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Geography
Mill Valley: Art Jewelry Forum, 2011

Technical data: 80 pages, 17 x 17 cm, colour photographs, soft cover

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Geography, Art Jewelry Forum's first exhibition of contemporary jewelry was a featured show at the 40th annual SNAG conference in Seattle, Washington. The 80 page exhibition catalog features work represented by 30 international galleries.
The pieces by 53 artists featured in Geography reflect the global nature of the contemporary jewelry field and the different ways jewelers react to their environment. This can be the use of indigenous materials such as stone and wood or an urban recycling of found objects that are the product of global trade. The personal resonance of these materials reflects how powerful a sense of place remains. Some of the jewelry relates to other cultures, gone or drastically changed, and demonstrates that ideas of place are constantly changing.

The exhibition is a celebration of the amazing variety of the natural world and humanity’s part in it, and proves that contemporary jewelry continues to have a singular ability to construct culture and place even in a rapidly changing and increasingly interconnected world.

The catalog includes essays by Valeria Vallarta Siemelink, Christina Miller and Ted White.
Texts in English

Participating artists:
Talya Baharal, Agelio Batle, Suzanne Beautyman, David Bielander, Alexander Blank, Iris Bodemer, Angela Bubash, Eric Burris, Suzanne Carlsen, Attai Chen, Jim Cotter, Willemijn de Greef, Bettina Dittlmann, Georg Dobler, Iris Eichenberg, Jantje Fleischhut, Karen Gilbert, Gabrielle Gould, Mielle Harvey, Stefan Heuser, Rory Hooper, Marian Hosking, Sergey Jiventin, Jenny Klemming, Sharon Massey, Christine Matthias, Fritz Maierhofer, Malaika Najem, David Neale, Annelies Planteydt, Ramon Puig Cuyas, Tina Rath, Miriam Rowe, Deborah Rudolph, Dana Seachuga, Nolia Shakti, Deganit Stern Schocken, Joyce Scott, Helen Shirk, Despo Sophocleous, Cynthia Toops, Julia Turner, Tarja Tuupanen, Sally von Bargen, Lisa Walker, Areta Wilkinson.

Participating galleries:
Aaron Faber Gallery, Caroline van Hoek, Charon Kransen Arts, Crafthaus, De Novo, Facere Art Jewelry, Galerie Louise Smit, Galerie Marzee, Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h, Galerie Rob Koudijs, Galerie Rosemarie Jäger, Galerie Ra, Gallery Loupe, Gallery Lulo, Heidi Lowe Gallery, J Cotter Gallery, Jewelers' Werk Galerie, Klimt02 Gallery, Mobilia Gallery, Ornamentum, Patina Gallery, Quirk Gallery, Shibumi Gallery, Mari Shaw, Sienna Gallery, Taboo Studio, The National, The Signature Shop & Gallery, Traver Gallery, Velvet Da Vinci.

The exhibition was launched at:
FLUX, the 40th Annual  Convention of the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) at Seattle, WA, from 26th to 29th May 2011.

Will be on show again at:
SOFA Chicago Fair at Chicago, IL, from 4th to 6th November 2011