Start Date: 1/30/2022 1:00 PM EST
End Date: 1/30/2022 5:00 PM EST
Venue Name: Cincinnati Art Museum (In-Person or Virtual)
Location:
953 Eden Park Drive
Cincinnati, OH United States 45202
Event Website: https://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/art/exhibitions/simply-brilliant/
Organization Name:
WJA OH/KY
Contact:
Join us with the Greater Cincinnati AGS Guild, GIA Alumni Chapter to experience
Simply Brilliant: Artist of the 1960's and 1970's
Exhibition Tour and Talk with Kimberly Klosterman
$25 In-Person Ticket
(select "All Days" during registration)
OR
$10 Virtual Ticket (Virtual lecture starts at 1pm)
(select "Day 1" during registration)
Jewelry of the 1960s and 1970s was as groudbreaking as the era itself. The space race, rock 'n' roll, the Beatles, the Vietnam War, the Kennedy assasinations, the Civil Rights movement, Pop Art, the Women's Movement, the widespread use of drugs, the Pill and the concept of free love were all facets of cultural change associated with these two decades. These social deviations set the statge for what jewelers had to offer, expressing individuality, nonconformity, and the aesthetic, political and intellectual values of those who wore it.
The individual makers represented in
Simply Brilliant referred to themselves as artists first, jewelers second. They approached their work as a modern art form. Largely utilizing yellow gold and incorporating both precious and semi-precious gems, these artists were inspired by nature. They focused on organic forms, favored abstract shapes and concepts related to space-age trends. They used unconventional materials such as coral, shell, geodes, and moldavite and were unrivaled in the texture they brought to the jewelry. Theirs was a style that was appreciated by individuals who were looking for something different in an era when different was best.
This exhibition of approximately 120 pieces represents a single collector's interest and explores the international renaissance in fine jewelry in the 1960s and '70s. Drawn from one of the most important private collections in the world, assembled by Cincinnatian Kimberly Klosterman, this exhibition features the work of independent jewelers such as Andrew Grima, Gilbert Albert, Arthur King, Jean Vendome and Barbara Anton along with work created for bulgari cartier, boucheron and other major houses.
This exhibition is accompanied by a
full color illistrated catalogue and includes essays by some of the most important scholars in the field. Biographies of each designer/house represented are paired with full color images, extended text for a select number of highlighted pieces and an appendix of maker's marks.
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