Revelry by Ralph Bakker
Exhibition
/
12 Sep 2020
-
24 Oct 2020
Published: 05.09.2020
Galerie Rob Koudijs
- Mail:
- info
galerierobkoudijs.nl
- Phone:
- +31 20 3318796
- +31 6 13905554
- Management:
- Rob Koudijs
Ring: Revelry 8, 2020
Silver, gold, Fire quartz.
Photo by: Michael Anhalt
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Frankly, the materials employed by the goldsmith are almost too beautiful… The way they shine, the light reflecting on their surface, the titillating options for numerous alloys. In addition, there is a multitude of ways available to process them, and that is of course also the snag. It is only through time-honoured and laborious crafts that precious metals can be made to blossom.
Artist list
Ralph Bakker
To enhance the revelry - to paraphrase a Dutch expression - Ralph Bakker has all sorts of additional skills at his disposal. He excels in applying surface finishes like niello and enamel, so he can finish his pieces with lustrous colour. The many elements that make up his necklaces went in the oven time and again, to provide all the silver with dazzling translucent enamels, in subtly contrasting hues.
Seen from the perspective of classic jewellery, Bakker's work is never traditional. Its richness lies in the ingenious construction, the exquisite colouring and his attention to detail, without ever becoming gaudy. Pieces that are a joy to wear, never burdened by habits of displaying financial supremacy; actually the very aim of revolutionary jewellery makers half a century ago.
/ Ward Schrijver
(© Galerie Rob Koudijs)
Seen from the perspective of classic jewellery, Bakker's work is never traditional. Its richness lies in the ingenious construction, the exquisite colouring and his attention to detail, without ever becoming gaudy. Pieces that are a joy to wear, never burdened by habits of displaying financial supremacy; actually the very aim of revolutionary jewellery makers half a century ago.
/ Ward Schrijver
(© Galerie Rob Koudijs)
Necklace: Revelry 1, 2020
Gold, silver, enamel.
Photo by: Michael Anhalt
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Necklace: Revelry 2, 2020
Silver, enamel.
Photo by: Michael Anhalt
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Necklace: Revelry 3, 2020
Gold, silver, enamel.
Photo by: Michael Anhalt
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Necklace: Revelry 4, 2020
Gold, silver, enamel, gold-leaf.
Photo by: Michael Anhalt
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Ring: Revelry 5, 2020
Gold, silver, tantalum, Ethiopic Opal.
Photo by: Michael Anhalt
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Ring: Revelry 6, 2020
Gold, silver, loupe.
Photo by: Michael Anhalt
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Ring: Revelry 7, 2020
Gold, silver, Rose quartz.
Photo by: Michael Anhalt
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Ring: Revelry 9, 2020
Gold, silver, Rose quartz.
Photo by: Michael Anhalt
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Earrings: Revelry 11, 2020
Gold, silver, enamel, gold-leaf.
Photo by: Michael Anhalt
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Galerie Rob Koudijs
- Mail:
- info
galerierobkoudijs.nl
- Phone:
- +31 20 3318796
- +31 6 13905554
- Management:
- Rob Koudijs
-
Con-tacto. Centro de Diseño, Cine y Televisión. Degree Show 2020
24May2021 - 21Jun2021
Centro de Diseño, Cine y Televisión
Mexico City, Mexico -
Simply Brilliant. Artist Jewelers of the 1960s and 1970s
27Mar2021 - 27Jun2021
Pforzheim Jewellery Museum
Pforzheim, Germany -
Masterpieces in Miniature. Treasures from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection
05Mar2021 - 15Aug2021
DIVA. Antwerp Home of Diamonds
Antwerp, Belgium -
Invisible Thread
01Feb2021 - 27Feb2021
Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein
Munich, Germany -
Preziosa Young 2020 in Barcelona
13Jan2021 - 03Feb2021
Hannah Gallery
Barcelona, Spain -
Like Silk
12Jan2021 - 12Feb2021
EASD València
Valencia, Spain -
HomeWork by Melanie Bilenker
08Jan2021 - 11Feb2021
Sienna Patti
Lenox, United States -
Fables for the Times. Presentation of Artist in Residence Program Revive in Ten
25Dec2020 - 05Jan2021
MEI-BO Art Museum
Shanghai, China -
Schmuckmelange. Die KunstModeDesign Herbststrasse. Degree Show 2020
21Dec2020 - 31Dec2020
Die KunstModeDesign Herbststrasse. Evening College JewelleryDesign
Vienna, Austria -
The Palace of Shattered Vessels: Light Catchers
19Dec2020 - 31Mar2021
FROOTS & Nogart
Shanghai, China -
See the Big from the Small
19Dec2020 - 03Jan2021
The Closer Gallery
Beijing, China -
Absolutely Abstract
17Dec2020 - 09Jan2021
Lee Eugean Gallery
Seoul, South Korea -
Breath/Nefes
15Dec2020 - 31Dec2020
Jewelry Links
Istanbul, Turkey -
WARP Tokyo-Barcelona
14Dec2020 - 20Dec2020
AC,Gallery
Tokyo, Japan -
Elixir by Petra Class
12Dec2020 - 31Dec2020
Jewelers' Werk Galerie
Washington, United States