The girl who makes silver sensuous at Cagnes-sur-Mer Jewellery Week 2024
Exhibition
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02 May 2024
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05 May 2024
Published: 15.04.2024
Château-Musée Grimaldi
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Pendant: Grids, 2021
Silver, nylon
8 x 6 x 0.5 cm
Photo by: Sofia Björkman
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Estimated price: 1200 €
Sweden has a long tradition with silver, including periods where it was used as currency and status symbols. When we, as students in the 1990s, learned to make coffee pots and decorative objects, many of us with artistic ambitions protested and pursued our own paths.
Artist list
Sofia Björkman, Klara Brynge, Hanna Havdell, Catarina Hällzon, Åsa Lockner, Annika Pettersson
Sweden has a long tradition with silver, including periods where it was used as currency and status symbols. When we, as students in the 1990s, learned to make coffee pots and decorative objects, many of us with artistic ambitions protested and pursued our own paths. However, there were role models, such as Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, who used low-cost materials that she found, aiming to create jewellery that women could acquire themselves and that was easy to wear. The last time I met her was during my studies at Konstfack in Stockholm. She came to see a performance and was so impressed by it, expressing: "this is new and contemporary!" The next day she returned, we had lunch, and she gave us some materials from what she had collected, that we could use if we wanted. I was inspired by her passion and strength, exactly what a student needs. Thank you, Torun!
Torun, as she was called, went her own way. 1958 she moved to the French Riviera (Côte d'Azur). Here, she established her workshop and found pebbles on the beach that she used in her jewellery, which have become collector's items. It was here she met other artists such as Picasso.
So, for Destination Bijou at Château Grimaldi in Cagnes-sur-Mer, we, as Swedish jewellery artists, would like to honour Torun and show how we work today and have developed into independent silversmiths and jewellery artists. The title of the exhibition, "The girl who makes silver sensuous," is taken from a headline of an article in The Star Weekly Magazine from 1962.
After graduating from Konstfack in Stockholm in 1999, I co-founded PLATINA with two colleagues. Over the years, we have worked internationally and organized exhibitions. We have collaborated with amazing artists whom we believe are addressing contemporary issues and expressions.
/ Sofia Björkman, PLATINA
Hours : 10h – 12h /14h – 18h.
Torun, as she was called, went her own way. 1958 she moved to the French Riviera (Côte d'Azur). Here, she established her workshop and found pebbles on the beach that she used in her jewellery, which have become collector's items. It was here she met other artists such as Picasso.
So, for Destination Bijou at Château Grimaldi in Cagnes-sur-Mer, we, as Swedish jewellery artists, would like to honour Torun and show how we work today and have developed into independent silversmiths and jewellery artists. The title of the exhibition, "The girl who makes silver sensuous," is taken from a headline of an article in The Star Weekly Magazine from 1962.
After graduating from Konstfack in Stockholm in 1999, I co-founded PLATINA with two colleagues. Over the years, we have worked internationally and organized exhibitions. We have collaborated with amazing artists whom we believe are addressing contemporary issues and expressions.
/ Sofia Björkman, PLATINA
Hours : 10h – 12h /14h – 18h.
Château-Musée Grimaldi
- Website Destination Bijou Cagnes
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- Mail:
- destinationbijoucagnesgmail.com
- Phone:
- +33 (0)4 92 02 47 35
- Curator:
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