2017 Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition is to be held on November 18-26 in Beijing.
Themed on « Union & Concurrence », under the meaning of « combination »and « run in parallel », which is mutually exclusive, this exhibition embodies China's national policies of Global View, the Belt and Road, and Win-Win Cooperation, and also represents that the Eastern and Western cultural ecologies respect each other, interact with each other, complement each other and help each other forward in terms of contemporary jewelry art under the multi-cultural context.
The exhibition aims to promote diverse jewelry art creation, exploring the latest concepts of international jewelry art as well as the fashion and development trend of international jewellery business. With concept innovation and academic guidance as its focus, it builds an interactive platform and space for different artistic creation ideas and thoughts. During the exhibition, an international jewelry art academic innovation forum, an international jewelry design education forum, along with an international jewelry fashion trend forum will be held.
Isabella Liu, discovered at JOYA 2014, where she was one of the finalists at Enjoia't Estudiant award 2014.
You first see white porcelain pieces, like teapots, broken, and mended with gold lines …. and then you discover that, opening the piece, the « mending » is in fact a jewelry piece …. I found it so poetic ….
Isabella Liu - Mending- open the pure white porcelain, then surprisely discover a sophisticated golden brooch across your shoulder.
the events taking place in Dashilar during Beijing Design Week, Ubi Gallery's minimalist and stylish interior provides a calm sanctuary. This year, the gallery presents DUST INCLUDED, a thought-provoking exhibit of contemporary jewellery, ceramics and lifestyle goods, showcasing the work of 13 artists connected to China and The Netherlands.
DUST INCLUDED explores the theme of dust and pollution in Beijing and other megacities. Visitors are confronted by Joke Schole's angry bear, who proclaims, 'Clean up your own mess'. Other artists such as Liang Li treat dust as a byproduct of human failure, incorporating it into her work as an 'Award for Bad Conduct'. Hortense de La Jonquière's masterpiece—a cabinet constructed of Beijing dust—shows how dust captures memories, reminders of things past. Prominent milliner Elisabeth Koch adopts "crust" material used in environmental cleanup to create hats intended to deflect dust on a daily basis. The Dutch design collective of Eva de Laat, ByBorre and the University of Eindhoven propose futurist clothing to shield those living in polluted urban environments. Visitors will also find limited edition collector's items and affordable gifts commissioned for the exhibit, as well as a portion of Ubi Gallery's permanent collection.
And of course we have many jewellery artists during DUST INCLUDED!
Chuang Han-Chieh made a collection called 'Red Brick', using enamel, silver, copper, paper, gold dust and brass dust. It is a celebration of the beauty of traditional skills and materials and an honor of the farming villages, the foundation of the Taiwanese economy. Tired from the busy urban life abroad, the artist felt a strong emotional connection with the opposite, the relation between people and land and the relation with her own tradition. She tries to overcome the risk of a sentimal journey where the beauty of the simple farming life is romanticized. Chuang Han-Chieh is too much of an artist to let this happen. She didn't give in on the composition, the use of material and technique. You can see two strong, contemporary and independent pieces as a result.
Junjin Wu made this collection of necklaces especially for DUST INCLUDED.
Ying Hsun Hsu (Zita Hsu) – brooches made out of iron flakes, using magnetic power.
The exhibition establishes the connections between the East and West. Despite the distance, the show reveals how sometimes we're close to the distant ones and how jewellery makes this bridge between continents.
This Jewelry Exhibition consists of 15 International and Chinese artists. The five young Chinese artists have studied abroad and adapted the Western philosophy of contemporary jewelry concept, and they are trying to create their works with their own cultural Chinese heritage. On the other hand, some of our Western artists on exhibit had lived in China or other cultures and were influenced by the globalization of our modern world.