COOLEST - Designmuseum Danmark

INTRODUKTION INTRODUCTION
From the Coolest Corner er en
stor samlet udstilling af, hvad der
rører sig på den nordiske smykkescene
i 2013. Efter de succesfulde
udstillinger i 1995 og 2001
har Designmuseum Danmark i
samarbejde med Röhsska Museet
i Gøteborg, Nasjonalmuseet for
kunst, arkitektur og design i Oslo
og Designmuseet i Helsinki skabt
en rejseudstilling, der fremviser en
lang række fremtrædende smykkekunstneres
værker, skabt til denne
udstilling.
Udstillingen viser udvalgt smykkekunst
fra Danmark, Sverige,
Norge, Finland, Island og Estland,
og det er på ingen måde smykker
i traditionel forstand, man
skal forvente at se. Kunstnerne
har på hver deres måde fortolket
og udfordret smykkegenren og
de stereotype opfattelser af, hvad
nordeuropæisk smykkekunst er.
Med udstillingen bliver der sat
spørgsmålstegn ved, om man i nu-
tidens internationalt orienterede
tidsalder stadigvæk kan tale om et
særligt nordisk udtryk inden for
smykkedesign, som man tidligere
har set det.
En jury har udvalgt 61 kunstnere
til at deltage på udstillingen,
herunder fem særligt inviterede.
Danmark er repræsenteret af de
7 smykkekunstnere: Josephine
Winther, orkild Harboe øgersen,
Marie-Louise Kristensen,
Kaori Juzu, Annette Dam, Julie
Bach og æresgæsten Kim Buck.
Udstillingen ledsages af en smuk
publikation, der kan købes i Designmuseets
butik.
From the Coolest Corner is a
major exhibition showcasing
the pinnacle of contemporary
Nordic jewellery design. Following
the successful exhibitions of
1995 and 2001, Designmuseum
Danmark – in collaboration with
Gothenburg’s Röhsska Museun,
Oslo’s National Museum of Art,
Architecture and Design, and e
Helsinki Design Museum – has
created an exhibition that brings
together the work of a wide range
of leading Nordic jewellery artists,
much of which has been created
specically for the 2013 exhibition.
e exhibition presents a selection
of unique and non-traditional
jewellery art from Denmark, Sweden,
Norway, Finland, Iceland and
Estonia. Each artist in his or her
own way has interpreted the art
of jewellery making, challenging
the stereotypical perceptions of
what Northern European jewellery
art is. e exhibition raises the
question as to whether or not in
today’s globalised world of international
focus it is still possible to
talk of a unique ‘Nordic expression
form’ in jewellery design, as
once was previously the case.
e 61 exhibiting artists – including
ve special guest exhibitors
– have all been specially selected
to participate by a jury. Denmark
is represented by the following
7 designers: Josephine Winther,
orkild Harboe øgersen,
Marie-Louise Kristensen, Kaori
Juzu, Annette Dam, Julie Bach,
and special guest exhibitor – Kim
Buck.
An elegantly designed publication
has been produced to accompany
the exhibition, and is available for
purchase at the Designmuseum
shop.
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