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Press Release
“Gioielli alternativi: ingegno e creatività indossabile”
(“Unconventional
Jewels: Wearable Talent and Creativity” )
The
exhibition "Unconventional Jewels: Wearable Talent and Creativity",
hosted at Abilmente on the
Vicenza
fairgrounds, is dedicated to body ornaments testifying to the happy mix between
manual skills
and
courageous insights gaining their strength from artist’s experiences,
preferences and personal
histories.
Curated
by Nunzia De Feo is organized by associazione Nurò established in Verona, that
aims to enhance
The more
than one hundred works that will be presented, created by 38 artists from
various countries, in their wearability, meet the need, as old as humanity, to
create artifacts with which to inevitably communicate fragments of real life
stories and for this reason authentic .
As
stated by one of the participants, the London based artist-goldsmith Joanne
Haywood in her
interesting
book "Mixed-media Jewellery", there is no limit to the choice of
materials to use. The rings,
bracelets,
necklaces, earrings and brooches exhibited are made of ceramic, fiber, yarn,
horn, leather,
plastics,
metals, wood, resin, silicone, enamels and fabrics, sometimes recycled and used
in different
ways to
produce innovative solutions. Metal is not one of the preferred choices and is
often absent or relegated to a marginal role.
In light
of this consideration, the link is evident between this show and Abilmente,
place of choice for
fresh
and important encounters with materials and experiences and with the objects of
the workshops which characterize this fair.
In
conclusion, these "unconventional jewels" possess an intriguing and
captivating charm, sometimes
as naive
as disarming. They are characterized by a narrative or abstract language rich
of symbolic or
onceptual
references and by a raw, bitter , pungent, or sometimes, by contrast, graceful,
kind and
almost
childlike aesthetic. They offer rare moments of intellectual and spiritual
empathy to visitors. They are "little living worlds" capable of
awakening dormant emotions, never suspected inclinations and reflect today's
contemporaneity crossed by the incessant demand for vitality and positive zeal.
Participants
Next to
established artists from the international contemporary world such as the Dutch
/ Argentinean Luis Acosta, the Italian Corrado De Meo, the English Joanne
Haywood and Elizabeht Bone, the Japanese Mikiko Minewaki , appear new recruits
who have already drawn the attention of the public, of experts and the press:
the young French Marion De la Rue whose porcelain necklace, which will be on
display at Abilmente, appeared in Vogue Gioiello May 2013 to end with the English
Elizabeth Campbell, Jelka Quintelier, Liz Hamman, the Canadian Louise Perrone,
the American beading teacher Aurelio Castano and the Suisse Iulie Usel, all
widely acclaimed by the critics of their countries of origin and not only.Acosta
Luis (AR/NL), Alvarez Patricia (AR), Alvarez Main Rafael Luis (AR), Bartos
Agata (PL), Bone Elizabeth (UK), Busnel Isabelle (UK), Campbell Elizabeth (UK),
Castano Aurelio (USA), Cruz Patricia (IT), De Feo Nunzia (IT), Delarue Marion
(FR), De Meo Corrado (IT), Del Papa Clara (IT), Esser Suzanne (NL), Girardello Resi
(IT), Giusti Laura (AR), Hadass Marianna (UK), Hamman Liz (UK), Haywood Joanne
(UK), Isola Paula (AR), Laserbean (UK), Lindblom
Paula (SE),
Marcenaro Francesca (IT/UK), Martinez Rita (CR/IT), McLean Robyn (UK), Mikiko
Minewaki (JP), Mongelli Maria Rosa (AR), Perrone Louise (CA), Quintelier Jelka
(UK), Romano Wanda (IT), Swing Kit (UK), Uniqeco (FI ), Usel Iulie (UK),
Valencia Stella (CR), Vinci Monica (IT), Violante Iolanda (IT), Woo Seo Jeong
(KR), Zucchi Melania (IT)
Associazione
Nurò
Associazione
Nurò, born in Verona in January 2013, aims to be a driving force in order to
promote an
intensive
cultural exchange between artists of different nationalities and to allow the
general public to accost the interesting world of contemporary jewelry. In its
mission hopes collaborations with public and private institutions.
Nunzia
De Feo
After
having studied goldsmith techniques and improving her knowledge of art and
designer jewelry
in
different European cities (London, Padova, Salzburg and Vicenza), the artist
jewelry designer and
maker
Nunzia De Feo created the NDF bijoux brand in 2011 (www.nundefeo.com). Forever
fascinated by colors and unusual materials she has always maintained a
preference for craftsmanship, innovation and creativity. In 2013, together with
other founders, she founded associazione Nurò for which she has curated several
exhibitions and workshops on contemporary jewelry.
Reference:
Haywood,
J., 2009. Mixed-media Jewellery: Methods and Techniques (Design and Make).
London:
Bloomsbury.
Nunzia
De Feo
Translation: Alessandra Gates
Via Filippini, n12
37121 Verona
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ABILMENTE
ORARIO
APERTURA
Tutti i
giorni orario continuato: 9.30 – 19.00
INGRESSO
Intero: € 12,00
Ridotto: € 10,00 ragazzi tra i 13 e i 18 anni,
over 60, gruppi superiori alle 25 persone,
preregistrazioni
sul sito della ma-nifestazione e
depliant promozionali.
Ridotto: € 9,00 possessori di carta Famila ed
Emisfero. Una tessera vale per l’ingresso di una persona.
Ingresso gratuito: bambini tra gli 0 e i 12 anni (compresi), disabili e relativi
accompagnatori.
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