Exhibition
22.03.24
24.03.24
11:00
19:00
Saigon
We Are Art. Who Is John Goldsmith
Asia’s first contemporary art Jewellery gallery presents “WE.ARE ART. Who is John Goldsmith” exhibition, Vietnam Edition. After it’s enormous success in Bangkok and Istanbul exhibition travels to Saigon.
Eurus Gallery raises a fundamental question: what art is today? Intellectual fashion, hypertrophied forms and complex silhouettes have taken root in our wardrobes, and objects of modern art that aren’t immediately comprehendible have taken place in our homes. Then what about jewellery?
Many of us still wear things that haven't changed for centuries or hide our individuality behind a big brand name.
Once upon a time, these big brands started with artists and visionaries. The words Cartier, Boucheron, Van Cleef & Arpels didn’t mean a registered trademark, but the name of the artist, his signature work. These masters were joined by others whose names have been erased by the age of marketing. Do the names Alexandre Genay, Charles Jacquot or Frédéric Mew mean anything to you? - three once-famous Cartier masters. And this is just one of many such examples.
John Goldsmith, the title of the exhibition, is a play on words. John Smith is the traditional sign off for a person wishing to remain anonymous or just your average person. Goldsmith literally means metal worker a jeweller. So, who is John Goldsmith?
We know of many contemporary sculptors, performers and video artists, we can list dozens of couturiers by name, but how many creators do we know in the art jewellery sphere. "Get to know each other," Eurus Gallery tells its visitors, "and memorize these names. The names of those who are shaping the contemporary art jewellery scene and the future of jewellery excellence".
Eurus Gallery raises a fundamental question: what art is today? Intellectual fashion, hypertrophied forms and complex silhouettes have taken root in our wardrobes, and objects of modern art that aren’t immediately comprehendible have taken place in our homes. Then what about jewellery?
Many of us still wear things that haven't changed for centuries or hide our individuality behind a big brand name.
Once upon a time, these big brands started with artists and visionaries. The words Cartier, Boucheron, Van Cleef & Arpels didn’t mean a registered trademark, but the name of the artist, his signature work. These masters were joined by others whose names have been erased by the age of marketing. Do the names Alexandre Genay, Charles Jacquot or Frédéric Mew mean anything to you? - three once-famous Cartier masters. And this is just one of many such examples.
John Goldsmith, the title of the exhibition, is a play on words. John Smith is the traditional sign off for a person wishing to remain anonymous or just your average person. Goldsmith literally means metal worker a jeweller. So, who is John Goldsmith?
We know of many contemporary sculptors, performers and video artists, we can list dozens of couturiers by name, but how many creators do we know in the art jewellery sphere. "Get to know each other," Eurus Gallery tells its visitors, "and memorize these names. The names of those who are shaping the contemporary art jewellery scene and the future of jewellery excellence".
