Shining Despair in Barcelona
Exhibition
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01 Oct 2025
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03 Oct 2025
Published: 15.09.2025
Brooch: Saves 1, 2024
Hand-dyed silk, brass, 925 silver
11 x 10.5 x 1.8 cm
Photo by: Sangdeok Han
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The exhibition Shining Despair will stop at Contemporania Barcelona OFF, hosted at Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc, Barcelona.
Artist list
Marta Alonso, Henrike Altes, Eliane-Catrie Blouin Achim, Susan Buchanan, Isabelle Busnel, Sébastien Carré, Sunyoung Cheong, Eunhee Cho, Elvira Cibotti, Xenia Deimezi, Clara Del Papa, Denis Music, Yichen Dong, Javier Ens, Esteban Erosky, Donald Friedlich, Laurel Fulton, Juan Harnie, Minami Hiranuma, Holland Houdek, Aimee Howard-Clinger, Stacey Huang, Katherine Hubble, Arisa Inoue, Aya Iwata, Malene Kastalje, Jeannette Knigge, Marilyn Koch, Maria Konschake, Selma Leal, Lena Lindahl, Rikke Lunnemann, Carmen López, Katherine Mc Namara, Misha McLean, Iris Merkle, Eiko Nakahara, Thu Huong Nguyen, Taibe Palacios, Wiebke Pandikow, Jounghye Park, Lily Preve, Juan Riusech, Catalina Rivera, Uri Samet, Jina Seo, Sara Shahak, Spam Glam, Kamile Staneliene, Deganit Stern Schocken, Sanna Svedestedt, Anna Talbot, Myriam Theveniaud, Anna Timar, Gloria Tormo, Maud Traon, Youjin Um, Willy Van de Velde, Pilar Viedma, Jeanine van der Linde, Ute van der Plaats
It is clear to all of us that the degree of the current chaos in the world is caused by our own actions, creating internal as well as external conflicts.
We all suffer.
The texture, characteristics, and significance of our suffering are more or less known to us, we try to get rid of them.
Always with limited success. Some sort of pain and suffering are too overwhelming and cause a feeling of helplessness and a state of mind that we can either transform or accept as it is.
But we artists have a unique opportunity; with our craftsmanship and its requirements and the various materials and substances that are in front of us, we can take out the texture of our despair and transform it, following the call for life and creating luminous objects, – giving birth to a shining jewelry piece, with all its beauty and grace, a silent witness to our despair.
The exhibition will be held at Cercle Artistic de Sant Lluc. Carrer dels Mercaders, 42, 08003 Barcelona.
Exhibition opening hours: Wednesday October 1st to Friday October 3rd, 2025 from 15h to 20h.
Opening on Wednesday Oct 1st from 18h to 20h.
We all suffer.
The texture, characteristics, and significance of our suffering are more or less known to us, we try to get rid of them.
Always with limited success. Some sort of pain and suffering are too overwhelming and cause a feeling of helplessness and a state of mind that we can either transform or accept as it is.
But we artists have a unique opportunity; with our craftsmanship and its requirements and the various materials and substances that are in front of us, we can take out the texture of our despair and transform it, following the call for life and creating luminous objects, – giving birth to a shining jewelry piece, with all its beauty and grace, a silent witness to our despair.
The exhibition will be held at Cercle Artistic de Sant Lluc. Carrer dels Mercaders, 42, 08003 Barcelona.
Exhibition opening hours: Wednesday October 1st to Friday October 3rd, 2025 from 15h to 20h.
Opening on Wednesday Oct 1st from 18h to 20h.
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