Metamorphoses
Exhibition
/
25 Feb 2022
-
02 Apr 2022
Published: 04.03.2022
Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein
- Mail:
- info
bayerischer-kunstgewerbeverein.de
- Phone:
- +49 89 29 01 470
- Curator:
- Loukia Richards, Christoph Ziegler
- Management:
- Monika Fahn

Metamorphoses, transfigurations, and mutations as mind-opening revelations can be found in many religions, art, and literary traditions. The changes in form and substance, documented by innumerable myths and doctrines, have a common denominator: the ascent of the human being into a higher spiritual sphere.
Artist list
Miki Asai, Volker Atrops, Karl Fritsch, Kira Fritsch, Franceca Guarnieri, Marilena Karagkiozi, Masumi Kataoka, Unk Kraus, Yolanda Ky, Criselda Lopez, Margarita Malliri, Christina Panagiotopoulou, Constance Marie Pretorius, Daniel Ramos, Loukia Richards, Alison Shelton Brown, Jason Stein, Maja Stojkovska, Peter Vermandere, Anna Watson, Christoph Ziegler, Daniel von Weinberger
From Homer and Ovid to Moses’ burning bush or Christ’s Transfiguration, the djinnis of 1001 Nights and Brother Grimm's folk tales, Goethe's Faust, Rabbi Loew's Golem, or the Japanesemedieval legends, the message is clear: A sublime power shows its omnipresence through transformation and mutation, and enchants humanity with promise and hope.
Franz Kafka's famous novel Metamorphosis departs from the spiritual tradition of pre-modernity and ominously foreshadows a society obsessed with order, segregation, and racial hygiene on its way to the war tragedy.
The alchemists expressed humankind’s desire for endless knowledge, wealth, and immortality by seeking to convert waste into gold. Nowadays, up cycling is a common practice. Fashion and luxury brands proudly advertise the pre-used origin of their raw materials. It is ethical and kind, indeed, to recycle; but is it not void of existential meaning? Does it also help us to make contact with something bigger than us, such as nature, humanity, the common good, or even God?
Does contemporary jewellery need to be spiritual? Is the quest for something that stays alive forever just a psychological side effect of mutating Covid-19 or are we being led to our archaic roots by the search for a talisman against fear, disease, and loss?
Soft Opening: Friday, 25 February 2022 from 4.00 to 6.00 p.m.
Duration: 25 February - 2 April 2022
Opening Hours: Monday - Saturday 10.00 AM - 6.00 PM (CET)
LIVE Online Show of the exhibition:
The Metamorphoses Zoom live online show will present the artists, works and videos of the exhibition which runs from 25 February to 2 April at Bayerischer Kunstgewerberein Munich. The show will be enriched with interviews with the artists, live reporting from Munich Schmuck 2022.
>> Zoom meeting link
Meeting-ID: 998 026 4362
Password: Meta-M
Hours: Sunday, 6 March 2022, 3.00 to 4.30 p.m (CET).
Access more information click here
Franz Kafka's famous novel Metamorphosis departs from the spiritual tradition of pre-modernity and ominously foreshadows a society obsessed with order, segregation, and racial hygiene on its way to the war tragedy.
The alchemists expressed humankind’s desire for endless knowledge, wealth, and immortality by seeking to convert waste into gold. Nowadays, up cycling is a common practice. Fashion and luxury brands proudly advertise the pre-used origin of their raw materials. It is ethical and kind, indeed, to recycle; but is it not void of existential meaning? Does it also help us to make contact with something bigger than us, such as nature, humanity, the common good, or even God?
Does contemporary jewellery need to be spiritual? Is the quest for something that stays alive forever just a psychological side effect of mutating Covid-19 or are we being led to our archaic roots by the search for a talisman against fear, disease, and loss?
Soft Opening: Friday, 25 February 2022 from 4.00 to 6.00 p.m.
Duration: 25 February - 2 April 2022
Opening Hours: Monday - Saturday 10.00 AM - 6.00 PM (CET)
LIVE Online Show of the exhibition:
The Metamorphoses Zoom live online show will present the artists, works and videos of the exhibition which runs from 25 February to 2 April at Bayerischer Kunstgewerberein Munich. The show will be enriched with interviews with the artists, live reporting from Munich Schmuck 2022.
>> Zoom meeting link
Meeting-ID: 998 026 4362
Password: Meta-M
Hours: Sunday, 6 March 2022, 3.00 to 4.30 p.m (CET).
Access more information click here
Earrings: Achtung Baustelle no.3, 2022
Aluminium, plastic, synthetic resin, steel
6.5 x 2.2 x 2 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Necklace: Temporal Resonance #17, 2022
Brass, found objects, patina
6.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Brooch: Push-le, 2022
Eco-plastic, 3D print
13 x 15 x 15 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Pendant: Wave, 2022
Wood, eggshell, gold leaf, lacquer, cord
14 x 9 x 1.5 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Brooch: Rose Garden, 2022
Textile, embroidery, glass beads, textile print, steel
10 x 5.5 x 0.5 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Necklace: Nostalgia I, 2022
Wood, wooden objects, plastic, rubber, lacquer
49 x 21 x 4.5 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Necklace: Carved Marble, 2022
Embroidery on textile, yarn, synthetic material, antique white and pink coral
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Cup: Keine Angst, 2021
Ceramic, silver, carnelian, cubic zirconia.
18 x 15 x 10 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Brooch: Out Of Longing, 2021
Copper, enamel, silver, steel
9 x 7 x 7 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Brooch: Hyazinthe, 2022
Wood, oxidised silver
20 x 6 x 4 cmw
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Body piece: Uroboro, 2022
Carved marble.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein
- Mail:
- info
bayerischer-kunstgewerbeverein.de
- Phone:
- +49 89 29 01 470
- Curator:
- Loukia Richards, Christoph Ziegler
- Management:
- Monika Fahn
-
Hnoss Initiative 25 year Jubilee Exhibition and Seminar
02Sep2022 - 25Sep2022
Hnoss Initiative
Gothenburg, Sweden -
20 Years Pinakothek der Moderne, 21 Objects
14Jul2022 - 15Jan2023
Die Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum
Munich, Germany -
East meets West by Kazumi Nagano and Michael Becker
08Jul2022 - 30Jul2022
Galerie Isabella Hund
Munich, Germany -
European Prize for Applied Arts 2021 in Barcelona
07Jul2022 - 25Sep2022
Consorcio de Comercio, Artesanía y Moda de Cataluña (CCAM)
Barcelona, Spain -
Smck on Reel. The first international video festival inspired by jewelry at Schmuck 2022. Guest of honor: Ukraine
07Jul2022 - 10Jul2022
Galerie Weltraum
Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein
Munich, Germany -
Exempla 2022
06Jul2022 - 10Jul2022
Internationale Handwerkmesse Munich
Munich, Germany -
Robert Baines as a Modern Classicist. Artist Retrospective at Schmuck 2022
06Jul2022 - 10Jul2022
Internationale Handwerkmesse Munich
Munich, Germany -
Frame Selected Galleries at Handwerk & Design 2022
06Jul2022 - 10Jul2022
Internationale Handwerkmesse Munich
Munich, Germany -
Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h at Frame 2022
06Jul2022 - 10Jul2022
Internationale Handwerkmesse Munich
Munich, Germany -
Gallery Platina at Frame 2022
06Jul2022 - 10Jul2022
Internationale Handwerkmesse Munich
Munich, Germany -
Galerie Rosemarie Jäger at Frame 2022
06Jul2022 - 10Jul2022
Internationale Handwerkmesse Munich
Munich, Germany -
Buckle up. Galerie Door guest at Seidlvilla
06Jul2022 - 10Jul2022
Seidlvilla
Munich, Germany -
Tinsel Gallery at Frame 2022
06Jul2022 - 10Jul2022
Internationale Handwerkmesse Munich
Munich, Germany -
Italiano Plurale at Handwerk and Design 2022
06Jul2022 - 10Jul2022
Internationale Handwerkmesse Munich
Munich, Germany -
Galerie Marzee at Frame 2022
06Jul2022 - 10Jul2022
Internationale Handwerkmesse Munich
Munich, Germany