Twenty-Three. Contemporary Jewelry in Ibero-America

Artist list

​Lúcia Abdenur, Luis Acosta, Rodrigo Acosta,  Inês Almeida, Sandra Alonso, Jordi Aparicio, Titi Berrio, Stella Bierrenbach, Anabell Bravo, Catalina Brenes, Ximena Briceño, Eva Burton, Jorge Castañón, Ignasi Cavaller, Hugo Celi, Cristina Celis, Trinidad Contreras, Teresa Dantas, Catarina Dias, Gemma Draper, Nicolas Estrada, María Eugénia Muñoz, Alejandra Ferrer Escobar, Filomeno, Alice Floriano, Sandra Frias, Samantha Fung, Catalina Gibert, Carolina Gimeno, Leonor Hipólito, Caco Honorato, Gabriela Horvat, María Ignácia Walker, Amira Jalet, Ana Maria Jiminez, Erika Jordán, Kepa Karmona, Guigui Kohon, Miriam Mirna Korolkovas , Francisca Kweitel, Lorena Lazard, Nina Lima, Maru López, Jorge Manilla, Caio Marcolini, Carlos Martiel, Simón Mazuera, Renata Meirelles , Marília Maria Mira, Xavier Monclús, Marc Monzó, Ángela Cura Méndez, Lucía Nieves, Ines Nunes, Liliana Ojeda, Natalia Olarte, Raquel Paiewonsky, Miriam Pappalardo, Marie Pendariès, Renata Porto, Ramon Puig Cuyàs, Daniela Caro Pérez, Isa Duarte Ribeiro, Cristina Roque dos Santos, Kika Rufino, Vania Ruiz, Natalia Sarrazín, Marina Sheetikoff, Diana Silva, Inês Sobreira, Rita Soto, Manuela Sousa, Yolanda Sucre, Estela Sàez Vilanova, Edu Tarin, Tota Reciclados, Isabel Tristán, Anahí Vallejos, Manuel Vilhena, Walka, Pamela de la Fuente, Massiel del Mar, Clara del Papa, Rafael Luis Álvarez

What do we mean when we talk about Portuguese, Mexican and Brazilian contemporary art in the 21st century’? What do we mean when we say that jewelry can identify a people and a culture? What do we mean when we talk about Portuguese, Mexican and Brazilian contemporary art in the 21st century’? Why do we mean when we say that a people and a culture can be identified by their jewelry? Could it nowadays only identify an epoch?
 

•  question the cultural identity and heritage of participating artists
• display works without showing the artists’ names and nationalities
• look at the way jewelry manufacturing undergoes changes and is affected by other materials and techniques
• reflect on concepts of identity and the way our past surfaces in the present
• foster a debate on the response of the public and reveal the artists’ names and nationalities when the event closes Draw up the themes that PIN elected to embody the Twenty-Three.

Contemporary Jewelry in the Ibero-America exhibition to promote a reflection on contemporary manufacturing that will make us re-think the cultural heritage of each artist and the relations this establishes. Each of the 23 areas that make up the exhibition plan where the pieces are displayed represents a member nation of UCCI - Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities.

The artists’ names and nationalities are not displayed in order that their cultural identity and heritage can be probed and questioned. The public is invited to seek the origin of each group of artists and interact in loco by trying to discover their nationality - and leave a flag sticker at each area.