Lisa Walker : Unwearable

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Exhibitions
23 January – 7 March 2009
Galleries 1 + 2

Unwearable is a provocation. It matters when a jeweller chooses such a confrontational title for an exhibition of work from the past fifteen years. What’s the angle here? What is Walker’s game?

If you are at all familiar with Walker's work, one of New Zealand's most important contemporary jewellery practitioners, you won’t be surprised. The word ‘unwearable’ does what all the best jewellery in this exhibition does when you consider putting it on: it aggressively challenges us on a material, conceptual and sometimes even practical level. Some of Walker’s jewellery is entirely unwearable, but the fact that we keep asking ourselves what would happen if we put it on is important. This is the connection to jewellery that is central to Walker’s practice. Curated by Damian Skinner.

There will be a catalogue raissone available at Craft Victoria during the exhibition.

Opening Thursday 22 January, 6-8pm.

Links
Lisa Walker interview on Craft Victoria's Clog
Gallery Funaki
Damian Skinner blog
Klimt02
The Fat Booty of Madness

Image gallery : Exhibition catalogue excerpts

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