Body Embellishment
Body Embellishment explores innovative artistic expression in the 21st-century international arenas of body extension, augmentation, and modification through jewelry, tattoos, nail art, and fashion.
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Contemporary Jewellery 1964-1993: Selected Works from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection
A brochure and checklist for the exhibition “Contemporary Jewellery 1964–1993: Selected Works,” which showcased pieces from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection. The exhibition was organized and presented by the Decorative Arts Museum, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, October 8–November 21, 1993.
REINVENTING MEMORY CONTEMPORARY CAMEOS
This ancient jewelry format is being revived today for the exploration of personal narrative, history, and social issues. Many contemporary jewelers have created cameos at some point in their careers, especially when approaching themes of memory and loss. While some artists reserve the form to honor personal memories, others seek to evoke public recollections. The …
Anna Lindsay MacDonald Re: Halcyon Dream Catalogue
L.A. Pai Gallery first introduced Anna Lindsay MacDonald in 2005 when she was an artist in residence at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto. At the time, Lindsay was developing Interlaced, a study of urban maps in wearable form. The strength of the ideas and the precision of its actualization was impressive. The gallery and artist …
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Re: Halcyon Dream Catalogue
Excerpt from Shannon Stratton’s essay regarding Anna Lindsay MacDonald’s 2016 solo exhibition, Re: Halcyon Dream: “Anna Lindsay MacDonald’s work seems to resonate with Soulilliou’s theory of ornament, playing with the idea of appearance and disappearance in the face of technology. Her black and white palette recalls dazzle camouflage, but even more so, predicts a future …