Beyond bling: contemporary jewelry from the Lois Boardman collection

" This important collection of contemporary jewelry, recently donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, reveals how studio jewelers have transformed the medium by confronting social issues and exploring new technologies and unconventional materials. Consisting of over 300 objects from th...

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Corporate Author: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles Los Angeles County Museum of Art 2016
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Summary:" This important collection of contemporary jewelry, recently donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, reveals how studio jewelers have transformed the medium by confronting social issues and exploring new technologies and unconventional materials. Consisting of over 300 objects from the United States, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, the collection is by turns edgy, experimental, and even disturbing. Objects range from a necklace featuring a gold cast of a rodent skull to a ring made from a hand- wrought, white-gold nail, bent and thrust through a large smoky quartz. With hundreds of new images and five incisive essays, the book brings this little-known collection to light. "...
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Beyond Bling: Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (October 2, 2016 -February 5, 2017)"...
Item Description:Includes index
Physical Description:231 Seiten zahlreiche Illustrationen 27 cm
ISBN:9783791355627

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