From October 19, 2018 until November 13, 2018
at Art gallery PUTTI

International exhibition

THE METAMORPHOSES OF PEARLS
IN CONTEMPORARY AND CONCEPTUAL JEWELLERY

A PEARL – a jewel considered to be a gemstone, which due to its mild glow is compared with moonlight and is considered to be and indication of femininity, moreover, its sphere shape is perceived as an indication of perfection.
The exhibition will feature jewellery artists from all over the world, as well as painters from Latvia. The unifying element of all exhibitors is PEARL.
As a result of the aesthetic creativity of artists, a PEARL acquires a modern form based on the individual experience and material selection of each artist. The selection of diverse and unusual materials creates a game that highlights the classical and unmistakable matter of a PEARL and allows it to be reflected in today’s light.
“In the past, I only associated pearls with older ladies and snobs. They reminded me of boredom and senile sensation. But in the years of study, when I began to work with the matter, I realized that they quickly lose their dusty vapor when combined with other materials. In conceptual jewellery pearls come alive since they are used in an unconventional manner” says jewellery artist Carolin Denter from Germany.
Italian jewellery master Gigi Mariani, in turn, offers the creation process of a pearl to be used as a metaphor for everyday life, not to be afraid of the new and strange, but to accept it and to create one’s own gemstone. “An oyster to protect itself from a foreign body creates a pearl! The pearl is a wound healer. Figuratively speaking, it is waste that becomes something valuable and expensive.”
By sweeping off aristocratic dust, pearls are reborn in modern, sophisticated and interesting contemporary and conceptual designs!

Exhibition scenography, idea, concept :  tandem of fashion designers MAREUNROL’S 
(Mārīte Mastiņa-Pēterkopa and Rolands Pēterkops). www.mareunrols.com
Sculptor Ginters Krumholcs.

It is time to honor the pearls – Ammeli Engström (Sweden), Ana Cardim (Portugal), Andris Lauders (Latvia), Angela Ciobanu (Austria), Annette Dam (Denmark), Anita Sondore (Latvia), Carolin Denter (Germany), Castello Hansen (Denmark), Catarina Silva (Portugal), Chao-Hsien Kuo (Finland), Denise Ebert (Germany), Elin Flognman (Sweden), Emmanuel Lacoste (France), Felieke van der Leest (Norway), Gigi Mariani (Italy), Guntis Lauders (Latvia), Isabelle Busnel (England), Kristin Beeler (USA), Liisa Hashimoto (Japan), Maija Vītola (Latvia), Maria Alves de Lima (Brazil), Maria Rosa Franzin (Italy), Marie-Louise Kristensen (Denmark), Märta Mattsson (Sweden), Māris Auniņš (Latvia), Māris Šustiņš (Latvia), Nathalie Perret (France), Nicolas Estrada (Spain), Noritamy (Israel), Paula Treimane (Latvia), Réka Lörincz (Hungary), Renata Porto (Brazil), Sari Liimatta (Finland), Shirly Bar – Amotz (Israel), Simeon Shomov (Bulgaria), Ted Noten (Netherlands), Tereza Seabra (Portugal), Terhi Tolvanen (Finland), Thais Costa (Brazil), Valdis Brože (Latvia), Wu Ching Chih (Taiwan), Yasmin Vinograd (Israel), Zane Vilka (Latvia).
Latvian painter Frančeska Kirke.

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Jewellery exhibition «Metamorphoses of pearls» at gallery «Putti»

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