A Review of Contemporania High Craftsmanship 2023
Published: 12.10.2023
Sculpture: Metanoia, 2019
Ceramic
20 x 20 x 24 cm
Awarded at: LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2023
This delicate work transcends the expectations of hand-crafted ceramics and has been painstakingly created using hundreds of minuscule components. Taking over a year to complete, the complexity has been achieved by layering and arranging these small yet intricate forms and fixing them to a clay core before firing them in the kiln. The fragility of its tiny component pieces imbues the work with a magical quality. Their careful composition creates a sense of bursting, radiant energy across the work’s surface, evoking a symphony. This work demonstrates an essential balance between technical excellence and artistry.
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Presented in the Palau Reial de Pedralbes, CONTEMPORANIA High Craftsmanship showcased works from over 350 artists, jewellery designers and craftspeople. Shining light on new innovations and the highest quality of contemporary crafts, 6 rooms were filled with contemporary jewellery and sculptures, featuring a vast and exciting selection of different themes, mediums and cultural expressions. Here we reflect on some of the most notable works and our most exciting themes throughout the fair.
>> Find and purchase, until October 28th, some of the 82 selected Artworks through Hannah Gallery by Klimt02.
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David Huycke new coordinator Jewellery Design at PXL-MAD
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Gold is Cheap
15Feb2026 -
Yuxiao Zhu: The Storyteller in Matter Folklore, Memory, and Wearable Narratives.
12Feb2026 -
Poutama and Pūkana #2 by Keri-Mei Zagrobelna. A Future Classic in Contemporary Jewellery
06Feb2026 -
Curatorial statement of Sam Tho Duong, Curator of SCHMUCK münchen 2026
05Feb2026 -
Acquisitions Françoise van den Bosch Collection 2025
02Feb2026 -
Building Space, Wearing Structure. Talking Architecture Through Jewellery. Spotlight Artworks by Klimt02
31Jan2026 -
Minerva Skyttä, Floor Berkhout and Hanna-Katri Eskelinen are Selected for the International Scholarship Program Designe...
20Jan2026 -
Donald Friedlich First Foray into Jewelry with a Political Point of View
19Jan2026 -
Form Fitters by Katie Kameen. Future Classic by Jennifer Altmann
14Jan2026 -
Exploring notions of Time, Craft and Design to approach jewellery.
13Jan2026 -
Wearing Worlds: Contemporary Jewellery as a Cultural Interface in a Global - Digital Era
07Jan2026 -
Hermann Jünger: Authorial Identity and the Goldsmith’s Self-Fashioning Through Artistic Practice, Visual Language and...
05Jan2026 -
Ziqi Yuan. Cranbrook Academy of Art. New Talents Award Nominee 2025
02Jan2026 -
Marta Bosch Valentí, Escola Massana Centre d'Art i Disseny New Talents Award Nominee 2025
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