9 March Project: Contemporary Jewelry Exploring the Subject of Gender and Feminism

Artist list

Alina Abaeva, Anat Aboucaya, Marina Anohina, Kaia Ansip, Bella Antonio, Hebe Argentieri, Tsagana Badaeva, Yotam Bahat, Elena Belova, Roberta Bernabei, Petr Bizar, Anna Butwell, Yuri Bylkov, Tim Carson, Olga Chereshneva, Laila Costa, Svetlana Filimonova, Maayan Fima, Justine Fletcher, Lisa Furno, Iren Gabelia, Barbara Garcia, Keren Gispan, Barbara Glez, Elena Gorbunova, Rill Greenfeld, Katherine Grocott, Fan He, Jennifer Hoes, Holland Houdek, Komov Igor, IntoInto, Orion Ivliev, Augustin Jans, Jussi Jarvinen, Xanthi Kaldeli, Komov Katerina, Ljubov Kedrina, Karin Kent, Tina Khmelnitskaya, Tatiana Kholodnova, Dasha Khoreva, Annabelle Kirkpatrick, Batami Kober, Jytte Kornbeck Løppenthin, Tatiana Korneva, Katia Korzh, Maya Kotelnitskaya, Erato Kouloubi, Verena Krems, Anastasia Kucherenko, Anne Lahn, Irina Latkina, Alisa Letsius, Tati Lobanova, Lorena Lazard, Carlo Lucidi, Maria Lykova, Jules Maillot, Maria Mamkaeva, Chiara Martina Davanzo, Gabriela Ramirez Michel, Alexander Nenilin, Alla Ozhegova, Tamar Paley, Sigrun Palmisano, Phosphor Jewelry, Tarya Polyakova, Katia Rabey, Anna Riess, Pavel Ryzhenkov, SAYMO, Philip Sajet, Linda Savineau, Valeriy Seredin, Ekaterina Sisfontes, Alena Smirnova, Masha Starikova, Kirill Stryuk, Maxim Sytnikov, Luca Ujvari-Zsiga, Qian Wang, Yadi Wang, Daniel Weinberger, Kathryn Yeats, Alia Zagirova, Sofia Zakharova, Francesca di Ciaula, Felieke van der Leest

Feminism and gender stereotypes more and more often become a subject of heated debates, editorials and Oscar speeches, as well as movies, TV-shows, performances, comic books and many other art forms. Contemporary jewelry art quite often touches on this subject as well, however, this form of expression still seems unusual to a Russian viewer who expects a jewelry piece to have a hallmark and carats rather than an opinion on a hot topic. Even Russian jewelry artists prefer small-circle events, contests and exhibitions with vague subject names, known only to themselves and their support teams.
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9 March Project is an attempt to kill two birds with one stone. We want to bring contemporary jewelry to light by rising through it questions that are relevant for many: feminism and gender stereotypes. We want to show that contemporary jewelry is no less of an art form than painting or sculpture. We want to discuss women’s place in society and as a means of expression, we want to use something that was always, as women themselves, considered beautiful but insignificant - jewelry. We think that combining two controversial subjects can benefit both: people interested in questions of gender can through it learn more about contemporary jewelry and jewelry lovers will be able to reflect on modern feminist agenda.
 
The show unites 86 contemporary jewelry artists from all over the world, and it is the first event of this scale in Russia.

Opening hours: Every day, 12 pm - 22 pm.


In order to raise money for the show (construction, lights, polygraphy etc) we started a crowdfunding campaign at Russian crowdfunding platform Planeta.ru. To our backers, we offer a whole range of very cool rewards that we, curators / jewelry designers, make ourselves. Check them out!

Crowfunding link: https://planeta.ru/campaigns/march9