‘Enduring Splendor’ at Fowler Museum, Los Angeles
The exhibition highlights the symbiotic relationships that exist between jewelry and society, artist
The traditions of jewelry-making have been a thriving craft in India for nearly 5,000 years. 'Enduring Splendor' is the Fowler Museum's survey of 19th and 20th century pieces that highlight the dazzling work of silversmiths and goldsmiths.
"Fowler Museum in Los Angeles is hosting an exhibition “Enduring Splendor: Jewelry of India’s Thar Desert” on view through June 18, 2017.The exhibition explores the 5,000 year old traditions of the craft of jewelry making across the vast subcontinent of India, based on a recent research carried out in the city of Jaisalmer, a thriving center of contemporary jewelry production. Featuring more than 160 works, the exhibition highlights the lives and crafts of ‘sonis’ (silversmiths and goldsmiths) and the symbiotic relationships that exist between jewelry and society, artist and jewelry, and artist and society. The exhibition also highlights new silver works on display by four contemporary craftsmen, who execute and transform traditional designs and techniques of manufacture in distinctive ways. Commissioned by Fowler Museum, these works are contextualized by a survey of 19th and 20th century jewelry types worn by rural men and women from contemporary Rajasthan and Gujarat."— Blouin Art Info, May 4, 2017
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