Pablo Picasso, Pendant: Le Gran Faune, 1973, Photo: Sherry Griffin Great jewelry like great art needs to make a statement. The decorative arts have been considered a lesser art for centuries but they are finally recognized to be on par with the fine arts. Well, jewelry is not a lesser art, either. It should be […]
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This review was first published in The Journal of Modern Craft, v.3, n.2, July 2010, pp.269-272. And so here it is, the enormous catalogue to the Helen Williams Drutt collection, acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) in Texas and co-published by that institution and Arnoldsche. Presided over by Cindi Strauss, curator of
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Daniel Kruger, Necklace, 2010, enamel, copper, silver, photo: Uwe W Beier A dealer gallerist with 20 years’ experience is going to be closer to this subject than most other people. She comes into contact with a constant stream of new jewelry, is in constant touch with what the public likes (or doesn’t) and is constantly
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In the late 1950s, Dr Ümit Bir set out with his stethoscope in his bag, traveling around the world and including frequent visits to Turkey, his home country. In 1960, he met an architect, Dr Rudolph Steinbach, who gave the order to ‘start collecting!’ Trained in ‘the strenuous and exacting practice of medicine,’ Bir turned
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Emmanuel Lacoste, Langues (Two Pieces) Tongue Jewel, 2006, fine gold Also Known As Jewellery* is a hybrid model, somewhere between a survey exhibition – seventeen of the best French or French-based jewelers who are contributing to the ‘spectacular evolution’ of contemporary jewelry in France – and an argument about what contemporary jewelry is and does.
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This book is a cabinet of wonderful curiosities, particularly for people who are knowledgeable about twentieth and twenty-first century art history. It will also drive you slightly mad, like being invited to a grand buffet and only allowed to pick one or two dishes.
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There are a small number of fairs – the SOFA shows in the United States and COLLECT in London – that actively show contemporary jewelry. Until now, those were the only market venues for high-end jewelry galleries. Entrance, Design Miami Basel COLLECT began in London in 2004. It was started and is still run by
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The Spirit of Stone event that took place in Lappeenranta, Finland, in early May 2011 gathered together students and teachers from European jewelry schools, as well as others interested in jewelry and stone. In addition to a symposium, the event also involved workshops, an exhibition and a jewelry art and design competition. Head of an
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Kiff Slemmons, Pride of Paper exhibition, Suyama Peterson Deguchi Architects Kiff Slemmons, Pride of Paper exhibition, Suyama Peterson Deguchi Architects. Photo: Mike Holmes It was not only the notion of tradition or the installation of the work in such a grand austere space that was notable, but also the precious nature of the work. Meticulously
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Exhibition in Motion: Objects Performed took place at the Bellevue Arts Museum in Bellevue, Washington on the evening of May 28, 2011, in conjunction with the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) conference. Objects Performed was a marked shift in the format of SNAG’s annual exhibition in motion, from a runway fashion show to an
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‘Affective Objects: Art, Design and the Image of Craft’ was a lecture by Glenn Adamson in which an unfailing theorist animated his well-published philosophies in a new and entertaining way. Adamson’s keynote presentation, on May 27, 2011, kicked off three days of lectures at the Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference (SNAG). Adamson, the deputy
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I have a habit of making calendars, almost obsessively – in my sketchbook, by the computer and pinned up in my studio. So I know that it’s only been a month since I returned from Seattle and the SNAG conference, but it feels like a full season has passed. Somehow I’m still scrambling to avoid
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