Communication Exhibition of the Students of Jewelry
We cordially invite you to the Medium Gallery for the opening of an international exhibition of student jewelry works. The exhibition is a side event of the 12th annual international conference ŠperkStret 2024, which is closely connected to both past and present activities of the Metal and Jewelry Studio at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.
Where?
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MEDIUM, gallery
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Hviezdoslavovo nám. 18, Bratislava
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When?
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Exhibition Opening: Thursday, 3.10.2024 at 6pm
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Duration: 4.10. - 3.11.2024
Exhibiting studio:
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Kov a šperk na VŠVU v Bratislave
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Kov a šperk na Ústavu umění a designu na Západočeské univerzitě v Plzni
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Sklo a šperk v Jablonci nad Nisou – Katedra designu Technickej univerzity v Liberci
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Designer-Maker MA, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
Curators:
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Kristýna Španihelová, Martin Verner, Ludmila Šikolová, Flóra Vági
Annotation
The field of contemporary jewellery is a self-reflexive practice, which means that it focuses on the reflection of the conditions in which it takes place. Contemporary authors generally work in a conscious relationship, often critical, to the history of practice in the wider field of jewellery. This distinguishes contemporary jewellery from other forms of body adornment, and the practices of its makers focus primarily on the relationship to the body and wearability in the context of the communicative qualities of jewellery.
Contemporary jewellery has the power to draw the viewer in and engage them in a dialogue between the object and its wearer and the audience through its intimate placement on the body. As a rule, they are not perceived as decorative objects, they have the ability to be a non-verbal vehicle for critical social commentary, they are a thought-provoking tool, they have the ability to preserve and convey memory or emotion.
The exhibition will present the work of four jewellery studios in a Central European context - the work of contemporary students and the results of their creative education aimed at developing the ability of critical thinking and artistic expression in the given medium: the Metal and Jewellery Studio at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava (pedagogue K. Španihelová), Metal and Jewellery Studio at the Department of Art and Design at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (ped. M. Verner), Glass and Jewellery Studio in Jablonec nad Nisou - Department of Design at the Technical University of Liberec (ped. L. Šikolová) and Jewellery and Metal Design MA, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest (ped. F. Vági).
Supported using public funding by Slovak Arts Council.
