Unwearable. Still a Jewel? Spotlight Artworks by Klimt02
Published: 02.06.2024
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Ted: Do you remember the bag I made with golden rings in it? That was at the Schmuck in 2011. They intended to give me the first price. But suddenly, a member of the jury opposed to it and said: THIS IS NOT JEWELLERY BECAUSE YOU CANNOT WEAR IT.
Ana: The question is wearability. It is returning as a main subject of contemporary jewellery.
Ted: That is not a criterion to me. It should be about jewellery. But to be functional or not, it is not a matter to me. I think that everything that has a relation with the body, physically or mentally, is jewellery. It is not only earrings, brooches or bracelet.
Words from Ted Noten and Ana Campos extracted from Ted Noten interview.
In this article, we present a selection of pieces that question the concept of wearability and, indeed, of jewellery.
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What I think of when I think of jewellery. Curatorial statement of Dr. Jurgita Ludavičiené, Curator SCHMUCK 2025
27Feb2025 -
VONMO 2024 Seeding: A Time Capsule of Contemporary Jewelry
27Feb2025 -
30 Selected Artists at LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2025
20Feb2025 -
33rd International Jewellery Competition WOW Effect! Selected Artists List
19Feb2025 -
And & Both: Is It Jewelry or Sculpture?
18Feb2025 -
Reflexive and Formalist Approaches in Contemporary Jewellery: Negotiating Autonomy Through Aesthetic and Conceptual Inno...
16Feb2025 -
3D Printing and AM in the Jewelry Industry: Advancements and Trends in the past year
11Feb2025 -
Rethinking the Divide: The Natural and the Artificial in Contemporary Jewellery (3/3). Spotlight Artworks by Klimt02
06Feb2025 -
About Quality Criteria of Jewelry
27Jan2025 -
Nesting with the Other: An Exploration of Symbiotic Relationships With Termite Others. Master Thesis by Willemien Bruwer...
27Jan2025 -
Rethinking the Divide: The Natural and the Artificial in Contemporary Jewellery (2/3). Spotlight Artworks by Klimt02
15Jan2025 -
Branding and Its Relevance in the Art World
11Jan2025 -
Rethinking the Divide: The Natural and the Artificial in Contemporary Jewellery (1/3). Spotlight Artworks by Klimt02
02Jan2025 -
Yonghak Jo. Jewellery Class, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle. New Talents Award Nominee 2024
02Jan2025 -
Gina Nadine Müller. Idar Oberstein University. New Talents Award Nominee 2024
02Jan2025