La conversation autour du bijou d’art Canadien se développe. Les bijoux conceptuels posent des questions, apportent des réponses et éveillent de nouvelles normes pour l’art.  L’exposition du nouveau réseau d’artiste Co-Adorn Art Jewellery Society dédié à la promotion du médium du bijou artistique en Nouvelle-Écosse; Conversation Starter, aura lieu à la galerie Studio 21 | Fine Art Gallery de Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse, du 8 juin au 5 juillet, 2018.

Un aperçu de mes pièces sélectionnées: ici 

Les artistes participants: Rebecca Hannon, Meris Mosher, Melanie Denis, Mary Lynn Podiluck, Magali Thibault Gobeil, Kim Paquet, Katia Martel, K. Claire MacDonald, Jiaqi Li, Janis Kerman, Jan Smith, Emily Blair Wareham, Clarissa Long, Carolyn Young, Borguesse Mozaffarian, Violeta Izquierdo, Anneke Van Bommel, Abigail Biro, Alex Kinsley, Berkeley Brown.

Jurys: Deborah Carver, Catherine Allen and Charley Young

Conversation Starter: Co-Adorn Annual Juried Members Exhibition

Wearable art creates many connections from the conventional to the obscure. Adornment allows for artistic innovation beyond the maker and their medium; unleashing creativity nurtured by exploring unconventional materials and developing non-traditional definitions of value. A diverse gaze is established: ‘the body, the gallery, and the public sphere’. Generated within each scope a separate ‘conversation piece’ emerges, individually promoting discourse surrounding art. Debatably, the most captivating discussions are found in juxtaposition of the visual exchange concerning ornament and public sphere. The desire to embellish our outer appearance is part of our basic human instinct and natural curiosity. Yet, the true art of jewellery relates to the process of an artist using any raw material at hand to express an idea or emotion. The conversation for Canadian Art Jewellery is growing. Conceptual jewellery is posing questions, providing answers and awaking new norms for art.

The exhibition will be held at Studio 21 | Fine Art Gallery in Halifax, NS, June 8 – July 5, 2018.
As the sponsoring venue for « Conversation Starter », Studio 21 Fine Art intends to use « Conversation Starter » as a launch pad towards an offering of art jewellery in its inventory and in the gallery, at Art Fairs and online.

Jurors: Deborah Carver, Catherine Allen and Charley Young

My work selected: here