Sunday, April 08, 2007

Hermitage post #1

I have just enough batteries to write a quick post. I'm in a restaurant and there's nary a powerpoint to be seen.

Today was day one at The Hermitage...

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And low and behold there was a contemporary jewellery exhibition on! It was the collection from the Montreal Museum of Fine Art and here are some of the highlights.

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A Ted Noton! I've always wanted to see one in real life. I've admired his work in books for ages and here was the real thing. And I just stumbled upon it! It's called "I Love Modern Rings But I Hate Wearing Them Handbag"


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Daniel Harmon Jocz's "Candy Wear Bracelet" - it's flocked! I thought Liana might like it.


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Gjis Bakker


And... Is that?...Why yes, it is!...

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Our very own Pierre Cavalan


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Ramon Puig Cuyas


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Stephan Seyffert


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Blanka Markova Cepkova (fabric, gold-thread, gold-plated metal


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Peter de Wit (from 1999, for some reason I thought it was much older than that)


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Daniel Kruger


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Martinazzi


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Dali!!


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Picasso!!


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And Calder and Gerd Rothmann


I saw much much more today but it will have to wait until tomorrow (when I'll have seen even more!!)

until then, anna

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