Culture Juice – Beyond Bling!
Building on the success of The Rise of Sneaker Culture and Heath Ledger: A Life in Pictures, AGWA presents the next exhibition in its Culture Juice program: Beyond Bling! celebrating, exploring and making jewellery and adornment.
Centred on 300 varied pieces from the State Art Collection from the 1800s to today, Beyond Bling! unlocks the vaults to showcase the best, the bizarre and the most sophisticated jewels in its historical and contemporary collections. Moving from bold and captivating wearable art to quiet and subtle, almost private, personal interventions, the show will change how you think about what jewellery is and can be.
We also link with Fashion Council WA for essential red carpet style tips; Pride WA for a bling- tastic parade; the AGWA Foundation to acquire important new pieces for the collection; City of Perth for some ‘civic bling’ treasures; collector enthusiasts, and academics from the jewellery world.
KEY COLLECTORS
Beyond Bling! also features capsule displays from key collectors including major historic pieces of gold nugget jewellery from antiquarian expert Trevor Hancock, some timeless classics from Georg Jensen, ‘civic bling’ treasures from City of Perth, and by contrast some jaw-dropping displays from Perth’s King of Bling, Shane Pavlinovich.
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Jewellery is the most intimate of art forms – a bridge between our bodies and the rest of the world – the rings we wear, the necklaces, the earrings, the nose rings, the bracelets, they frame us, add accents. And they bring the eye of a friend, lover – or even a stranger – to rest upon us. Jewellery exists in the domain of desire, a heightened form of non-verbal communication that flickers through the private and public realm. These exhibits highlight a body of works that provokes thought and delight, with themes ranging from the organic, to the architectural to the use of everyday items, to work created to keep private memory intact – and to draw the eyes of the crowd.
Robert Cook
AGWA Curator of Contemporary Design and International ArtArt Access Partner
