Shining Despair in Madrid

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 the  Lalabeyou Gallery: Calle Farmacia 5, 28004 Madrid.
Exhibition from October 10th to November 11th.
Opening on Thursday Oct 9th at 20h.