Art and jewelery are placed side by side in Elisabetta Cipriani’s gallery in London ♦ ︎
The world of art and jewels are linked. Not only because pieces of fine jewelry are small masterpieces of creativity, but also because conceptually the protagonists of the two worlds sometimes overlap. One example is the ork of Elisabetta Cipriani, who in London in 2009, opened a gallery in which she exhibited jewels created by over 40 painters and sculptors. All names are prominent, such as Ai Weiwei, Chiharu Shiota, Giulio Paolini, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Enrico Castellani, Erwin Wurm, Giorgio Vigna, Jannis Kounellis, Rebecca Horn and Pedro Cabrita Reis.
Rings that are sculptures, sculptures that are worn, unique jewels: Elisabetta has convinced the artists and jewelry designers to collaborate with the project, which involves the artisan realization of pieces that can be worn. But also simply admiring, as many jewels are exhibited in museums and private collections all over the world, including the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris; Museum of Art and Design, New York; World Jewelery Museum, Seoul; and The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.