or sweeping movements

Jennifer Trask – Olana Brooch – Found ivory, rose & yellow gold, rose cut diamonds (« Unnatural Histories », 2007)

Jennifer TRASK – « Germinate » neckpiece created out of an assortment of found materials (often in the woods behind her home in upstate New York) : deer antlers, cow and ox bones, pigeon skull, teeth from a nutria (beaver-like animal), pre-ban ivory, plastic, steel, brass and five tiny hidden diamonds – at SOFA N.Y. 2010 (Ornamentum Gallery)

 

« What inspired you to make this piece?
I’ve been working on it along with the large wall installation (below) for the Dead or Alive exhibit at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD Museum, 2010). Naturally, the work has been mingling and some of these are fragments from the larger piece. The ornament and growth are directional, circular if you look carefully at the neckpiece. The recycled materials also address the uncomfortable distance we have created from nature itself. The references are specific, biological and metaphoric.
Why bone?
I wanted to work with something elemental and bone serves three purposes: the concept, it relates on a visceral level to the body, and is easily sourced as remnants from hunting, or as found material.
How long did it take you to make?
It’s hard to say how long a single piece takes since I work on several projects at once and there is an organic evolution to the process. I gather materials and arrange them, and then rearrange endlessly, sometimes, until there is a natural flow to the design. When you start looking at growth patterns there are curious overlaps—nerve cells and capillaries to the way plants branch and vines twist, and so on.  » (interview on Wmagazine, « Treasure Hunt »)

Jennifer TRASK – Acanthus Neckpiece – antler, 17th century gilded frame, gold leaf, gold- 16 x 12 x 3″ – 2010

Jennifer TRASK – Acanthus Neckpiece (Photo by Dmitri Belyl)

Jennifer TRASK - ‘Allegory’ Neckpiece (& detail)- Found & altered bone fragments, including antlers, deer jaw, jewelry, pre-ban ivory fragments, silver, 18K gold -2009 (« Embodiment series », 2009)

Jennifer TRASK - ‘Allegory’ Neckpiece (detail)

Jennifer TRASK - ‘Queen Anne’s Lace’ Brooch – Bone, sewing needles, silver rubies, resin- 2010

Jennifer TRASK - ‘Cluster’ Brooch – Found and altered bone fragments, teeth, found jewelry, silver, diamond – 2010

 

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.
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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 !)