Rhopos
Exhibition
/
06 Oct 2011
-
27 Oct 2011
Published: 23.09.2011
Prospect Gallery

Prospect Gallery presents Regine Schwarzer and Catherine Hewitt in an exhibition where the approach is art and science and the exchange of two different sets of experience, knowledge and methodology.
Artist list
Regine Schwarzer, Catherine Hewitt
Accentuating the overlooked - an individual and combined delving into particular rock formations; a focus on internal
structures, complexity and interconnection. Works in metal and on paper. Prospect Gallery invites you to Rhopos.
Rhopos
”….the depiction of those things which lack importance, the unassuming material base of life that ‘importance’ constantly overlooks.”
Such are rocks – ‘the unassuming material base of life’ - made of minerals, natural, non-living materials, elements combined with heat and pressure. Loose sediment may become rock through the process of lithification: either accumulated grains compact under pressure or recrystallise. Every mineral possesses a combination of chemical composition and crystal structure that makes it unique. Not only do we share an attraction to the natural base elements but having studied together and seen each other’s work in progress we have come to know and appreciate the similarities in our design aesthetics. As well as developing our own specific interests for this exhibition, we explored the possibilities offered from the exchange of materials.
Rhopos is an interrelated body of work that reflects our individual and combined delving into particular rock formations. Accentuating the overlooked, we enhance and emphasise the complexity and interconnection of the ‘material base’ through shape reduction and simplicity. The works - in metal and on paper- are a combination of both the seen and the sensed; an approach involving art and science and the exchange of two different sets of experience, knowledge and methodology. The differences in our choice of working materials enhance the individual and combined interpretive focus on internal structures that evidence and echo both macrocosm and microcosm.
Regine Schwarzer and Catherine Hewitt October 2011
Bryson, N., 1990, Looking at the Overlooked: Four Essays on Still Life painting, Reaktion Books Ltd., London.
structures, complexity and interconnection. Works in metal and on paper. Prospect Gallery invites you to Rhopos.
Rhopos
”….the depiction of those things which lack importance, the unassuming material base of life that ‘importance’ constantly overlooks.”
Such are rocks – ‘the unassuming material base of life’ - made of minerals, natural, non-living materials, elements combined with heat and pressure. Loose sediment may become rock through the process of lithification: either accumulated grains compact under pressure or recrystallise. Every mineral possesses a combination of chemical composition and crystal structure that makes it unique. Not only do we share an attraction to the natural base elements but having studied together and seen each other’s work in progress we have come to know and appreciate the similarities in our design aesthetics. As well as developing our own specific interests for this exhibition, we explored the possibilities offered from the exchange of materials.
Rhopos is an interrelated body of work that reflects our individual and combined delving into particular rock formations. Accentuating the overlooked, we enhance and emphasise the complexity and interconnection of the ‘material base’ through shape reduction and simplicity. The works - in metal and on paper- are a combination of both the seen and the sensed; an approach involving art and science and the exchange of two different sets of experience, knowledge and methodology. The differences in our choice of working materials enhance the individual and combined interpretive focus on internal structures that evidence and echo both macrocosm and microcosm.
Regine Schwarzer and Catherine Hewitt October 2011
Bryson, N., 1990, Looking at the Overlooked: Four Essays on Still Life painting, Reaktion Books Ltd., London.
Piece: Littoral series, 2011
Gilding metal etched, patinated
Wrist piece 7.3 x 5.7 x 2.7 cm brooches largest 5.6 x 2.8 x 1 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Brooch: Corallaceus series, 2011
Gilding metal etched patinated, sterling silver etched, fossilized coral
Largest 6.2 x 5.4 x 1 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Earrings: Jetsam series, 2011
Earrings sterling silver etched, gilding metal etched, patinated, enamelled
Largest 5.4 x 2 x 5 cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.
Prospect Gallery
-
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 -
An Octopus's Garden of Silly Delights by Ulvi Haagensen x Morfosis by Ihan Toomik and Andreas Kivisild
06Jan2021 - 27Feb2021
A-Gallery
Tallinn, Estonia -
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