These essays were originally published in Damian Skinner’s book Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective.▲ The Body as a Living Display In terms of contemporary jewelry, the space of the body is not so much a physical destination as it is a reference point and a vehicle. The body functions simultaneously as a platform or a vacancy […]
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Inger Wästberg is something of a renaissance woman who has led a most interesting and multifaceted life—from political advisor, member of the Stockholm City Council, and director general of the Office of the Disability Ombudsman to arts advocate, author, and art jewelry collector. You can read about her background in an interview Susan Cummins conducted
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Marjan Unger has been involved with the Dutch jewelry scene for a very long time, performing as a thinker, a curator, a professor, a historian, and a collector. Many of these roles are coming together as she prepares for the opening exhibition of the collection she has given to the Rijksmuseum. Along with the exhibition
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(left) Karen Rotenberg wearing Réka Fekete, Untitled, 2012, brooch, wood, enameled steel, found object, zinc paint, silver, 75 x 115 mm, photo: Michael Rotenberg; (right) Michael Rotenberg wearing Chrisoula Papahatzi, Returning Home, 2015, brooch, steel, 90 x 50 x 20 mm, photo: Karen Rotenberg Karen and Michael Rotenberg are an elegant and distinctive presence on
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Namita Gupta Wiggers published this short essay in the book Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective, by Damian Skinner.▲ Jewelry has long served as primary evidence of wealth and status throughout global cultures. From a dowry delivered by a father to secure his daughter’s future to polite Victorian-era references to male genitalia as the “family jewels,” connections
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Wall at Susan Beech’s house, work by (just jewelry, left to right): Hanna Hedman, Vera Siemund, Nancy Worden, Christoph Zellweger, Pierre Cavalan, Heather White van Stolk, Anthony Roussel, Susanne Klemm, Marilyn da Silva, Maria Phillips, Jasmin Winter, Hanna Hedman, Lori Talcott, Kiff Slemmons, photo: John White I have known Susan Beech for about 30 years.
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This brief essay was originally published in Damian Skinner’s book Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective.▲ Jewelry accompanies the individual into the public space and into the crowd. It’s in the street that jewelry operates in the tension between the personal and the public, at once an object of private use and an object with an immense
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Marion Fulk wearing pieces by (clockwise, from top left): Idiots, David Bielander, Jennifer Trask, and Hanna Hedman, photo: Laura Smoller Marion Fulk is an avid and discerning jewelry collector. She happily travels the world from her hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas, in search of new jewelry discoveries. She prefers extensive walking and navigating of public
Karin Roy Andersson, Gray Necklace, 2015, necklace, scales of recycled plastic (from snuff boxes, oil bottle, and glycol bottle) sewn together with wire, steel frame, silver, 150 x 230 x 50 mm, photo: artist The Swedish collector Inger Wästberg is a big advocate of Swedish contemporary jewelry and has helped to bring more attention to
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Self-portrait of Sharon Berman I met Sharon Berman during my first Art Jewelry Forum trip to Amsterdam in October 2013. I noticed her beautiful estate jewelry and she shared with me stories of the pieces she collects. Two AJF trips later, to Estonia/Sweden and Barcelona, I discovered what a passionate jewelry collector Sharon is, and
From January 13–March 29, 2015, the Viennese public has the opportunity to see two rare exhibitions of contemporary jewelry in its city. Both exhibitions take place at MAK under the title Schmuck 1970–2015 and include a retrospective of Fritz Maierhofer’s work of the last 45 years and also an overview of the Heidi and Karl
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Sally Marsland, Necklace, 2013, polyurethane resin, 457.2 x 101.6 x 25.4 mm, photo: Jeremy Dillon Susan Cummins: Deedie, I understand that you’re part of a group of collectors that are coordinating efforts to build a strong contemporary art collection for the Dallas Museum of Art. Can you describe how that got started and how that
