GIAMPAOLO BABETTO
(b.1947, Italy)
Giampaolo Babetto is one of the most influential exponents of the Avant-Garde goldsmiths’ scene since the mid 1960s. He is one of the veterans of the Padua School and has significantly moulded the image of art jewellery in Italy and around the world. He has been classified a mixed media artist, working not only on jewellery but also on silver objects, furniture design and architectural projects. Babetto is celebrated for his contributions to art jewellery, where sculptural purity meets the scale and intimacy of wearable art.
I identify myself with the jewellery I create. Every time it’s a new challenge, because I know that what I create must be a living object, not just something sitting in a window, and it has to appear even more beautiful when worn around a woman’s neck, her wrist or...
Elisabetta Cipriani is very honoured to announce the representation of Sophia Vari extraordinary Wearable Art in the United Kingdom.
“I have always admired Sophia Vari Wearable Art; they represent as a whole, the characteristics of how today’s women should be: bold, sophisticated, practical and unique. Her forms and volumes are particularly accentuated when the artist combines wood with noble metals. There is always a pleasing surprise when looking at her wearable sculptures; the forms theatrically change with the movement of the body and each side suggests a different story”.
“When I create a jewel, I don’t think about a ‘jewel’ but a ‘sculpture’, putting in all my convictions and strength. It is only later that I adapt the sculpture with technical tools to make it wearable.” Sophia Vari
