"A Bit of Clay on the Skin: New Ceramic Jewelry" Exhibition
Museum of Arts & Design
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"A Bit of Clay on the Skin: New Ceramic Jewelry" explores the manifold appeal of ceramics, especially porcelain, in jewelry. Organized by the Fondation d'Entreprise Bernardaud and curated by the renowned German-born goldsmith and jewelry artist Monika Brugger, the exhibition showcases the versatility and allure of the medium, which can be modeled or cast, used alone or with metal, wood, and stone, and vary in color and texture. Best known as the stuff of the luxurious and the mundane, of fine tableware and technical equipment, when used in jewelry, porcelain sparks the visual and physical sensations to become an object of desire.
The exhibition showcases the scope and ingenuity of the more than one hundred works on view and features the work of 18 cutting-edge jewelry artists, including creations by such notables as Peter Hoogeboom, Evert Nijland, Ted Noten (The Netherlands), Gésine Hackenberg (Germany), Marie Pendariès (Spain), and Shu-Lin Wu (Taiwan). While some make reference to traditional jewelry in materials and symbolism, others altogether redefine it in substance, form, and matter.
[Image: Peter Hoogeboom "Spanish Collar" (1995) Ceramic, silver, brass 2.75 x 25 x 0.8 in. Photo by Henni van Beek]
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Schedule
from March 15, 2011 to September 04, 2011