like WATER… by Mari Ishikawa
Exhibition
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15 Nov 2024
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23 Feb 2025
Published: 23.10.2024
Oratorio San Rocco Padova
- Mail:
- serviziomostre
comune.padova.it
- Phone:
- +39 049 8753981
- Curator:
- Mirella Cisotto Nalon
- Management:
- Alessandra Zabbeo
Celebrating 30 years of artistic exploration, Mari Ishikawa will present a solo exhibition at San Rocco, Padua, featuring 105 works created between 1994 and 2024.
A new catalogue 'pensieri preziosi 19 “come L´ACQUA…MARI ISHIKAWA”' (128p), with texts by Mirella Cisotto Nalon, Monika Fahn, and Lucia Bazzanella Dal Piaz, has been published to accompany the exhibition, offering deeper insights into her work.
Artist list
Mari Ishikawa
The Mayor of Padua, Sergio Giordani, and the Councilor for Culture, Andrea Colasio,
cordially invite you to the inauguration of the exhibition like WATER... Purity, Regeneration, and Life in the Jewelry of Mari Ishikawa
Water is the source of life and a symbol of the cycle of life. Nothing in this world could prevent its own destiny from disappearing. However, there is also the power of regeneration. Water is a symbol of regeneration. I work with Aquamarine in its raw form as a symbol of water. Plants show us the power of rebirth as well. I also work with plants cast in silver to capture this moment. When we realise that the days of stagnation are not forever, the path is already open, and transformation has already begun.
Rebirth... Nothing in this world can escape its ultimate destiny. We believe that things have their own destiny, and they disappear one day. But we have also the power of regeneration. The natural plants quietly show me that fact of rebirth. Various plant forms are portrayed with their shadows in cast silver pieces that I created into jewellery. Moonstones are woven into the surface with silk thread. A gleam of light (moonstone) on the surface, seemingly expecting a new life. Plants come and go as part of their life cycle. This is the illusion of plants but also the celebration of rebirth and memories. The color of red used in brooches symbolises life and is also a sign of spring arrival as it appears at the tip of the flower bud.
/ Mari Ishikawa
The opening ceremony will be on November 15. 2024 at 17:30
The exhibition runs from November 16, 2024 until February 23, 2025
Presented by the City of Padua, Department of Culture, Padua Museums and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo
cordially invite you to the inauguration of the exhibition like WATER... Purity, Regeneration, and Life in the Jewelry of Mari Ishikawa
Water is the source of life and a symbol of the cycle of life. Nothing in this world could prevent its own destiny from disappearing. However, there is also the power of regeneration. Water is a symbol of regeneration. I work with Aquamarine in its raw form as a symbol of water. Plants show us the power of rebirth as well. I also work with plants cast in silver to capture this moment. When we realise that the days of stagnation are not forever, the path is already open, and transformation has already begun.
Rebirth... Nothing in this world can escape its ultimate destiny. We believe that things have their own destiny, and they disappear one day. But we have also the power of regeneration. The natural plants quietly show me that fact of rebirth. Various plant forms are portrayed with their shadows in cast silver pieces that I created into jewellery. Moonstones are woven into the surface with silk thread. A gleam of light (moonstone) on the surface, seemingly expecting a new life. Plants come and go as part of their life cycle. This is the illusion of plants but also the celebration of rebirth and memories. The color of red used in brooches symbolises life and is also a sign of spring arrival as it appears at the tip of the flower bud.
/ Mari Ishikawa
The opening ceremony will be on November 15. 2024 at 17:30
The exhibition runs from November 16, 2024 until February 23, 2025
Presented by the City of Padua, Department of Culture, Padua Museums and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo
Oratorio San Rocco Padova
- Mail:
- serviziomostrecomune.padova.it
- Phone:
- +39 049 8753981
- Curator:
- Mirella Cisotto Nalon
- Management:
- Alessandra Zabbeo
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