Elisabetta Cipriani – Jewellery by Contemporary Artists is an invite to the most innovative and challenging living international sculptors and painters to create wearable sculptures with the use of precious metals and stones. It is the first time that these artists have approached jewellery establishing parallels with their artistic disciplines and poetics. The design of each project starts from a
sketch created by the artist, whilst specialised goldsmiths based in Europe or the artists themselves take care of the production. The final result is a portable small sculpture, revealing the most intimate level of the artist: this is Art in Jewellery. The jewels created are unique or in a limited edition of 12 and are always addressed to art lovers but also to people who desire to wear something unique. Since 2009 the gallery is collaborating with: Atelier van Lieshout, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Enrico Castellani, Giorgio Vigna, Giuseppe Penone, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Jannis Kounellis, Kendell Geers, Rebecca Horn, Tatsuo Miyajima, Tom Sachs and Wim Delvoye. A selection of the gallery projects is included in worldwide Museum’s collections and exhibitions. The gallery participates at PAD London (October), Design Miami (December) and Design Miami/Basel (June). Since May 2011 the jewellery is permanently displayed in a room designed specifically to host these special sculptures at Sprovieri Gallery, London.
