Between Nature and Artifice by Daniel Kruger
Exhibition
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09 Jul 2015
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27 Sep 2015
Published: 29.06.2015

Hardly any other jewelry artist has repeatedly found his way so freely and unencumbered to new pictorial worlds of a very personal nature as Daniel Kruger, professor at the famous Burg Giebichenstein college in Halle.
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Daniel Kruger
Following the exhibitions in Leipzig and Pforzheim, the German Goldsmiths’ House in Hanau will present a retrospective encompassing nearly 200 examples of Daniel Kruger’s work. The artist studied goldsmiths’ art, graphic design, and painting in South Africa; in Munich, he studied under Professor Hermann Jünger and graduated with a degree from the Akademie der Bildenden Künste. Kruger’s works are represented worldwide in museums and galleries. For many years, he has taught at the most important educational facilities in both Germany and abroad.
Kruger often refers to elements of folk art from his South African homeland, but he also utilizes found items of various materials or quotes historical forms and ornamentation. His artistic inventiveness, the unusual combinations of materials, as well as his reinterpretations of craft techniques repeatedly give his jewelry works fascinating new perspectives. Frequently, the jewelry pieces are enlivened by a very special magnificence which is anchored in the here and now. The diversity of the materials, the charming play of color, the textural experience, and the aesthetic pleasure play an important role for Daniel Kruger, “The ‘how’ and ‘why’ don’t interest me. It’s the article itself that fascinates me.”
Kruger often refers to elements of folk art from his South African homeland, but he also utilizes found items of various materials or quotes historical forms and ornamentation. His artistic inventiveness, the unusual combinations of materials, as well as his reinterpretations of craft techniques repeatedly give his jewelry works fascinating new perspectives. Frequently, the jewelry pieces are enlivened by a very special magnificence which is anchored in the here and now. The diversity of the materials, the charming play of color, the textural experience, and the aesthetic pleasure play an important role for Daniel Kruger, “The ‘how’ and ‘why’ don’t interest me. It’s the article itself that fascinates me.”
Pendant: untitled, 2011
cooper, enamel, silver
Photo by: Udo W. Baier
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Brooch: untitled, 1998
turquoise, chrysoprase, gold
Photo by: Udo W. Baier
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Necklace: Untitled, 2013
Silver filigree, acrylic glass, pigment
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Neckpiece: Untitled, 2011
Silver, pigment
Photo by: Udo W. Baier
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Necklace: Untitled, 1986
Rose stem segments cast in silver, glass, gold, red rubber.
45 cm long
Photo by: P. Frankenstein and H. Zwietasch
Part of: Landesmuseum Württemberg Stuttgart
Published at: Daniel Kruger: Between Nature and Artifice. Jewellery 1974-2014
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Brooch: Untitled, 1993
Silver, silver topaz
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Pendant: Untitled, 2011
Silver constructed, pigment
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Necklace: Untitled, 2007
Silver filigree, pigment
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