AGC,the Italian Association for contemporary jewellery, takes the exhibition Devotional Jewellery, through a new setup in the exhibit hall of the famous Escola Massana in Barcelona
The opening is scheduled for Tuesday 26 September 2023 at 6.30 pm at the Escola Massana headquarters, Plaça de la Gardunya, 9 and can be visited until 13 October according to the opening hours of the art and design center located at Raval, right behind the Boqueria Market.
Everything grows or everything dies. There is no standstill. Regardless of whether you consider a person, society, mankind or the universe. Natural urge to grow and to change is universal and the desirable Ideal of union between human and the natural world marked by our environmental impact.
The Luís Méndez Artesanos – Filigrana Gallery is pleased to invite you to the opening of the international exhibition of contemporary jewelry entitled “On the move, Jewels” curated by Luis Acosta. The theme of the exhibition is the movement that our activity has had and continues to have despite the pandemic.
DNA exhibition will be shown at the Espace Solidor Museum of Contemporary Jewellery in Cagnes Sur Mer in France. The nature has rules. But nature is also chaotic. In the handling of multiple possibilities we show our essential humanity and sensitivity. We make rules for ourselves, because we want to know how far we are willing to go. We go beyond the limits and break the rules because we want to know ourselves and our code. When you Change your point of view, you will see either chaos and confusion, or you will experience creativity and communication.
International touring exhibition On the move, Jewels has moved to Galerie Caractére in Neuchatel, Switzerland. The theme of the exhibition is the movement that our activity has had and continues to have despite the pandemic. Since the exhibition presentations in Enschede/Netherlands and Madrid/Spain, the travelling continues through Europe. Galerie Caractére presents the creations of about 80 swiss and international jewellery artists.
I have a special memory together with my mother when I was a child and we were baking cakes and biscuits. Everything smelled so sweet and warm. I remember 3 most used spices – vanilla, cinnamon and star anis. Emotion is a memory of scent, scent is a memory of emotion.
My three brooches dedicated to the theme Missing Memories will be shown in Munich.
When we dream, we create a new world. I dreamed about peace and harmony. About colours and gems. Breathing new life into recycled materials from the woods. In the middle of nature’s hideouts, my soul is surrounded by its own freedom. There is nothing what could bound a soul that is free.
Surrounding ourselves with colours makes us think positive. The need for harmony and brighter future has become more important than ever. I surrender my inner colours into my creations. The colours of my soul are reflected in them.
The story of the novel Solaris from Stanisław Lem happens on board a research station, send to understand the extraterrestrial intelligence which is the ocean. It is something that is organic, but has no cells, organs or nervous system. In my imagination it is like a Fata Morgana, shimmering on the horizon and changing colours and forms, creating visible complex structures on the surface sea.
My On the Move, Jewels – The need for positivity and a brighter future has become more important than ever. Due to Covid-19 we had to stop. We had to pause our daily hurrying, everyday stress and our routine.
« Battle of the Pins » is a celebratory show in honour of the 5 years that the ‘Precious Collective’ has been around. It is also celebrating the fact that a Pin or Brooch has its own agency; an object in its own right that can reflect personality, politics, thoughts, feelings, messages … or anything the maker or wearer wants it to be!
