Through 2011 Annoushka Ducas will stage two exhibitions displaying original art works which incorporate her jewellery.
To select the artists with whom she is collaborating to stage the shows, Annoushka joined forces with Samir Ceric and Zoe Knight of Debut Contemporary. A ‘business academy for the art world’ Debut Contemporary develops the careers of up and coming painters, photographers, sculptors, video, performance and alternative artists. Debut Contemporary also places art work in off-site locations and so Annoushka’s 41 Cadogan Gardens, London flagship is the exhibition space for the three 2011 shows.
Q&A
What is the aim of Art At Annoushka?
Annoushka: I am aiming to display jewellery in a different light and show how jewellery can be seen, not just as a static decorative accessory, but that it can also be art. I’ve always felt that it is such a shame that jewellery is put away into a cupboard and then comes out on special occasions, when, actually, because of the detail, the thought and the time that it takes to make a piece of jewellery, it should be displayed and seen, yet - not just as a static, decorative accessory - but as art.”
Read more about this artistic ventureRosie Emerson
Rosie Emerson earned a fine art degree from Kingston University in 2004 and has since exhibited her work in the UK at the Southbank Centre as well as in Europe, Israel and the United States. In 2009, she produced fifteen large scale collages for the art gallery aboard the MS Azura cruise ship.
Read more about Rosie EmersonBouke de Vries
Born in Utrecht, the Netherlands, Bouke de Vries obtained degrees in two dimensional design and textile design at the Design Academy Eindhoven and at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, respectively. After working in fashion - for Zandra Rhodes, milliner Stephen Jones and John Galliano - he studied ceramics conservation and restoration at West Dean College.
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