New Jewellery from China
Xiang Dai, Autumn, 15.5x12x6cm, laminated timber, wood veneer, leather thong. Photo: Yun Yang
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Map reference number: 38
Gallery Funaki
4 Crossley St, Melbourne 26 August – 23 September
Mon–Fri 10.30am– 5.30pm, Sat 12–4pm Opening: Sat 26 August, 6–8pm
Artist/s: Bifei Ciao, Xiang Dai, Xin Guo, Xiaowang Huang, Xiao Liu, Jie Sun, Fei Teng, Kezhen Wang, Li Liang, Mian Wu
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In China, contemporary jewellery is a recent phenomenon, having slowly filtered through European institutions and galleries in the last 10-20 years. It is a phenomenon experiencing a surge of popularity, with hundreds of universities offering specialist art and design courses, and galleries springing up in major cities. Many of the artists in this exhibition have completed their studies at institutions in Europe, the US and Australia. Their exposure to new cultures, different ways of thinking, very different traditions and other creative methodologies, have contributed to their current status as internationally aware and influential jewellers.
a. Jie Sun, Face to Face, wood laminate, silver, steel, Chinese lacquer, paint, mixed material, 10x6x4cm. Photo: Yun Yang
b. Xiaowang Huang, Mirror Mirror, gold plated silver, 4.5x4.5x1cm. Photo: Yun Yang
c. Fei Teng, An Inch of Time, gold, 8.1x1.1x1cm. Photo: Yun Yang
d. Bifei Cao, Tight Hard, brass, copper, silver, 15x8.5x7. Photo: Yun Yang
e. Xin Guo, Transformation, silver, polymer clay, 16x4x3cm. Photo: Yun Yang
b. Xiaowang Huang, Mirror Mirror, gold plated silver, 4.5x4.5x1cm. Photo: Yun Yang
c. Fei Teng, An Inch of Time, gold, 8.1x1.1x1cm. Photo: Yun Yang
d. Bifei Cao, Tight Hard, brass, copper, silver, 15x8.5x7. Photo: Yun Yang
e. Xin Guo, Transformation, silver, polymer clay, 16x4x3cm. Photo: Yun Yang
About the Artist
Norman Cherry worked for many years in the British Higher Education sector, latterly as Pro Vice Chancellor for Arts at the University of Lincoln. From 1996 to 2008, he was Head of the internationally significant Birmingham School of Jewellery. Since 2014, he has run a consultancy as a creator, educator and curator. Recent projects have included working on behalf of international clients to connect Chinese and other universities, advising jewellery manufacturers on the development of young designers, curating international exhibitions of contemporary jewellery, most notably Transplantation: a Sense of Place and Culture and The Other Mountain: New Jewellery from China, and representation in several exhibitions. His book, Jewellery Design and Development: from Concept to Object, was published by Bloomsbury in 2013.
Gallery Funaki has been recognised as a driving force in the promotion of contemporary jewellery in Australia for over 20 years. Around 40 international and Australian artists are represented, and the gallery presents at least six solo and curated group exhibitions each year, including the biennial Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery.
Norman Cherry worked for many years in the British Higher Education sector, latterly as Pro Vice Chancellor for Arts at the University of Lincoln. From 1996 to 2008, he was Head of the internationally significant Birmingham School of Jewellery. Since 2014, he has run a consultancy as a creator, educator and curator. Recent projects have included working on behalf of international clients to connect Chinese and other universities, advising jewellery manufacturers on the development of young designers, curating international exhibitions of contemporary jewellery, most notably Transplantation: a Sense of Place and Culture and The Other Mountain: New Jewellery from China, and representation in several exhibitions. His book, Jewellery Design and Development: from Concept to Object, was published by Bloomsbury in 2013.
Gallery Funaki has been recognised as a driving force in the promotion of contemporary jewellery in Australia for over 20 years. Around 40 international and Australian artists are represented, and the gallery presents at least six solo and curated group exhibitions each year, including the biennial Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery.
