The perception of colour is an individual matter. Interview with Jolanta Gazda by Anna Wójcik-Korbas

Jewellery is a fully-fledged field of art. And as such, it has the right to express itself on any subject. To comment on and relate to various areas of life, including the most serious ones. Because why not?

I would like the exhibition I'm Fine! / Help Me! to be a pretext for reflecting on how differently we can perceive and interpret the reality around us events, emotions or other people's behaviour depending on our sensitivity, level of empathy, the mood of the moment, and life experiences.



You have chosen to allow the exhibition viewers to have direct contact with your works. Visitors have the opportunity to touch the works and see them from different angles, which is rare for jewellery shows. Why did you decide to take this step?
I make my jewellery from metal using crochet. The effects of this technique give an illusion of softness and warmth to the touch and are organically associated in their visual perception with fabric, fur, and perhaps sometimes hair. It is only through direct contact with the object that the viewer can confront his or her 'visual' perceptions with reality the wire weaves are stiffer, harder, cool to the touch, and sometimes prickly. This discrepancy between our perception when just looking at the object and the actual haptic sensation fits perfectly in line with the theme of my exhibition.

About the Interviewee

Jolanta Gazda – born in 1974 in Ryki. She lives and works in Warsaw. She received her education at Wytwórnia Antidotum jewellery school in Warsaw. Since 2010 she has been designing author's jewellery. She has participated in group exhibitions, including the 19th Edition of the Artistic Jewellery Competition Presentations 2019, "Prosthetics" at the Museum of Contemporary Jewellery in Warsaw, at Milano Jewelry Week 2019 in Milan, as well as at Joya Barcelona Art Jewellery and Objects in 2019 and Cracow Fashion Square in 2019. In 2014, she was a guest at the Debuts exhibition series at Legnica's Under the Quail’s Basket Gallery with the exhibition 4Women. She is a member of the Klimt02 platform, the Association of Goldsmiths and the 4WOMEN design group.
 

 
 

About the author

Anna Wójcik-Korbas - coordinator of the Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER. She works in the Gallery of Art in Legnica (Poland) since 2018. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in the history of art from the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland). She's a member of the International Amber Association, and a member of the editorial team of the Amber Magazine.