Anything imagined can be worn / how to wear it!
Radiant Pavilion 26 - 27 August - (SATURDAY and SUNDAY)
Signet Bureau & Ess. Laboratory
114 & 165 Gertrude St Fitzroy
Helen Aitken-Kuhnen, Johannes Kuhnen, Kath Inglis, Melissa Cameron, Taweesak Molsawat, Zoe Brand,
Jo Hawley, Panjapol Kulpapankorn, Larah Nott and
Mio Kuhnen
There is a lack of understanding and confidence with how contemporary art jewellery can be worn and placed on the body.
We want to open the idea that anything imagined can be worn, in the form of contemporary art jewellery that is.
Working with a Melbourne clothing designers on Gertrude Street, we will place contemporary pieces of jewellery on pieces of clothing - for both men and women.
This exhibition will draw upon together a group of Australian and International artists which will push the boundary to show the diversity of how contemporary jewellery is worn and placed. It will also acknowledge that what we wear represents ideas and messages, whether subtle or bold.
Ensuring contemporary art jewellery is worn correctly and with confidence is one part of the what we do at Bilk Gallery. Not only for the collector, but for the integrity of pieces of art and artists.
Shifting cultural context - It was a part of a necklace, 2017 brooch / ear ornament selected found replica pearl from replica plastic pearl necklace scrap 925 silver, 925 silver chain, magnet, brass, dress
Pendant pâte de verre glass, 925 silver, stainless steel
Melissa Cameron Strike - breastplate stainless steel, vitreous enamel, cotton ribbon Spatter neck piece single panel array stainless steel, vitreous enamel Penetration brooch stainless steel, vitreous enamel
I LIGHT YOU, 2014 remade in 2017, pendant, lighters, plastic filler brass, stainless steel
Brooch / pendant 2017 basalt, titanium, stainless steel
Flood neckpiece, hand cut and dyed PVC
Lava, lava, lava pendants, double sided, 925 silver, enamel, stainless steel
Large link necklace, 925 silver.
PAY ATTENTION TO THIS disc pendant, powder coated aluminium, cord
Spoke Bangle limited edition of 1 titanium, hand cut, folded and anodised
Taweesak Molsawat Shifting cultural context - It was a necklace, 2017 brooch / neck ornament selected found antique plastic necklace from Japan, scrap 925 silver 925 silver chain, magnet, dress
Pendant pâte de verre glass, 925 silver, stainless steel
Painting in stone - pendant basalt quartz, anodised titanium, stainless steel
Inky Branches, hand cut and dyed PVC
Lava, lava, lava pendants, double sided, 925 silver, enamel, stainless steel
I LIGHT YOU, 2014 remade in 2017, pendant, lighters, plastic filler brass, stainless steel
SORRY I WASN’T REALLY LISTENING 2017 pendant, pantograph engraved acrylic, cord
Graduated Chain silver 925, approx. 60cm
Melissa Cameron Strike - breastplate stainless steel, vitreous enamel, cotton ribbon Spatter neck piece single panel array stainless steel, vitreous enamel Penetration brooch stainless steel, vitreous enamel
Berlin Neckpiece limited edition of 2 titanium, water-jet cut, fabricated, TIG welded
Lava, lava, lava pendants, double sided, 925 silver, enamel, stainless steel