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IT´S A JEWEL - NOT A DOLL
8 AV SVERIGES INTERNATIONELLT HETA SMYCKEKONSTNÄRER STÄLLER UT PÅ HEMMAPLAN -
8 international hot jewellery artist exhibit at they oven home ground

22 APRIL - 22 MAJ 2010

RUT-MALIN BARKLUND. SOFIA BJÖRKMAN. SARA BORGEGÅRD. JENNY EDLUND. AGNES LARSSON. HELENA LINDHOLM.
JOHANNA PERSSON. ANNIKA PETTERSSON.



IT´S A JEWEL - NOT A DOLL
22 April - 22 May 2010

If you want to understand our time, it's a good idea to consider the human attributes and see what people wear on the body - or what the jewellery artists would like to see there. Jewellery belongs to the human body. Humans wore jewellery before she got dressed and we know that the Neanderthal's were intelligent because they used jewellery, and therefore could see the world in symbols. Jewellery refers to human and spiritual topics, are often small in size but takes place in the greater man's emotional world. If we ask people what they would bring if it caught fire, we often hear - jewellery.

In the exhibition we will find jewellery that is on the borders and at same time breaking them. Artists move across land borders, challenging conventions about what is wearable, questions the standards of what is called authentic and use materials and techniques not usually associated with jewellery. We will find advanced technical solutions, materials handling odd and historical references.

Among the works we will find materials stretched beyond recognition as Agnes Larsson's laboratory with powdered charcoal, which she transforms into glittering slate and Rut-Malin Barklund's stone looked like necklaces of black mdf. Helena Lindholm's jewellery offers a salt crystals glittering expression. Sofia Björkman digitizes previous work and allows 3-D print them in other scales and colors. Sara Borgegård made the architectural jewels in which the body may form a landscape fund, and Johanna Persson draws against most forms of art, with her large neck collars in textile and glass. In the exhibition we also see work by Jenny Edlund and Annika Pettersson.