Annamaria Zanella: The poetry of material
Published: 07.11.2018
- Text by:
- Roberta Bernabei, Karl Bollmann, Mirella Cisotto Nalon, Andrea Colasio, Matthew Drutt, Nancy Olnick, Renzo Pasquale, Jorunn Veiteberg, Christianne Weber-Stöber, Olga Zobel Biró
- Edited by:
- Arnoldshe Art Publishers
- Edited at:
- Stuttgart
- Edited on:
- 2018
- Technical data:
- Hard cover, 160 pp., 22 x 28 cm. Approx. 150 colour photographs
- ISBN / ISSN:
- 978-3-89790-524-5
- Price:
- from 38 €
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- Arnoldsche Art Publishers
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- 20% Discount for Klimt02 members

Inspired by the Arte Povera movement, the Italian jewellery artist Annamaria Zanella uses base materials, which only gain meaning through their context. Corroded metal or found objects convey statements that can be both political and personal in nature. Zanella wants to bring the ‘soul’ of the material to light through the work of her own hands.
The colour used is intended to evoke feelings and reactions. To this end Zanella studied the history of colours and their production, especially that of her unmistakable blue. She produced a blue pigment according to a recipe from the fourteenth century, invoking in its modern use pioneering artists such as Giotto, Wassily Kandinsky and Yves Klein.
A portrait of an eminent jewellery artist and her unique creations!
Annamaria Zanella is represented in numerous museums, including Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (FR); Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin (DE); Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum, Munich (DE); Museum of Arts and Design, New York (US); Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim (DE); Museo degli Argenti, Florence (IT); Victoria and Albert Museum, London (GB); Palazzo Fortuny, Venice (IT); Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York (US); Swiss National Museum, Zurich (CH).
Text in English and Italian.
A portrait of an eminent jewellery artist and her unique creations!
Annamaria Zanella is represented in numerous museums, including Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (FR); Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin (DE); Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum, Munich (DE); Museum of Arts and Design, New York (US); Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim (DE); Museo degli Argenti, Florence (IT); Victoria and Albert Museum, London (GB); Palazzo Fortuny, Venice (IT); Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York (US); Swiss National Museum, Zurich (CH).
Text in English and Italian.
- Text by:
- Roberta Bernabei, Karl Bollmann, Mirella Cisotto Nalon, Andrea Colasio, Matthew Drutt, Nancy Olnick, Renzo Pasquale, Jorunn Veiteberg, Christianne Weber-Stöber, Olga Zobel Biró
- Edited by:
- Arnoldshe Art Publishers
- Edited at:
- Stuttgart
- Edited on:
- 2018
- Technical data:
- Hard cover, 160 pp., 22 x 28 cm. Approx. 150 colour photographs
- ISBN / ISSN:
- 978-3-89790-524-5
- Price:
- from 38 €
- Order:
- Arnoldsche Art Publishers
- Order:
- 20% Discount for Klimt02 members
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