Best known in international jewelry and metalsmithing circles, Iris Eichenberg has made an enormous contribution as an artist and educator. Addressing significant current issues such as identity, gender politics, and Heimat—a German word denoting the personal happiness and fulfillment found upon reaching a safe haven—the show Iris Eichenberg: Where Words Fail is particularly timely. Eichenberg …
While the question of exhibition making occupies an ever more important place in art theory, there has never been, thus far, a publication on the subject with jewelry as its focal point. This publication aims to remedy this absence, and provide an overview of jewelry exhibition history, an understanding of the challenges inherent to showing …
An insight into the creation of comic book character Wonder Woman by William Moulton Marston, examining her ‘Magic Bracelets’ and their connections to feminism, oppression, liberation, and BDSM practices.
A look at the tailor Nudie Cohn and his use of rhinestones to create opulent garments for clients such as Elvis and Liberace, successfully subverting gender norms while doing so.
An introduction to the concept of “mating jewelry” and chastity rings, contextualized with different cultural views on abstinence and courtship.
A case study of Austrian artist Manfred Nisslmüller’s work ‘Taschenrecorder’ (1984-1993, made in eight examples), highlighting the artist’s view of “jewelry as a disruption” using of critical, ironic, and subversive modes of art history.
“Can craft curators create new spaces and contexts that are inclusive and provide opportunities for innovative strategies within the field?” Love Jönsson asked the three panelists gathered in Stockholm at the behest of IASPIS (The International Artists Studio Program) in November 2016. The question surfs on a persistent belief that craft naturally tends to encourage …
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Short catalog featuring all the books Art Jewelry Forum has produced from 2010-2016.
