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beyond the rocks: asia and contemporary jewelry by miranda rhys williams.

Nov 4, 2016

the lecture will explore the work of key contemporary art jewelers who draw inspiration from the arts and practices of asia, notably japan, china and india.

leading specialist in contemporary jewelry, miranda rhys williams, will discuss the increasing role of design in contemporary jewelry through works in both precious and non-precious materials, which range from beautiful reinterpretations of the traditional, to exquisite experimental pieces.

among others, the work of the following art jewelers will be examined: mariko sumioka who draws inspiration from traditional japanese architecture; alice cicolini who combines enamel traditions of persia and patterns of the silk route; catherine martin who adopts the japanese textile art of kumihimo in platinum and gold; and poppy dandiya who gives a modern twist to bactrian aesthetics of north east india.

Brazil artfair miami 2013.

Nov 14, 2013

event> brazil artfair 2013
venue> 3501 ne midtown boulevard (old ne 1st Ave) & 36th street miami
date> 4 > 8 december 2013

Brazil ArtFair debuts during art week 4 > 8 December 2013. First Fair Dedicated to Brazilian Contemporary Art and Design.

Housed in a 25,000 square foot exposition center, on Midtown Boulevard, near the Wynwood Art District, Brazil ArtFair will present work from 15 Brazilian art galleries, over 100 artists, an exhibition of work by Brazilian artists curated by Luisa Duarte, and Orchestra Brasil, a selection of innovative contemporary furniture by 18 of Brazil’s leading design studios.

“Our mission for the first edition is to present art and design that reflects contemporary Brazil,” said Brazil ArtFair director, Michel Serebrinsky. “From the selection of galleries and the art that they will exhibit, to Luisa Duarte’s curated exhibition, to the design of our space, we created Brazil ArtFair with the purpose of bringing to Miami not just a new art fair experience but also a new experience of Brazil.”

victoire 1 | khalil charif | artur fidalgo gallery | 2013

no title | nino dais | central gallery | 2013

plantinha | alcides | estação gallery | 1997

paisagem vasta (vast landscape) | sergio lucena | mezzanine gallery | 2013

insonia tropical | toz | movimento gallery | 2013

Brazil ArtFair has gathered a strong group of carefully selected Brazilian galleries, artists, and designers – both established and emerging – and has approached the fair with a strong curatorial point of view. The show aspires to not only inform the world market about the dynamic new work that is being produced in Brazil, but also to educate the attendees about the country’s complex political, social, and cultural realities. Brazil ArtFair’s directors and curators see Brazil’s contemporary art and design as catalysts for change and movement helping to create worldwide awareness for the country. An important part of this mission, the curated exhibition, Tempo Suspenso (Suspended Time) addresses the political concerns that have galvanized contemporary Brazilian artistic practice and examines relationships between art, politics, and civic engagement. The exhibition will feature works, not for sale, by 15 renowned Brazilian artists including Mauro Restiffe, Rivane Neuenschwander, and Pedro Motta.

The design of the pavilion features an inflatable entrance created by Marton Estúdio. Designed to resemble the concrete architecture of Brasilia, the country’s capital, it will rhythmically inflate and deflate as a metaphor for the dynamic new life of the contemporary Brazilian art scene.

The exhibiting galleries will present a wide range of artistic voices including: the sophisticated popular art works from Galeria Estação, street art from Galeria Movimento and Galeria Logo and conceptual contemporary art from Central Galeria de Arte and Emma Thomas. In addition to the work of young Brazilian artists – such as Ícaro Lira, Frederico Filippi and Mayana Redin, from Galeria Um Zero Três (103) – visitors will have the opportunity to acquire work by prestigious established Brazilian artists, such as Claudia Jaguaribe and Vania Mignone. The galleries will also present multiple solo exhibitions. With nearly all of the participating galleries new to Miami, Brazil ArtFair is poised to become a strong international resource for Brazilian galleries, artists, and designers, and a place of discovery for the attendees of Miami Art Week.

[ participating galleries ] Artur Fidalgo, Rio de Janeiro; Central Galeria de Arte, São Paulo; Emma Thomas, São Paulo; Galeria Estação, Rio de Janeiro; Galeria LOGO, São Paulo; Galeria Mezanino, São Paulo; Galeria Movimento, Rio de Janeiro; Galeria Um Zero Três (103), São Paulo; H.A.P. Galeria, Rio de Janeiro; Jo Slaviero e Guedes, São Paulo; Lourdina Jean Rabieh, São Paulo; Marton Estúdio, São Paulo, Mercedes Viegas, Rio de Janeiro; Multiplique Boutique, São Paulo; Paralelo, São Paulo.

[ curated exhibition-tempo suspenso ] curated by Luisa Duarte, one of the most respected curators in Brazil today, this political exhibition features works Berna Reale, Clarissa Tossin, Iran do Espírito Santo, Laércio Redondo, Laís Myrrha, Matheu Rocha Pitta, Mauro Restiffe, Milton Machado, Pedro Motta, Raquel Garbelotti, Regina Parra, Rivane Neuenschwander and Sara Ramo.

[ orchestra brasil ] features a juried selection of 24 pieces including chairs, tables, and home accessories from Alessandra Delgado-Girona Design, Bernardo Senna, Domingos Tótora, Em2 Design, Faro Design, Flávia Pagotti Silva, Índio da Costa A.U.D.T., Gallina e Visentini, Jader Almeida, Lattoog Design, Luiz Pedrazzi, Mameluca, NDT Design, Projeto 3 Design, Quadrante Design, Regis Padilha, Studio B, UNT Intelligence Design and Zanini de Zanine. A number of designers from this highly esteemed group have been awarded top honors and projects, including Zanini de Zanine, who has designed for Tolix and Poltrona Frau; Jader Almeida, recipient of the top award from Museu da Casa Brasileira, Brazil’s premier design museum; Domingos Totora, who creates sustainable furniture and decorative objects using cardboard; and Guto Indio da Costa, who remodeled Rio’s traditional street vendor stands on famed Copacabana Beach.

[ west Encounters east ] a one-hour documentary, which will be shown daily, explores an artistic space where the vibrant palette of Latin America and the silence of the East come together to create something new. Created and developed by filmmaker and art historian Stella M. Holmes of The Brickellian, the film was screened at several film festivals across the United States and broadcast on 280 television stations. It explores the themes of immigration, alienation, and assimilation through work of well-known Latin American artists with Eastern heritage, such as Japanese-Brazilians Yutaka Toyota, Takashi Fukushima, Megumi Yuasa, and Kazuo Okubo, descendants of a century-old diaspora that has given São Paulo the largest Japanese population outside Japan.

[ fair previews ]
press> tuesday, 3 december 3 > 5p
vip> tuesday, 3 december 5 > 10 p

[ general admission ]
4/5/7/8 december 11a > 7p
friday, 6 december 11a > 8p
general admission> $15 students & $10 seniors

Jewelry designer alina alamorean.

Nov 3, 2011

spur choker | silver 200g

Jewelry designer Alina Alamorean has created an exclusive line of jewelry for Galerie BSL that are based upon striking volumes of solid silver. Unique, limited edition pieces with no false illusions, displaying radically sensual and archaically instinctual themes.

[above] Are these simple equestrian symbols? Is it an invitation to transgression? Or is it a metonym for a modern horsewoman to conjure up passion, the universal need to possess and to belong, in the obscure surpassing of our own limits? “I do not want to adorn anyone. What I suggest is a way of thinking, living and breathing. There is the world of smiles, rules, appearance, and then there is the parallel world, the one of secrets and addictions. I like to create this duality in the eye of the spectator, this slight and uncomfortable confusion which leads to a head-on self-confrontation.” Alina Alamorean

<a href="http://www.galeriebsl.compearl scarf | stainless steel and tahitian pearls

Jewelry as finery, jewelry as armor.

bulles de poison rings

bulles de poison rings | silver and tahitian pearls

Accurate work on volume and proportion, excessive yet specific expression, clean lines or figurative exploration reflecting her professed fascination for Constantin Brancusi, Ron Arad, Frank Gehry or Frank Lloyd Wright.

Born in Romania in 1968, Alina left her native country for France in 1990. After several years of intense struggle to bring her jewelry to fruition, she entered the BJO Formation jewelry school at rue du Louvre in Paris. She made up for lost time and within two years was an award winner at the HRD International Diamonds Awards 2005, the most prestigious contemporary jewelry competition. In 2007, she won First Prize thanks to ‘The Invincible Cape’: a 1.70 m wire netting magic cape, housing 574 uncut diamonds. This innovative swirl, which envelopes the body with thousand Carat luciola, today features in the Diamond Museum collection in Anvers. In 2007, she won the Special Prize at the Tahitian Pearl Trophy France and won the Grand Prix de la Création de la Ville de Paris in 2007 and 2008. [ alina alamoean ] [ galerie bsl ]