Preziosa 2011: Monologue by Mari Ishikawa

Artist list

Mari Ishikawa

Since 2005, PREZIOSA is the important exhibition dedicated to Research Jewellery, designed, organized and managed by Le Arti Orafe, the academy for contemporary jewellery based in Florence. The 2011 edition presents the retrospective exhibition dedicated to Mari Ishikawa and the side exhibition PREZIOSA YOUNG 2011. The two section of PREZIOSA 2011 will be housed in the "Tribune Galileo" at the Museum of “La Specola”, in Florence.


The work of Mari Ishikawa expresses a deep fascination with the natural world. With a look full of charm, the artist observes nature and manages to infuse the magic in her photographs and her jewellery, as Moon Light Shadow, In The Shadow Of A Tree, Clouds. The natural spectacle is experienced in its most intimate and small ravines, in the form of branches, the tangle of a shoot, the emergence of a delicate inflorescence. In her works throughout the poem takes the form of a feeling of nature as a living entity, palpitating, perpetual, and in her cycle of birth, growth, development. 

The exhibition is curated by Maria Cristina Bergesio.

Catalogues 
Catalogue of the artist Mari Ishikawa, in English and German, and PREZIOSA YOUNG 2011 catalogue, in Italian and English .

Programme

Side Events:
FIRENZE PREZIOSA cooperate with FiorGen a non-profit organization (www.fiorgen.net) to create a benefit event that will raise funds to support research for early diagnosis of genetic and degenerative diseases. The jewellery donated by the artists in the exhibition, other artists and friends of PREZIOSA, teachers, students and alumni of the school to support the FiorGen’s research, will be hosted from 1 to 9 October as part of the prestigious International Antiques Biennale , held in the Palazzo Corsini in Florence, and from 10 to 22 October at the Museum “La Specola”, along with PREZIOSA 2011. 

The catalogue with pictures of objects created for FiorGen will be presented Oct. 5, during the opening night of PREZIOSA, and the auction will be conducted Oct. 22 in the beautiful “Hall of Skeletons” of the Museum La Specola.

Exhibition venue: Museum La Specola, Via Romana, 9, Florence
Works on show: About 120 objects (artists’ and private collections);

Conferences:
 Mari Ishikawa, with critical introduction and presentation by Dr. Maria Cristina Bergesio, curator of the exhibition: Thursday, October 5 at 17:00 am in the "Hall of Skeletons", La Specola Museum.

Participation to the conference is free but places are limited, so it is recommended to register online www.preziosa.org/it/contatti.html