Wunderrūma July 17–November 1, 2015 Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand Three different Wunderrūma shows in three different locations with three different outcomes: Peter Deckers unpacks the first two quite different Wunderrūma exhibitions, one at Galerie Handwerk in Germany and one at The Dowse Art Museum in New Zealand, and ponders its third iteration in Auckland, […]
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In the mid-90s, to use the word “curating” in the field of contemporary jewelry must have sounded exaggerated or simply incomprehensible. To think with and through the format of an exhibition in order to transform it into a discursive medium was quite unusual, especially if the statement was coming from an independent curator, who was
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“What Makes a Woman?”—Elinor Burkett’s op-ed for The New York Times—triggered a saucy catfight between second-wave and third-wave feminists (and who doesn’t love a little girl-on-girl action, am I right?). Burkett makes what she seems to think is a compelling argument that being transgender is just another way for those assigned male at birth to
Gijs Bakker is one of the most active and innovative jewelers working today. His constant desire to work on the technical and visual cutting edge of object making keeps him sharp. His show at Atelier Courbet introduces jewelry into the mix of other beautifully designed furniture and objects represented by this gallery. Susan Cummins: At
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I am currently writing a longish essay on new media, and two of the three themes of this year’s SNAG program[1]—“Social impact” and “innovation”—held a special appeal for me: There, in the same room, in the course of a mere three days, my education regarding crafters’ involvement with new media would be done. Yee-ha! I
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Exhibition view, Ted Noten: Non Zone, 2015, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, photo: Liesbeth den Besten Ted Noten: Non Zone June 13–October 18, 2015 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Two years ago, Ted Noten had his Framed exhibition at the Stedelijk museum’s-Hertogenbosch in Den Bosch, the Netherlands. When organizing this show,
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Timothy Veske-McMahon is an artist and contemporary jeweler known for skillfully layering psychoanalysis and social commentary in his artwork. In this interview, he talks with deep consideration about his collection, mirror milk, as a reflection of society, the existence of (or lack of) boundaries between studio and life, and reconsidering the phrase “emerging artist.” Olivia
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Exterior photograph, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, California, photo: Mike Holmes Missy Graff: What is your background with contemporary art jewelry? What led you to be a dealer? Elizabeth Shypertt: I studied jewelry making starting in high school and continued with night classes when I returned to San Francisco after college. Mike and I met
Reading is seasonal. Come June, we head down the nearest Amazon shop—well, you know what I mean—to buy what your downstairs neighbor calls a “summer read” while wrapping a bashful smile around the latest Le Carré, which happens to be poking out of his beach tote. Meanwhile AJF, being of the WTF persuasion, believes that
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This is my design bench in my studio. It’s separate from the workbenches where the jewelry is made so that I have plenty of room to spread out stones, sketches, and tools. There is a scale and a calculator for weighing and pricing, pencils and paper, and a much-needed big pink eraser. The sectioned trays of
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Lawrence Woodford’s show, Way Finding at the L. A. Pai Gallery in Ottawa is an expression of his poetic love of nature and the stones that represent it. Held in place with a jewelers prong these rough rocks depict his ideas of utopia. Susan Cummins: Lawrence, in your statement about this show, you say it
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Ground: A Retrospective Exhibition of Ruudt Peters May 22–July 31, 2015 Massachusetts College of Art and Design, President’s Gallery, Boston, USA Born in 1950 in in the Netherlands, Ruudt Peters is lauded as a prominent and provocative figure in the contemporary jewelry world. He tends to translate big ideas into beautifully crafted jewelry and, through
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