As happened in all the other fields of Italian production of the period, jewelry too began to draw fully from the world of sculpture, painting and design, keeping, nevertheless, its traditional sensitivity to jewelry social dimension, conceived – above all – to provide pleasure to those who wear it.
Through the selection of pieces made by Fragile, the gallery chose an exhibition itinerary that will highlight each author’s own personal style, from the artists’ unique or partially serial abstract gesture to the designers’ architectonical and decorative references, balancing them through the “fil rouge” of design, being of service to – but, at the same time, creator of – beauty.
Left: Alba Polenghi Lisca, Corallo Ciondolo Calliope 2, 2005. Silver, black coral. Right: Andrea Branzi, Collezione Magic, Arnolfo di Cambio 2001, silver
Left: Anna Gili, Pendente Mandala, Manifattura Nicolas Cola, white and yellow gold with diamonds, 2001. Right: Arnaldo Pomodoro, silver, 1967
October 15 – December 15, 2015
opening Wednesday October 14, 6.30 pm
Designned for beauty
Jewels by Andrea Branzi; Riccardo Dalisi; Anna Gili; Enzo Mari; Alessandro Mendini; Giancarlo Montebello; Alba Polenghi Lisca; Arnaldo Pomodoro; Karl Heinz Reister; Ettore Sottsass; Giorgio Vigna; Alberto Zorzi
curated by Paola Berra
Fragile
via San Damiano 2, Milano