Reprint of this bestselling title on contemporary jewelry. An
introduction into art jewelry in light of current trends in
contemporary fine art and society On Jewellery offers a
comprehensive overview of the trends and role of contemporary
international jewelry art from the 1960s to today, shown within the
context of corresponding trends in art and society. This
publication is dedicated to themes such as interdisciplinary
collaboration, new means of presentation and contextualization. It
also incorporates photography and the relationships between jewelry
and the body, jewelry and ornament and new interpretations of
traditional technical skills. Furthermore it considers aspects such
as terminology and strategies, positioning, prejudices and the
significance of content with regard to jewelry. On this basis this
publication offers a synopsis of what jewelry art is and what it
can be. Its aim is to reveal the characteristics, language and
potential of jewelry. A bibliography of the most important works of
jewelry art, a directory of jewelry galleries, museums and
educational institutions make On Jewellery a compact handbook of
contemporary jewelry art. Artists featured include Pia Aleborg,
Gijs Bakker, Melanie Bielenker, Manfred Bischoff, Helen Britton,
Paul Derrez, Iris Eichenberg, Warwick Freeman, Otto Kunzli, Daniel
Kruger, Yuka Oyama, Robert Smit, Annamaria Zanella and Christoph
Zellweger. Contents: Beyond the Showcase; Conceptual Jewellery;
Jewellery and Photography; Reading Jewellery; Borderline Jewellery;
Jewellery and the Body; Jewellery and Ornament; Jewellery and the
Goldsmith's Skill; The Language of Jewellery; Documentation:
Manifests. Since 1985, Liesbeth den Besten has worked free lance as
a writer for newspapers, art and design magazines and exhibition
catalogues. She is active as an advisor and jury member for Dutch
and international governmental institutions, exhibitions and
competitions, and lectures about contemporary jewelry and crafts at
international conferences and art academies. She is chairwoman of
the Francoise van den Bosch Foundation for contemporary jewelry and
one of the founding members of Think Tank, a European Initiative
for the Applied Arts.
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