1990s Jewellery. The Hans Schullin Collection

To inject new stimulus, in 1971 my brother and I founded the gallery Arcade Schullin, which advertised with a provocative poster designed by the already legendary graphic artist Karl Neubacher. The new gallery’s guiding principle was to show objects by jewellery artists in conjunction with works by painters and sculptors, in order to expand the community of interest for art jewellery . Naturally there were sculptural overlaps, but they were immensely stimulating indeed. / Hans Schullin

Initiated by Hans Schullin and directed by Fritz Maierhofer - both of them driven by the same passion for artistic jewellery  - the ‘Design Workshop Schmuck’ took place in Graz between 1991 and 1998. Based on the idea of creating an additional alternative to the existing training in Austria, internationally renowned guest professors, such as David Watkins, Giampaolo Babetto and Gijs Bakker, were invited to develop projects with the jewellery artists and goldsmiths in attendance. More than sixty jewellery pieces by students and teachers can be found in this exceptional collection, which was exhibited for the first time in the Museum im Palais in Graz in 2012. The catalogue includes all details about the collection, interviews and artists CV's as well as a text on contemporary jewellery from the 1990s.