VENICE | Jewellery by Sculptors and Painters, 15-21 April 2024 | Press Release

VENICE | Jewellery by Sculptors and Painters, 15-21 April 2024 | Press Release

Mar
08

“One should either be a Work of Art or Wear a Work of Art” Oscar Wilde Elisabetta Cipriani Wearable Art is honoured to announce the opening of her new exhibition Elisabetta Cipriani. Jewellery by Sculptors and Painters at the Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal in Venice from 15 to 21 April 2024. The exhibition will run in conjunction with the opening of the 2024 Venice Biennale and will showcase over 40 jewellery pieces by world-renown contemporary artists and jewellery designers, including recent and historical jewels by Giampaolo Babetto and Sophia Vari, pieces by Enrico Castellani, Jannis Kounellis, Giulio Paolini, and Giuseppe Penone, and new commissions by Ute Decker, Gigi Mariani, and Giorgio Vigna, which will be revealed here for the first time. The pieces are breath taking and unique, challenging the boundaries between art and wearability. Made of precious and unconventional materials – from gold, silver, and pearls to glass, resin, ebony, and amaranth wood– each piece is a sculpture that becomes a wearable poetic statement. A unique event in the history of Venice, Elisabetta Cipriani. Jewellery by Sculptors and Painters will be the first exhibition of art jewellery since Diane Venet presented her historical collection in 2015. Moreover, it […]

Mushroom Jewelry And A Live Moth: Two Gallery To Visit At PAD London

Oct
13

The neck piece is an exploration of the power of metamorphosis, development and growth, and forms part of an ongoing project the Venetian artist has been working on since 2020.“ Caló incites viewers to contemplate the dual nature of freedom. By Kate Matthams for Forbes October, 13th 2023 Read   

Oct
12

Maria Sole Ferragamo turns brass shavings into intricate jewelry for Elisabetta Cipriani gallery Commissioned by Birgit Lohmann for Design Boom October 11th, 2023 Read

La Decima Musa (The Tenth Muse) by Giulio Paolini: An Ode to Artistic Reflection

Sep
14

      Plato considered Sappho the best poetic voice in Greek history, and called her ‘The Tenth Muse’ La Decima Musa_G.P._2023  

Joanne Thompson: The Master of Chain Making

Jun
28

Playing with scale, volume and weight, Joanne Thompson creates unique sculptural ornaments experimenting precious metals that can mutate into a sensual tridimensionality that embraces and flows with the body. We are delighted to share our conversation with the Artist explaining her creative process and the joy of making. EC: Tell us about yourself and what do you do? (What is your background?) JT: I am a designer and maker of contemporary chain jewellery, living and working from my home studio in Edinburgh, Scotland. I studied jewellery design firstly at Edinburgh College of Art, (1st class honours degree) followed by a Masters at RCA in London. I set up my studio in London in 1995, moving back to Edinburgh in 1999. EC: You are known as the ‘Master of chain making.’ In 2021 you received the Gold Award (The Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver) ‘Wire Innovation’ held at the Goldsmith Hall in London. How did you come up with the idea of chain maille pattern? JT: I have always been interested in unit construction and textile techniques in jewellery making.  With chain making it is possible to take solid precious metals and fabricate them into something soft, fluid, and tactual. […]

I gioielli di Sophia Vari da Elisabetta Cipriani a Londra in un’imperdibile mostra omaggio

Jun
12

Fino al 7 luglio Elisabetta Cipriani rende omaggio a Sophia Vari, la grande artista di origine greca, recentemente scomparsa. In mostra una serie di gioielli d’artista, alcuni dei quali pensati espressamente per l’esposizione londinese e realizzati per la prima volta con materiali come resina e amaranto, un legno esotico di grande resa cromatica e materica. By Paola Stroppiana for Canale Arte.Tv June 12th, 2023 Read    

Sophia Vari’s sculptural jewellery comes to London

Jun
12

Elisabetta Cipriani unveils 40 of Sophia Vari’s wearable sculptures at exhibition ‘All Mediums are Noble’ By Hanna Silver for Wallpaper June 12th, 2023 Read

Sophia Vari ‘All Mediums are Noble’

May
12

“Outdoor monumental sculptures need to be accepted and engage with nature. Indoor sculptures have to be present without disturbing the surrounding. With jewellery is to make women more beautiful, strong, and secure. The challenge with jewellery is that one is limited with size and shapes, but there is an excitement when it becomes impeccable” Sophia Vari Elisabetta Cipriani is very honoured to announce the exhibition of extraordinary late artist Sophia Vari wearable sculptures at the London gallery. “All Mediums are Noble” will open on June 7th and will be on view util July 7th 2023 The gallery will present a total of 40 wearable sculptures of which 13 are exclusively made for the exhibition. “All Mediums are Noble” is an exhibition featuring works from early 2000s to 2023. The variety of medium present in these works is exceptional and unique. Works made of marble from Thassos, Carrara and Belgium, gold, silver, amaranth wood, Pau Amarelo wood, resin and rock-crystal are chosen to emphasise the composition of volume, form and movement. Sophia Vari has been working in sculpture for over 55 years and the evolution came by itself; one work lead to another and the lines became more precise. Jewellery have a […]

NOMAD ST.MORITZ

Feb
07

Elisabetta Cipriani Wearable Art will be pleased to exhibit for the first time at Nomad St. Moritz this Febraury from the 23rd to the 26th 2023 at the newly renovated Hotel Grace La Margna.  Our room is 101 and it is located at the first floor. The gallery is delighted to curate an exhibition of new, outstanding, wearable art projects exclusively made for the gallery by renowned visual artists of the calibre of Ai Weiwei with Rings W & M, Atelier Van Lieshout with The Burghers, Maria Nepomuceno with Vases (Vaso Vida); Giuseppe Penone with Salvia (Sage) ring, Chiharu Shiota withCarrying Memory. The gallery will also exhibit a selection of Giorgio Vigna spectacular works that could be enjoyed with closed eyes. New works by the artist will include ‘Sassi’(Stones) magnetic brooches, the one of a kind Geodi (Geodes) sculptural necklace, the creatures of the sea ‘Floralia’ earrings and rock like ring Crystalline. Elisabetta Cipriani will showcase the bold, sensual, and feminine wearable sculptures by Sophia Vari, of whom we are very pleased to announce the exclusive representation of her wearable sculptures in the UK. Together with the gallery visual artists, Elisabetta Cipriani will also be delighted to present works by artist jewellers […]

Elisabetta Cipriani creates wearable sculptures in new artist collaborations

Nov
18

Elisabetta Cipriani’s new works include partnerships with Giuseppe Penone and Sophia Vari By Hanna Silver for Wallpaper* November 16, 2022 Read