Kumi Kaguraoka, a Japanese artist based in Tokyo, makes wearable pieces inspired by anatomy, beauty standards across cultures and time, and the imagined concerns of a future humanity faced with environmental and societal shifts. She wonders why we continually pursue ever-shifting, painful, and hard-to-maintain beauty ideals Her artwork plays with the idea of altering the […]
Also in this series: Jewelry||Adjacent: Demetri Broxton’s Beaded Boxing Gloves Jewelry||Adjacent: Angela Hennessy Jewelry||Adjacent: Hollis Chitto This is the third article in a series focused on artists whose work is adjacent to jewelry. For my purposes, jewelry-adjacent artists use material, techniques, or themes related to jewelry practices. The body is present in their work, not
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Angela Hennessy, Mourning Wreath (detail), 2017, synthetic and human hair, found hair, artist’s own hair, gold leaf on copper, enamel paint, chain, wire frame, cement base, base 267 x 183 x 91 cm in diameter, photo: artist Also in this series: Jewelry||Adjacent: Demetri Broxton’s Beaded Boxing Gloves Jewelry||Adjacent: Hollis Chitto Jewelry||Adjacent: Monica Canilao This
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Also in this series: Jewelry||Adjacent: Angela Hennessy Jewelry||Adjacent: Hollis Chitto Jewelry||Adjacent: Monica Canilao This is the first article in a series focused on artists whose work is adjacent to jewelry. For my purposes, jewelry-adjacent artists use material, techniques, or themes related to jewelry practices. The body is present in their work, not necessarily as the
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