“Is there a place for installation-based works in the field of contemporary jewelry?” Is there? In 20 very brief minutes, Portland, Oregon-based artist and AJF contributor Courtney Kemp delivers a densely researched exposé in front of a humming audience. She picks at the scab of “jewelers that make no jewelry, but on a large scale”…
Gillion Carrara in the library of the Arts Club of Chicago (cropped), photo: Quinn Wharton Gillion Carrara walks an exciting career path that zigzags between fashion and metalsmithing: She teaches the one, practices the other, and in her pieces she seems to actively resist fashion’s “commitment to risk, subversion and irregular forward movement,”[1] preferring instead…
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….
Alternatives Gallery, view of the façade, Rome, photo: Andrea Lombardo Alternatives Gallery, located in the historical center of Rome, has met the challenge of selling to a relatively conservative clientele by being remarkably proactive in promoting itself and the field on a national and international level, and by launching no-gram, the first online gallery devoted…
Art Jewelry Forum is planning a trip to Los Angeles California on September 30th and October 1st and 2nd to attend the opening of Beyond Bling: Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It is time to celebrate with Lois and Bob Boardman and honor their many years…
Rirkrit Tiravanija, Soup/No Soup, 2012, Grand Palais, Paris, during which the artist transformed part of the Grand Palais into a huge, twelve-hour banquet serving only Tom Kha soup, photo: Marc Sanchez “In reaction against commodification in the art world, the relational paradigm read art in terms of its audience relations. The artist was no longer…
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…
Onecklace, Circle Monogram Initials necklace, 2012, sterling silver, 25 x 25 mm, photo: Onecklace Onecklace specializes in individually made jewelry pieces, hand crafted to customers’ specifications. They launched in 2012, have met with a lot of success, and became a corporate sponsor of AJF this year, for which we are very grateful. The founder and…
Installation view of … buried again to carry on growing … A POV by Ebony G. Patterson at the Museum of Arts and Design, photo: Butcher Walsh © Museum of Arts and Design Ebony G. Patterson: … buried again to carry on growing … The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York, USA…
Didier, Ltd. booth, Masterpiece London, the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, UK, photo: Didier, Ltd. Didier, Ltd. is a London-based gallery founded in 2006 by Didier and Martine Haspeslagh. It specializes in jewelry created by leading modern masters—painters and sculptors—who are recognized internationally for their art. Didier,…
