Ring Redux: The Susan Grant Lewin Collection

Hardback

Main Details

Title Ring Redux: The Susan Grant Lewin Collection
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ursula Ilse-Neuman
Edited by SCAD Museum of Art
Foreword by Paula Wallace
Contributions by Susan Grant Lewin
Contributions by Sarah Davis
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:208
Dimensions(mm): Height 248,Width 229
Category/GenrePrecious metal and precious stones: artworks and design
ISBN/Barcode 9783897906259
ClassificationsDewey:739.2782074758724
Audience
General
Illustrations 255 Illustrations, color

Publishing Details

Publisher Arnoldsche
Imprint Arnoldsche
Publication Date 6 September 2021
Publication Country Germany

Description

With Ring Redux, the museum of Savannah College of Art and Design (Georgia, USA) presents more than a hundred avant garde rings by internationally renowned artists who explore this age-old jewelry form with great vitality and relevance to society today and have put forth their own interpretation of the ring and its ostensibly identical form. In the essay 'Riffs on Rings,' internationally respected jewellery curator Ursula Ilse-Neuman provides valuable insights into the astonishing variations on one of the most intimate and enduring forms of body adornment, revealing the profound and subtle differences in how these artists evoke the ring's potential to express ideas that extend beyond its ornamental role. The skill and audacity infused in these intimate sculptural forms is captured in stunning new colour photographs. In the 'Artists' Voices' section, the jewellers provide valuable perspectives on the conception and execution of their works. The collection of rings presented here has been acquired over five decades by Susan Grant Lewin and will be exhibited, concomitantly with the release of this publication, at the SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Author Biography

Selected artists include: Claire Falkenstein and Arline Fisch (USA); Wendy Ramshaw (UK); Bruno Martinazzi, Giampaolo Babetto, and Annamaria Zanella (Italy); Friedrich Becker, Karl Fritsch, and Daniel Kruger (Germany); and David Bielander (Switzerland).

Reviews

...demonstrates the featured artists' thought-provoking ideas, mastery of both traditional and unconventional materials and innovative techniques.-- "Dexigner: Jewelry Design News" ...presents more than 100 avant-garde rings by artists who have reinvented the age-old and enduring jewelry form with a distinctively contemporary sensibility.-- "Artforum" ...[the] accompanying exhibition catalog contextualizes each artist's improvisations on the ring form, capturing the profound creative energy inherent in these intimate sculptural forms in stunning color photographs and offering valuable perspectives on the work by the artists themselves.-- "Art & Education"