Full Description
From Jewellery to Contextual Art presents the work of the artist and professor Elisabeth Holder and showcases her unique evolution. Coming from a classical goldsmithing background, she placed jewellery in relation to ancient signs and the ornamentation that emerged from them, pursuing the examination of materials in the charged arena between mastery and dialogue, and posing the fundamental question of what jewellery is and can be. This led to a paradigm shift. Jewellery was recontextualised. Illustrated with examples from fields such as architecture and nature, it becomes clear that such jewellery forms are never excessive and are at once Contextual art.
Text in English and German.
Contents
Inhalt / Contents
4
Prolog / Prologue
Elisabeth Holder
14
Schmuck im freien Spiel der Gegensätze /
Jewellery in the free play of opposites
32
Zeichen zwischen Ornament und Symbol /
Sign between ornament and symbol
58
Die lehrend Forschende und forschend Lehrende
A teaching researcher and a researching teacher
Ellen Maurer Zilioli
76
Material im Spannungsfeld von Beherrschung und Dialog / Material in the field of tension between mastery and dialogue
122
Ausstellungen / Exhibitions
123
Arbeiten in öffentlichen Sammlungen / Works in public collections
124
Forschungsprojekte / Research projects
126
Bibliografie / Bibliography
