The Scottish Gallery is delighted to be representing the eminent jeweler Jacqueline Mina during the Edinburgh International Festival, as part of The Scottish Gallery’s anniversary celebrating 175 years of art. Mina is an important senior figure amongst the gallery’s representation of contemporary jewelers. She had her first solo exhibition with The Scottish Gallery in 1993—it […]
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A catalog to accompany The Scottish Gallery’s exhibition, “Dorothy Hogg: Retrospective,” on show in October 2014.
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A catalog to accompany the Professor Yasuki Hiramatsu Memorial Exhibition at the Scottish Gallery, July 2014.
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A catalog that accompanied Catherine Martin’s exhibition, “Resonance,” as part of the Edinburgh International Festival, held August 2–September 1, 2018.
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The Scottish Gallery is delighted to present the jewelry of Michael Becker as part of its Festival Exhibitions. Becker studied at the Fachhochschule Cologne, Germany.
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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
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Peter Bauhuis’s material experiments often “play” visual tricks; for example, in his show Armillaria, at Gallery Funaki, he displays a little “bronze” cup in the cabinet of curiosities he has fashioned from the pristine walls of the Crossley Lane space. The cup, which is part of “the Kolomna Report,” the official announcement he made of
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Architect Eli Giannini explores Swiss jeweler David Bielander’s solo exhibition of idiosyncratic objects at Gallery Funaki in 2014.
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
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This text explores how theoretical concepts of opulence and excess are explored in contemporary art, especially jewelry. Images of several exhibited works are included. Focusing on artists from the United States and Western Europe, it offers a Western-based interdisciplinary perspective for thinking about what “baroque” could mean in a modern context. Jewelry forms the basis
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This text contextualizes glass jewelry through the lens of history and contemporary practice. A brief overview of contemporary usage is supported by quotes from several of the artists whose works are featured in the text. Images of several exhibited works are included as well. It is useful for an overarching look at the use of
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