Rago/Wright announce "Structure & Ornament: Studio Jewelry 1900 to the Present"
The First Art Newspaper on the Net    Established in 1996 Thursday, November 14, 2024


Rago/Wright announce "Structure & Ornament: Studio Jewelry 1900 to the Present"
Giampaolo Babetto, brooch, 1983/2010. 18 karat gold, 1 h x 1.75 w inches. Signed, dated and numbered to verso ‘Babetto 4/7 1983 2010’. Stamped manufacturer's mark to verso ‘750 173 PD’. This work is number 4 from the edition of 7. Estimate: $10,000-12,000.



LAMBERTVILLE, NJ.- Rago/Wright is excited to announce a follow up to the landmark 1984 exhibition at Fifty/50 Gallery of American modernist studio jewelry, Structure and Ornament, curated by Mark McDonald, who organized the original show at Fifty/50.

This auction expands the narrative of jewelry in the twentieth century—its evolution away from precious metals and stones that adorned the body in beautifying ways, and toward an experimental, boisterous and conceptual medium that reflected and contended with the rapid changes in culture, the arts, technology and society.

This auction is the first of its kind in the United States to solely focus on studio jewelry. Mark McDonald, owner of the renowned Fifty/50 Gallery, has been involved with these works since the early 1980s and has formed many close, personal relationships with the artists and collectors featured in the sale. McDonald’s diverse and provocative curation aims “to stress the continuum—the interconnected ideas, techniques and materials” that contemporary jewelry designers share with those of a century ago.

The earliest work in this sale, an exquisite and unique hair comb by Josef Hoffmann and Wiener Werkstätte from 1909, shares its radical approach to combining precious and semi-precious materials—gilt silver and mother of pearl—with the unconventional pairing of 22 karat gold and pyrite in an alluring double ring by Cécile Zu Hohenlohe from one hundred years later.

Meticulous, ancient goldsmithing and enamel techniques, revived by artists like John Paul Miller, Lisa Gralnick and Giampaolo Babetto (of the famed Padua School), reside alongside pioneering experimentations in plastics and nontraditional materials by Peter Chang, Terhi Tolvanen and Petra Zimmerman, as well as works that transgress conventional notions of aesthetics and historicism from Karl Fritsch and Gijs Bakker.

Another major thread in the studio jewelry movement represented in this sale is its parallels and crossovers with fine arts; jewelry by painters and sculptors such as Arnaldo Pomodoro, Beatrice Wood, Rolph Scarlett, Alexandre Noll, Claire Falkenstein and Albert Paley are represented, as are venerated designers such as Margaret De Patta, who worked out of the Bauhaus tradition, and Sam Kramer, who was inspired by Dada and Surrealism.

Structure and Ornament: Studio Jewelry from 1900 to the Present offers a rare opportunity to acquire masterpiece works in a medium that, over the course of a century, was elevated from a craft to a fine art and came to embody the many incorrigible and enthralling movements of the twentieth century.

An exhibition of the works in this auction will be held at 507 West 27th Street, New York from January 31st to February 6th (Monday – Saturday, 12 – 5 PM and Sunday by appointment) and the collection will be on view at Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey from February 8th to 12th. A full-color catalog illustrating each of the works with an introduction by Mark McDonald and an essay by Toni Greenbaum accompanies the sale. The auction will take place in Lambertville on February 12th starting at 11 am est.










Today's News

January 30, 2020

Important H. Daumier discovery offered by The Potomack Company

An exhibition of New York City paintings by Mark Laguë opens at Rehs Contemporary

The Met acquires rare inscribed vessel by David Drake

Victoria Miro presents the first UK solo exhibition of works by Hedda Sterne

A way to rethink urban housing

$1 million John Hancock letter leads Sotheby's $20.1 million Americana Week Auctions in New York

One of the largest Ming porcelains from the British Museum will go on loan outside of London for the first time

The stories their skateboards could tell

Mario Buatta auction shatters estimates for chintz

Budapest's Banksy disciple sparks treasure hunts and nostalgia

Unit London opens exhibition of Tom French's last series of works

Rago/Wright announce "Structure & Ornament: Studio Jewelry 1900 to the Present"

Fondazione Prada, Milan opens two new exhibitions

The 25th edition of Communicating the Arts will take place in Lausanne

Harvard Art Museums appoint Sarah Laursen as new Curator of Chinese Art

David Roche Foundation House Museum opens a new exhibition of western floral art

Fondation Cartier opens the largest exhibition to date dedicated to the work of Claudia Andujar

Harriet Frank Jr., a screenwriter for 'Hud' and 'Norma Rae,' dies at 96

The Perth Centre for Photography opens an exhibition of photographs by Massimiliano Camellini

Anna Laudel opens an exhibition of works by sculptor Bilal Hakan Karakaya

Farah Al Qasimi presents new suite of photographs for 100-site exhibition citywide

Cristina Veríssimo and Diogo Burnay appointed curators of Lisbon Triennale 2022

Babe Ruth-signed baseball sells for world-record $183,500; ball was signed night before Ruth died

Frank Carter will stage a one-night happening at a secret East London location

L.A. Louver opens an exhibition of prints by Los Angeles artist Alison Saar

9 Tricks Casinos Use So You'll Play More than You Want

4 Great Photoshoot Tips For Budding Photographers

5 Business Principles That You Have to Follow




Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography,
Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs,
Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 3D Images, Last Week, .

 



Founder:
Ignacio Villarreal
(1941 - 2019)
Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal
Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez
Writer: Ofelia Zurbia Betancourt

Attorneys
Truck Accident Attorneys
Accident Attorneys
Holistic Dentist
Abogado de accidentes
สล็อต
สล็อตเว็บตรง

Royalville Communications, Inc
produces:

ignaciovillarreal.org juncodelavega.com facundocabral-elfinal.org
Founder's Site. Hommage
to a Mexican poet.
Hommage
       

The First Art Newspaper on the Net. The Best Versions Of Ave Maria Song Junco de la Vega Site Ignacio Villarreal Site Parroquia Natividad del Señor
Tell a Friend
Dear User, please complete the form below in order to recommend the Artdaily newsletter to someone you know.
Please complete all fields marked *.
Sending Mail
Sending Successful