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New Jewelry for the Gods: Artifactual Relevance

Robert Baines, Peter Bauhuis, Manfred Bischoff, Bettina Dittlmann, Georg Dobler, David Huycke, Daniel Kruger, Christa Lühtje, Bruno Martinazzi, Francesco Pavan, Dorothea Prühl, Gerd Rothmann, Jacqueline Ryan, Philip Sajet, Bernhard Schobinger, Hubertus von Skal, Tanel Veenre, Graziano Visintin Exhibition view, Neuer Schmuck für die Götter (New Jewelry for the Gods), 2013, the State Collections of Antiques, Munich, […]

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Contemporary Jewellers: Interviews with European Artists

Reviews / Céline Browning

Roberta Bernabei. Contemporary Jewellers: Interviews with European Artists. Oxford: Berg Publishers, 2011. Bernabei begins with a historical overview of European jewelry from the Middle Ages to the present day. All too often, the studio art movement is touted as the father of the studio jewelry movement, leaving students with little sense of the origins of

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A Künzli for Our Time?

Reviews / Damian Skinner

Location view, Otto Künzli. Die Ausstellung, 2013, temporary exhibition hall at Die Neue Sammlung, Munich, photo: Ben Lignel For someone who is so well known (professor at Munich’s Academy of Fine Arts, perhaps the most prestigious jewelry course in the world; widely cited by other jewelers and writers as a key figure in contemporary jewelry;

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Beginning Middle Endless

Reviews / Céline Browning

Exhibition view, Beginning Middle Endless, Brant Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, photo: Celine Browning Beginning Middle Endless was born out of a desire to forge a connection between MassArt and Alchimia. Heather White, curator of the show and professor of the MassArt participants, collected the necklace halves from 40 students on two

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Paul Mergen: A Life in Copper

Reviews / Gabriel Craig

Though not widely known, Paul Mergen is an American metalsmith and educator who has been practicing with focus and purpose for 50 years. In fact, his work has existed outside the mainstream of the metal and jewelry fields, in semi-isolation, for the better part of his career. Mergen’s recent retrospective, So What 50, at the

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Transplantation: A Sense of Place and Culture

Reviews / Zoe Brand

Jo Bloxham, ed. Transplantation: A Sense of Place and Culture. England: University of Lincoln, 2012. photo: Zoe Brand When I finally received the 80-page catalog, my first thoughts were of the fresh and inviting look created by the graphic designer—a mostly white cover with green text and an image of Bridie Lander’s sparse leafy neckpiece.

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Jean-Michel Othoniel: My Way

Reviews / Toni Greenbaum

Jean-Michel Othoniel, The Secret Happy End, 2008, Murano glass, Saint Just’s mirror glass, metal, vintage carriage, 106.3 x 145.7 x 59.2 inches (270 x 370 x 150 cm), Brooklyn Museum, gift of Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris/Miami, and the artist, 2010.11, photo: artist Throughout his career, Othoniel has referenced the body, as a whole and in

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in Sight series / From the Coolest Corner

Reviews / Liesbeth den Besten

With Nhat-Vu Dang, Jantje Fleischhut, Gésine Hackenberg, Iris Nieuwenburg, Evert Nijland, Ted Noten, Ruudt Peters, Lucy Sarneel, and Manon van Kouswijk This is the third in a new series called “in Sight.” We have asked a maker, a curator, and an historian to discuss From the Coolest Corner, an ambitious event that was just launched in Oslo,

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in Sight series / From the Coolest Corner

Reviews / Benjamin Lignel

This is the second in a new series called “in Sight.” We have asked a maker, a curator, and an historian to discuss From the Coolest Corner, an ambitious event that was just launched in Oslo, Norway. Märta Mattsson reported on the event as a visitor and exhibitor; Love Jönsson, who juried the main exhibition, took our

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in Sight series / From the Coolest Corner

Reviews / Märta Mattsson

This is the first in a new series called “in Sight series.” We have asked a maker, a curator, and an historian to discuss From the Coolest Corner, an ambitious event that was just launched in Oslo, Norway. Märta Mattsson reported on the event as a visitor and exhibitor; Love Jönsson, who juried the main exhibition, took

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KORU4 Symposium 2012: Kindred Spirits

Reviews / Art Jewelry Forum

Finland has been quietly influencing the conversation in contemporary jewelry for many years by hosting events that incorporate workshops, exhibitions, and symposiums to showcase international and Finnish artists. These events started in 1997 and have occurred every three years, aiming to “bring together contemporary jewelers, curators, collectors, students, professors, and people interest in contemporary

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World Jewellery Museum, Seoul, Korea

Reviews / Kevin Murray

Museum brochure, World Jewellery Museum, Seoul The museum is a slim black box with three floors of displays, leading up to a temporary gallery at the top with panoramic views of the old city. It was conceived by Lee Kang-Won early in her 30-year period as a diplomat’s wife, during a posting in Ethiopia. Posts

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New Jewelry for the Gods: Artifactual Relevance

Contemporary Jewellers: Interviews with European Artists

A Künzli for Our Time?

Beginning Middle Endless

Paul Mergen: A Life in Copper

Transplantation: A Sense of Place and Culture

Jean-Michel Othoniel: My Way

in Sight series / From the Coolest Corner

in Sight series / From the Coolest Corner

in Sight series / From the Coolest Corner

KORU4 Symposium 2012: Kindred Spirits

World Jewellery Museum, Seoul, Korea

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