Connections/Connessioni
Exhibition
/
07 Nov 2019
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03 Jan 2020
Published: 26.10.2019
The Goldsmiths' Centre
- Mail:
- enquiries
acj.org.uk - info
goldsmiths-centre.org
- Phone:
- +44 20 7566 7650
- Curator:
- Eliana Negroni, Maria Rosa Franzin, Tamizan Savill

AGC | ACJ touring exhibition will be showing work from two organisations and 50 international jewellers: The Association for Contemporary Jewellery (ACJ) in the UK is working with its Italian equivalent l’Associazione Gioiello Contemporaneo (AGC) on a two-country touring exhibition from November 2019, and running to the end of 2020.
Artist list
Stephen Bottomley, Elisabetta Carozzi, Jeemin Jamie Chung, Katarina Cudic, Ute Decker, Amanda Denison, Anne Earls Boylan, Shelby Ferris Fitzpatrick, Laura Forte, Maria Rosa Franzin, Jo Garner, Masako Hamaguchi, Meng He, Susi Hines, Terry Hunt, Rebecca Ilett, Emily Kidson, Nicky Lawrence, Sophie Lowe, Allison Macleod, Letizia Maggio, Renata Manganelli, Gigi Mariani, Mineri Matsuura, Marco Minelli, Paola Mirai, Malgorzata Misiak-Orlovic, Ailsa Morrant, Mandy Nash, Kim Nogueira, Simone Nolden, Harold O'Connor, Liana Pattihis, Pietro Pellitteri, Felicity Peters, Marco Picciali, Alba Polenghi Lisca, Carla Riccoboni, Stefano Rossi, Chiara Scarpitti, Eleanor Symms, Yoko Takirai, Ognyana Teneva, Yiota Vogli, Anne Walker, Esme Yamaguchi, Anastasia Young, Caterina Zanca, Caterina Zucchi, Corrado de Meo, Louise Seijen ten Hoorn, Babette von Dohnanyi
Twenty-five makers have been selected from each organisation, and work is coming from jewellers based in Japan, Korea, Australia, USA, US Virgin Islands and several European countries, as well as Italy and the UK.
This is a fantastic selection of work on the theme of connections, be they physical, emotional, ephemeral, ethereal or connections as a technical jewellery term.
VENUES:
The exhibition opens at the renowned centre of excellence for jewellery and silversmithing, the Goldsmiths' Centre in London.
The second venue is The Lighthouse, Glasgow, Scotland’s Centre for Design and Architecture, open 19 February - 17 May 2020
In June, we have the first Italian venue, Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo in Livorno, then in September the ornate and beautiful Oratorio San Rocco in Padua will host the show.
Bilingual Catalogue
The catalogue is available via email: enquiries@acj.org.uk, price £5.00 + post.
For more info via: www.acj.org.uk.
Artist Talk
Reserve your seat and buy the ticket via the email: enquiries@acj.org.uk.
11th of November, Monday, 4.30 pm at the Goldsmiths' Centre.
In Conversation with exhibition participants Marco Picciali, Corrado De Meo, Ute Decker and Nicky Lawrence.
This is a fantastic selection of work on the theme of connections, be they physical, emotional, ephemeral, ethereal or connections as a technical jewellery term.
VENUES:
The exhibition opens at the renowned centre of excellence for jewellery and silversmithing, the Goldsmiths' Centre in London.
The second venue is The Lighthouse, Glasgow, Scotland’s Centre for Design and Architecture, open 19 February - 17 May 2020
In June, we have the first Italian venue, Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo in Livorno, then in September the ornate and beautiful Oratorio San Rocco in Padua will host the show.
Bilingual Catalogue
The catalogue is available via email: enquiries@acj.org.uk, price £5.00 + post.
For more info via: www.acj.org.uk.
Artist Talk
Reserve your seat and buy the ticket via the email: enquiries@acj.org.uk.
11th of November, Monday, 4.30 pm at the Goldsmiths' Centre.
In Conversation with exhibition participants Marco Picciali, Corrado De Meo, Ute Decker and Nicky Lawrence.
The Goldsmiths' Centre
- Mail:
- enquiries
acj.org.uk - info
goldsmiths-centre.org
- Phone:
- +44 20 7566 7650
- Curator:
- Eliana Negroni, Maria Rosa Franzin, Tamizan Savill
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