During SCHMUCK 2016 : EXPO ‘BRACELETS FOR PAUL & WILLEM’ – 3stations, Munich (DE) – 26-28 fevr. 2016

BRACELETS FOR PAUL & WILLEM (Gallery Ra)

Opening:  Thursday 25th February  3pm-7 pm

<Paul Derrez and Willem Hoogstede (Gallery RA Amsterdam) wearing a braclet designed by Arne Van De Mierop>

Students of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp

 

‘FOR EACH A BRACELET’

As a sequel to ‘Ring for the Lords’ (Walter Van Beirendonck and Marnick Smessaert), ‘Jewels for the Ladies’ (Marjan Unger and Anita Evenepoel), ‘Brooches para las Chicas’ (Chequita Nahar and Valeria Vallarta Siemelink), ‘Mary Ted Noten’  (Ted Noten and Clemence-Marie van Lieshout), this year ‘For Each a Bracelet’ was the 5^th edition of an ongoing jewellery project by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. Students of the Bachelor course at the Jewellery Design & Silversmithing department were asked to design bracelets for Paul Derrez and Willem Hoogstede. (Gallery RA Amsterdam)

The consideration to give this assignment was mainly motivated by the minimal offer of contemporary styled bracelets. As an additional difficulty Paul & Willem operated as a condition that both bracelets had to differ from each other but still had to look like a ‘couple’.
After an exciting and instructive glimpse into their private collection our students had to get started with their different approaches as result.

Participants:  Jade Houben — Vie Stessens — Theresa Storbacka — Arne Van De Mierop — Emilie Putteman — Sophia De Groot — Anneleen De Vree — Caroline Du Chastel — Jil Jander — Linda Janssen — Camille Pennequin — Viktoria von Mallotki — Xinyuan Hu –Ying Chen — Dabin Lee — Caroline Geerardyn — Yijun Liu — Orsolya Losonczy — Josefine Mass — Vincent Verstrepen — Shahrzad Motallebi — Annika Wirken

 <Paul Derrez and Willem Hoogstede (Gallery RA Amsterdam) wearing a braclet designed by Theressa Storbackan>

<Paul Derrez and Willem Hoogstede (Gallery RA Amsterdam) wearing a braclet designed by Jil Jander>

<Paul Derrez and Willem Hoogstede (Gallery RA Amsterdam) wearing a braclet designed by Vie Stessens>

 

3stations

Welsertrasse 23

Studio Loft c/o Afra Dopfer
81373 München
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EXPO ‘Transition by Réka Fekete’ – Galerie RA (NL) – 25 Avril-13 Juin 2015

Transition by Réka Fekete

 Being inspired by different cityscapes within and from above, the emerging artist transfers the constant movement into her jewelry. 

 Opening: Saturday, 25. April 2015, 16-18 h     

(Réka Fekete, Last little bits, brooch, 2015, steel, textile)

Travelling and relocating, and the associated emotional and practical changes: Réka Fekete experiences these intensely.
Leaving things behind and packing, meeting and discovering. Routes, places, buildings and building sites. How do all these relate to each other and to her? Her head is a machine in which outside impressions and the way in which she experiences processes of transition are connected with each other to generate new insights and possibilities. This transition is also evident in her approach to creating jewellery and objects, with maps and routes, constructing and reconstructing. Using individual forms, like letters that have yet to become words. For her jewellery Réka folds and stacks materials such as steel and textile. In her zinc and paper collages she plays with scale, capturing the city as a machine in bird’s eye views.

 Reka Fekete

Réka Fekete, « New Routes 1″ brooch, 2015, steel, silver, cotton

Réka Fekete - necklace « Locomotion I », 2015, steell, wire, papercord

Réka Fekete – necklace

 

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During SCHMUCK 2015 – EXPO ‘In Between by Sigurd Bronger’ – Galerie RA (NL) – 11-17 Mars 2015

Galerie Ra on Frame / Schmuck : From 11 to 17 March Galerie Ra will present its artists at the Frame fair in Munich, with special focus on new work by Sigurd Bronger.
During this week Galerie Ra will be closed.

Sigurd Bronger, carrying device for a Ted Noten piece, pendant, 2014

« In Between by Sigurd Bronger » Exhibition : 28 Feb-11 Apr 2015 at Galerie Ra – Amsterdam NL
 At the latest body of work, Sigurd Bronger presents jewellery which incorporates a specific material or object secured in a holder. Using natural and existing artefacts, the artist moves between wearable jewellery and art objects.

DURING SCHMUCK : 11th -17th of March 2015, Handwerksmesse, Munich
Galerie RA Hall B1 Booth 765   FRAME

AND , 28th February – 11th of April 2015, Galerie RA – Amsterdam NL

Sigurd Bronger Pendant: Carrying device for a haematite ball, 2014

«  »It is almost 10 years since I had a exhibition at Galerie Ra, Amsterdam. So for this exhibition, I constructed different carrying devices that relates to the issue “in between”. I have chosen to use some of the same material  I used in my earlier exhibitions at Ra. Materials like: Egg, different stones, cactus spike, diamond, shell, and so on. There are some new materials as well; which I have not used before. Many of the carrying devices have a construction that holds the material in between the construction. The issue of in between  can also be seen upon the space between the material and the construction, and in some of the pieces they contain different spaces in between the material itself. Some of the new pieces can be placed in between functional jewellery art  and objects. »  Sigurd Bronger

« Sigurd Bronger has made a collection of rings, booches and pendants called ‘Carrying Devices’. The collective theme In Between refers to the construction of this jewellery which incorporates a specific material or object secured in a holder. Sigurd either constructs this holder himself or makes it from existing artefacts. While the materials secured in these holders were previously natural in nature, such as an egg, a stone or a shell, nowadays he also uses materials from medical science or technology. The contrast between the generally robust steel holder and the fragile or delicate item this holds generates an amusing absurdity. With some pieces a magnifying glass ‘In Between’ the viewer and the object creates extra focus. For this collection Sigurd has once again reused an iconic piece of jewellery by an artist colleague, the Chewing Gum Brooch by Ted Noten. Sigurd Bronger’s work positions itself ‘In Between’ wearable jewellery and art objects »

Sigurd Bronger, 100 cubic zirconia, ring, metal, glass, zirconia

Sigurd Bronger Brooch: Carrying device for a goose egg, 2015 Goose egg, rubber, steel, chrome plated brass.

Sigurd Bronger Pendant: Wearing device for 50001 spheres, 2014 Silver, bronze, steel, leather cord Front view

Sigurd Bronger Brooch: Carrying device for a smile in between, 2015 Soft neoprene rubber, steel, silver

 

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EXPO ‘Georg Dobler / Thanh-Truc Nguyen’ – Galerie Ra, Amsterdam (NL) – 15 Nov.-31 Dec. 2014

Over the coming period Galerie Ra will be presenting new jewellery by Georg Dobler, and his former student at the Hochschule Hildesheim, Thanh-Truc Nguyen.

 Georg Dobler Brooch: Untitled, 2014 Oxidized silver, gemstones

Georg Dobler, brooch, 2014, silver/plastic

Thanh-Truc Nguyen, brooch, 2014, steel/silver

Thanh-Truc Nguyen, broche, 2014, steel/silver

 

 

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EXPO ‘Jorge Manilla – Beyond the Limits’ – Galerie Ra, Amsterdam (NL) – 19 Juill.-6 Sept. 2014

Jorge Manilla – Beyond the Limits
19.07.14 – 06.09.14

 

Jorge Manilla’s new body of work reflects his fascination with the duality that lies within the layers of our unconsciousness.
He uses organic materials, such as branches of wood and leather. Wood becomes a tree of life or the bones of a decomposed body, while leather engenders sensuality and attraction, or can represent torn skin.
In this continuous duality no pieces have a fixed meaning: they compel viewers to seek and find their own significances. And the dominant drive in the human nature of each viewer will decide the side on which they chose to walk, that of Eros or Thanatos.

Jorge Manilla, rings, 2014  leather, steel, wood, brass, acryl

 Jorge Manilla, brooch, 2014

Jorge Manilla, brooch, 2014

Jorge Manilla, brooch, 2014, leather, steel, wood, brass, acryl

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EXPO ‘Tanel Veenre : Beyond the Animus’ – Galerie Ra, Amsterdam (NL) – 19 Juill.-6 Sept. 2014

 Tanel Veenre : Beyond the Animus

Tanel Veenre – Brooch: Palindrome II (silhouette), 2015 – Seahorses, artificial resin, rock crystal, silver, cosmic dust

Tanel Veenre turns jewellery made from seahorses into playful, poetic and dramatic compositions. He sees seahorses as ballerinas on a stage who can create incredible ornaments just with their bodies.
Tanel is also interested in masks. Masks which can conceal yet also reveal something essential, fundamental, even animal. He likes to present rawness in a delicate fashion, clothing this in a vulnerable shell.
Tanel’s work is clearly human oriented. He addresses psychological subjects and mainly seeks out for inner sources, playing with impulse and intellect, finding the animal beyond the animus.

 Tanel Veenre, brooch

 Tanel Veenre, Pegasus, brooch, 2014, seahorses, artificial resin, silver, cosmic dust

Tanel Veenre, Forever Together, brooche, 2014, seahorses, wood, goldleaf, silver

 

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EXPO ‘Rebekah Frank: Solo Exhibition’ – Galerie Ra, Amsterdam (NL) – 24 Mai-12 Juill. 2014

Rebekah Frank: Solo Exhibition

Rebekah Frank creates wire and chain necklaces that define inner and outer spaces. Flexible drawings which conform to the body when worn, their hard materials morphing into a flowing, undulating play of lines.

Rebekah Frank necklace, steel

Rebekah Frank,   Necklaces: Untitled, 2012 – Steel – Collection of Four Necklaces – Collection of Cranbrook Art Museum – photo: Rebekah Frank

Rebekah Frank, Necklaces on the wall

Rebekah Frank, Necklaces on the wall

 

 

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EXPO ‘Sophie Hanagarth: Solo Exhibition’ – Galerie Ra, Amsterdam (NL) – 24 Mai-12 Juill. 2014

Sophie Hanagarth : Solo Exhibition

Sophie Hanagarth, winner of the Françoise van den Bosch Prize 2014, coerces red-hot iron into robust, almost aggressive yet sensual forms. Their physical ambiguity is denoted by titles such as French Kiss and Lipstick.

Sophie Hanagarth - Lipstick rings, steel

 

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COLLECT 2014 – Saatchi Gallery, London (UK) – 9–12 May 2014

The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects brings together the world’s finest galleries representing exceptional work of museum-quality from their portfolio of artists. Thirty six international galleries will come together at the Saatchi Gallery, London from 9 – 12 May 2014

 participing galleries here 

 

*  WCC-BF Gallery – créateurs BELGES à LONDRES : Claire Lavendhomme, Ria Lins, Dorothée van Biesen, Nelly van Oost …….  Stand 3.1/2 – Rez-de-Chaussée

Nelly VAN OOST  -  Stand 3.2

Dorothée VAN BIESEN   « Vert, turquoise, jaune fluo », 2012 Imitation leather, hand-sewn satin, scooby-doos Necklace and half-mask

* Susanne Klemm   represented by   Gallery Ra

News Exhibitions : 9 – 12 May 2014 -  Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London UK

 

* Galerie ROB KOUDIJS - located at the Ground Floor, Gallery 5, stand nr 5.4.

Helen Britton – brooch ‘Big Bouquet’; silver rose gold plated, plastics

TERHI TOLVANEN - brooch ‘Amethyst Plant’; cactus amethyst, cement, wood 

ALEXANDER BLANK - brooch ‘Ahoi Acapulco’; bog wood, silver

 

Saatchi Gallery

Duke of York’s HQ

King’s Road, London SW3 4S

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EXPO ‘Luzia Vogt: New works’ – Galerie Ra, Amsterdam (NL) – 29 Mars-17 Mai 2014

Luzia Vogt : New works

Luzia Vogt is fascinated by sugar, both as a foodstuff and a source of pleasure. Once an expensive luxury from the colonies, sugar is now cheap and abundantly available. Luzia literally uses sugar as a material, carving sugar beets which she transforms into porcelain boxes, with Carrara marble lids that glisten like sugar. She also makes Zuckerblumen – snow-white plastic brooches based on granulated sugar with forms that are either severe or fanciful and energetic. Her Sucre earrings look like sweetmeats …

Luzia Vogt, ‘SugarFlower’, brooch, plastic

Luzia Vogt – Brooches: Zuckerblumen – Synthetic material, silver 925, steel – Approx. each: 65 x 70 x 40 mm

 

 

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