Intimately Connected at M. Contemporary

By Benjamen Judd

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It’s no secret that as far as shiny objects go, we’re practically magpies. So when we heard about the Intimately Collection exhibition at M. Contemporary in Woollhara you can bet we got our necks/fingers/ears/wrists ready.

Showcasing ten of the world’s best jewellery designers, Intimately Connected aims to reveal the exploration of design and creativeness in contemporary jewellery making today; from applied, decorative, commercial or industrialised designs, the selection of works will help amateurs and collectors alike explore this unique and highly skilled art genre. This exhibition will aim to educate, inform and encourage the public to see a cross section of emerging and established artists from Australia and around the world.

What we find most fascinating is the enormous variations of jewellery interpretation on show. Branching on from more traditional precious and semi-precious metals, Intimately Connected looks at the ways even handcrafts can be repurposed into decoration. And it’s also an investigation into the performance of wearing jewellery. “Jewellery is often used as a form of self-expression it can draw attention to sexuality or enhance beauty, show off wealth, signal status and project power but wearing a work of art can also have an emotional meaning.

“The way the object is touched, worn or experienced in a sense becomes part of the conversation, unique in design and beautifully created.”

Intimately Connected is now showing until October 26 at M. Contemporary in Woollhara.