Mesdames. Female portraits and contemporary features

Artist list

Sara Barbanti, Maura Biamonti, Luisa Chiandotto, Jeemie Jamie Chung, Corrado De Meo, Laura Forte, Maria Rosa Franzin, Stefano Fronza, Lucilla Giovanninetti, Francesca Mo, Kazumi Nagano, Liana Pattihis, Sara Progressi, Yoko Takirai, Ognyana Teneva, Caterina Zanca

The outline is built around female characters of the time, aristocrats, dames, artists, both close to Bonaparte or evoked by their neoclassical features. In the past two years, the bicentenary has been widely recalled for the special allure, the power and the charisma of Napoleon Bonaparte (btw - as King of Italy and Emperor he visited Pavia in 1805), and here the Napoleonic era fades into the ‘scenographic’ Salone Teresiano which hosts the exhibition of contemporary artists.
AGC’s commitment to promote the culture of jewellery research, makes today a new step with this intriguing imaginary dialogue between ancient portraits and contemporary works. The ladies of the time and the gaze of the gloomy sovereign are displayed with new features that emerge from a style going beyond the neoclassical. It is a language which reiterates once again the concept of ornament: out of time body ornaments.

Opening
Wednesday, May 4th at 5 pm

Free admission upon reservation https://affluences.com/biblioteca-universitaria-di-pavia-mic/reservation

Exhibition concept
Eliana Negroni AGC Association

In collaboration with
Antonella Campagna University Library of Pavia

Set up by
Francesca Mo Architect

Cover image 

S.A. Federica Sofia Dorotea, Print XIXc., Biblioteca Universitaria di Pavia; Helena Potocka Massalska, (detail) E.Vigée LeBrun, Warsaw National Museum; Angelica Kauffmann, self-portrait (detail), Hermitage Museum; Gocce/Drops necklace, Francesca Mo 2022

Special thanks
Francesco Chiodaroli, Fondazione Maria Cosway, Lodi; Monja Faraoni, Delegazioni FAI Lodi; Cecilia Pacini, Fondazione Villa Romana delle Grotte, Portoferraio; Gloria Peria, Gestione Archivi storici Isola d’Elba.

AGC Associazione Gioiello Contemporaneo
A no-profit organization founded in 2004 to promote jewellery research through a proactive relationship with other art institutions and close contact with the international community. It enhances the quality and spreads the culture of contemporary jewellery with exhibitions, seminars, research projects and publications, fostering shared methodological approaches and aggregation for peers.
All present artists, both through AGC and individual paths, take part in international exhibitions and prestigious prizes and collections in the art jewellery field. For complete CVs please refer to the designer gallery on the website https://agc-it.org.