Tea Time – Teesiebe im Wandel der Zeit

Bevor der Teebeutel die Geschichte des Tees revolutionierte, gehörte das Teesieb zum festen Bestandteil der Genusskultur. Seine Blütezeit ist zwischen 1800 und 1950 zu verorten, in der insbesondere mit Blick auf die europäischen Kolonialmächte, wie England und den Niederlanden, mit zunehmendem Wohlstand auch die Zahl an schönen und teuren Haushaltsgegenstânden stark zunahm. Die Ausstellung präsentiert rund 400 sorgfältig ausgewählte Teesiebe der Sammlung Gunda und Klaus Henneberger aus vielen verschiedenen Ländern der Welt ab Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts bis in die zweite Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Die Ausführungsvielfalt umfasst den Historismus über den Jugendstil bis in den Art Déco sowie einige zeitgenössische Siebe bis in die Gegenwart.
Before the tea bag revolutionized the history of tea, the tea strainer was an integral part of the culture of enjoyment. Its heyday can be placed between 1800 and 1950, during which the number of beautiful and expensive household items increased sharply as prosperity increased, particularly with a view to the European colonial powers such as England and the Netherlands. The exhibition presents around 400 carefully selected tea strainers from the Gunda and Klaus Henneberger collection from many different countries around the world from the middle of the 19th century to the second half of the 20th century. The variety of designs includes historicism through Art Nouveau to Art Deco as well as some contemporary screens up to the present day.

2.10.2023 – 21.04.2024 Museum Zons, Schloßstraße 1, 41541 Dormagen-Zons (D)

Auf Abwegen

Wo hört der Nutzen auf, und wo beginnt das Spiel jenseits der Funktion? Es ist längst nichts Neues mehr, dass einige Vertreterinnen und Vertreter der zeitgenössischen Silber- und Goldschmiedekunst den klassischen Kanon ihrer eigenen Disziplin, ihrer historischen Wurzeln und Traditionen hinterfragen. Da entstehen wilde Dinge, die gold- und silberschmiedische Tabus verletzen, die von Ungehorsam, von Regelverletzung zeugen. »Da geraten goldene Regeln ins Wanken, ästhetische Normen werden diskutiert oder persifliert. Das Gerät, der Schmuck, das Objekt verwandeln sich in Paraphrasen ihrer jeweiligen Materie«, erläutert Kuratorin Ellen Maurer Zilioli. Gesellschaftliche, kulturelle, politische Kritik begleiten diese Tendenzen.
Die Schau zeigt Schmuck, Gerät und Objekte, die übliche Sichtweisen in Frage stellen. Beteiligt sind insgesamt 28 Künstlerinnen und Künstler, darunter Karen Pontoppidan und David Clarke, Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, Beatrice Brovia oder Nicolas Cheng.
Sie alle bewegen sich in einem Zwischenraum, der kulturelle Verkoppelungen erlaubt. Ihre Objekte, ihre Formfindungen lassen sich auf diesem feinen Grat ansiedeln, wo Definitionen und herkömmliche Vorstellungen das Fundament eines höchst intelligenten und vielschichtigen Nachdenkens zum Gerät, Gefäß und zum Schmuck überhaupt bilden, aber gleichzeitig immer verlassen oder modifiziert werden.

Beteiligte Künstler und Künstlerinnen:
Tobias Alm, Sawa Aso, Astrid Becksteiner-Rasche, Naama Bergman, Tobias Birgersson, Betrice Brovia/Nicolas Cheng, David Clarke, Kanako Ebisawa, Ute Eitzenhöfer, Åsa Elmstam, Anne Fischer, Karolina Hägg, Nils Hint, Katerina Jirsowa, Anders Ljungberg, Katerina Michalkova, Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, Eija Mustonen, Markus Pollinger, Karen Pontoppidan, Anna Rikkinen, Hans Stofer, Vivi Touloumidi, Tarja Tuupanen, Luzia Vogt, Stella Wanisch, Jing Yang

Bei der Ausstellung erschient ein Ausstellungskatalog.

06.10.2023 – 11.02.2024 Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Jahnstraße 42, 75173 Pforzheim

Brut! Thalen en Thalen

Experience the power of silver at the Thalen & Thalen exhibition Brut!. Father and son Thalen bring an exhibition to the Dutch Silvermuseum that stimulates the senses. It is silver to experience, what you want to taste, hear the sound and can keep looking at. Made from fine silver, the objects ask to be touched. Yet it takes a lot of hammer blows to make this relatively soft metal take the form of cutlery, plates, candlesticks or art objects. Brut! surprises and inspires the visitor with old, new and experimental work.

Brut!
13.10.2022 – 05.06.2023 : Nederlands Zilvermuseum, Schoonhoven (NL)

Strings Attached

Maja Houtman and Karin Kortenhorst form a special exhibition duo. Wire is both their connection and contradiction: Maja processes meters of fine wire into objects, while Karin looks for space and makes large sculptural objects. These two artists brought together in one space creates an interesting field of tension that surprises and amazes the visitor.
Maja Houtman and Karin Kortenhorst were both trained as goldsmiths at the Vakschool in Schoonhoven. After graduating they chose their own ways, leaving the classic jewelry behind. Karin went immersed herself in 3-D design. Maja specialized in filigree.

Maja Houtman (1963) became fascinated by a self-developed filigree technique. She applies her acquired knowledge and new ideas in art objects. Her work has won international awards such as the prestigious Saul Bell Award and Cheongju Craft Biennnial. Where the mythological Arachne was mistress of spinning and weaving, Maja goes one step further.

Karin Kortenhorst (1961) developed her work from making jewelry to creating monumental, spatial sculptures. She rolls, hammers and winds aluminum, copper and iron wire in her studio. This material twists, bends, hammers and hooks them in such a way that large transparent volumes are created. By framing the sky, space becomes visible.

The exhibition Strings Attached brings the two ‘wire artists’ together in dialogue and contrast. Karin and Maja made new objects especially for the exhibition.

Strings Attached
11.12.2021 – 04.10.2022 : Nederlands Zilvermuseum, Schoonhoven (NL)

Jan Wege – Silber Tombak Eisen

Die Hansestadt Hamburg mit ihren charakteristischen Hafenanlagen und markanten Industriebauten hat den Gold- und Silberschmied Jan Wege seit seiner Kindheit geprögt und inspiriert. Seine auBergewöhn lichen Arbeiten aus Silber, Tombak oder Eisen vermitteln einen kraftvollen Ausdruck von Stabiliiöt und Störke, sind dabei aber sensibel gestaltet und formal von hoher Qualitöt. Die Stiftung Gold- und Silberschmiedekunst in Schwöbisch Gmünd ernannte Jan Wege zum Stadtgoldschmied 2020. Alle zwei Jahre ehrt diese traditionelle Auszeichnung internatio nal herausragende Gold- und Silberschmiede aus ganz Europa. Die Ausstellung im Labor im Chor ermöglicht spannende Einblicke in das Wirken von Jan Wege.

04.09.2021 – 31.10.2021 Labor im Chor – Kulturzentrum Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd (DE)

Time Capsules

Nutida Svenskt Silver is a members association consisting of 28 goldsmiths and silversmiths working in different types of materials and techniques, with the processes of gold- and silversmithing at heart. All members create unique jewelry and items in limited editions, manufactured in their own workshops. The Swedish silversmiths will participate in the Stockholm Craft Week. Based on the Corona bubble over the past year, Contemporary Swedish Silversmiths have created the theme TIME Capsules for their exhibition at Stockholm Craft Week.

30.09.2021 – 03.10.2021 Stockholm Craft Week, Stockholm (SE).

MASTERY – Women in silver

This is the first exhibition to focus on the UK’s exceptionally talented contemporary women designer silversmiths. Fifty years ago, it would have been impossible to assemble an exhibition like this, as there were so few women working in the field. What was once a totally male discipline has been transformed within three generations.

The Mastery exhibitors represent a large cohort of women working at the highest level of silversmithing and include long-established and mid-career artists alongside some emerging makers of exceptional promise. The work itself was chosen to highlight both the diversity of women’s practice and their largely unacknowledged role as innovators. The resulting group of work illustrates a profound understanding of materials and processes and finally lays to rest the curious notion that silversmithing was an unsuitable occupation for a woman. On the contrary, unconstrained by the weight of tradition, women’s silversmithing has brought refreshing new approaches to an ancient craft.

Exhibitors: Juliette Bigley. Jocelyn Burton. Ane Christensen. Angela Cork. Maureen Edgar. Ndidi Ekubia. Megan Falconer. Na’ama Haneman. Miriam Hanid. Rauni Higson. Kathryn Hinton. Simone ten Hompel. Jessica Jue. Kyosun Jung. Nan Nan Liu. Anna Lorenz. Sheila McDonald. Claire Malet. Jacqueline Mina. Cara Murphy. Theresa Nguyen. Rebecca de Quin. Pamela Rawnsley. Jane Short. Mary Ann Simmons. Hazel Thorn. Adi Toch. Katie Watson. Tamar de Vries Winter

24.07.2021 – 18.09.2021 Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin (GB).

Ground Hope – Jan van Nouhuys

As soon as the museum reopens from the Covid-19 lockdown until September 2021, silversmith Jan van Nouhuys will exhibit in Het Nederlands Zilvermuseum Schoonhoven with Ground Hope. Jan takes the visitor on the way to a point of light on the horizon. At the same time the new book Silver Art – Jan van Nouhuys, Founder of Dutch Contemporary Silver Art will be presented, describing 40 years of the life and work of Jan van Nouhuys.
In this exhibition, the visitor experiences a journey to a sunnier world, accompanied by inspiring, funny and special silver objects such as Goede Morgen Overkant, Briesje and Au Claire de la Lune.

Silver in Motion and exhibition master class participants
Jan van Nouhuys worked as a silversmith for over forty years. At a time when silver had fallen out of fashion as a tool, he consciously chose to make large art objects and eventually found a market for it. Jan van Nouhuys also taught his vision on modern silver at the Vocational School in Schoonhoven. Jan founded the foundation “Silver in Movement” in 1991 to give the profession new impetus, to put silver on the map as an art form and to inspire others. Jan coached silversmiths in his international masterclasses to develop and realize new concepts. These masterclasses formed a development place for up-and-coming talents and experienced silversmiths. Fourteen of them are exhibiting their work in the Silver Museum in addition to Jan: Tamara van Kekerix, Guido Schram, Mark Alexander, Dyon Seelen, Niels de Vos, Liv-Maritt Prins van Wijngaarden, Kaj Bras, Bas Jansen, Sybren Van Wesemael, Patrick Davison, Megan Falconer, Loucinda Nims, Yonatan Avishaul and Leandra Förster.

Publication
The exhibition coincides with the presentation of the bilingual book Jan van Nouhuys – silver art – founder of Dutch contemporary silver art. Journalist and art critic Marc Couwenbergh describes the life and work of Jan van Nouhuys. The book is a wonderful introduction to a visit to the museum and offers depth to the visitor who is inspired by the exhibition. The book is available at Publisher Pictures Publishers Woudrichem and also for sale at the Silver Museum. The publication is in Dutch and English, Price € 29,95. Click here to order the book.

Ground Hope
05.06.2021 – 19.09.2021 : Nederlands Zilvermuseum, Schoonhoven (NL)

Silver for everyone

The Stedelijk Museum Zutphen is exhibiting Hollandia silver from Zutphen in combination with contemporary silver. The latter is to emphasize how special it is that an age-old craft has stood the test of time with flying colors and is alive and kicking.

Silver for everyone is an exhibition that invites everyone to enjoy the dazzling beauty of old and new silver. 21 contemporary silversmiths from all over the Netherlands display objects in a wide range of shapes and styles. Their work is rooted in an age-old traditional craftsmanship, but innovation and experimentation in materials and technology make their work extremely topical “of today”. On request they drew inspiration from the Zutphens Hollandia silver, which was made between 1917 and 1950 in the Hollandia Silversmederij at Hagepoortplein.

The history of this successful company is told through photographs and film images, archive material, tools and a variety of silver objects from Hollandia’s extensive catalog. It offered customers a choice from an enormously varied range of objects in “Old Dutch” style, from cocktail forks, ashtray, bonbon dishes and bread baskets to a complete coffee and tea set.

Work of the following silversmiths is included in the exhibition: Mark Alexander, Pauline Barendse, Marcel Blok, Kaj Bras, Harm Bron, Daan Brouwer, Maja Houtman, Bas Jansen, Tamara van Kekerix, Jan Matthesius, Jan van Nouhuys, Willem Noyons, Liv-Maritt Prins van Wijngaarden, Maarten Rollfs of Roelofs, Guido Schram, Teun Schraven, Gabri Schumacher, Eelco Veenman, Niels de Vos, Paul de Vries and Malu de Wit.

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Zilver voor iedereen / Silver for everyone
05.06.2021 – 27.06.2021 : Stedelijk Museum Zutphen, Zutphen (NL)