Between Black and White by Evert Nijland

For twenty years Nijland's objects and jewels have navigated a spectacular course between the primal and sophisticated, raw and gentle, historic and modern, luxe and quotidian, tangible and intellectual. By investigating cultural markers long considered opposite, like ornate Baroque embellishments and conceptual contemporary aesthetics - along with substances as diverse as textile and iron, rope and porcelain, rubber and mole fur - he encourages us to perceive art through an alternate set of criteria. In both free-standing and wearable formats, Nijland seamlessly blends the autonomy of sculpture with the functionality of jewelry.