The Perfect Brooch

Artist list

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen, Chris Bahng, Nicholas Bastin, Julie Blyfield, Melissa Cameron, Daniel Dicaprio, Bin Dixon-Ward, Aurélie Guillaume, Marian Hosking, Kath Inglis, Eugenie Keefer-Bell, Takashi Kojima, Johannes Kuhnen, Mio Kuhnen, Cinnamon Lee, Carlier Makigawa, Vicki Mason, Claire McArdle, Larah Nott, Sean O’Connell, Brenda Ridgewell, Su San-Cohn, Fumiki Taguchi, Taweesak Molsawat, David Walker

What, for a jeweler, would constitute the perfect brooch? Gallery Bilk has invited twenty-five contemporary jewelers from around the world to respond to this question and they have risen to the challenge in a myriad of surprising and enchanting ways that will be showcased in The Perfect Brooch exhibition, which opens at Gallery Bilk on Saturday 3 July 2021.
 
Conceptual adventures, technical skills, new directions, and the exploration of jewelry’s capacity to express sentimental connections all find a place in the show. Amongst the many works to be seen, the exhibition will feature a romantic brooch showcasing a single diamond and a secret only visible to its wearer; a complex enameled jewel that pays homage to the ephemeral treasures we collect in our everyday lives; a bouquet of plants that tell the story of the relationship between the maker and her late partner and a brooch that features a dazzling collection of semi-precious stones balanced precariously in a bravura exercise of technical skill. In an innovative collaboration that provides an encapsulation of the exhibition’s proposition, two artists will deploy artificial intelligence technology to synthesize images of all the works in the exhibition to create an ultimate “perfect brooch”...

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The exhibition will be open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 11.00 am to 5.00 pm or by appointment until Saturday 7 August 2021.