Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Cucuteni - Where Art Meets History

Here some images from my newest exhibition, open in Berlin, Germany. The exhibition includes decorations and hand-crafted jewellery inspired by the Cucuteni culture (fourth millennium B.C.).

I am a fan of art forms uncovered through archaeological explorations in the city of Cucuteni, in north-eastern Romania. 

The series of artifacts below attempts to re-create some of the artistic motifs apparent in the Cucuteni culture: the spiral, symbol of life, geometric and archaic patterns. The material of choice is ceramics, in keeping with the majority of objects found at Cucuteni; on this foundation I have layered a guilded paint coat.

For me, this exhibition this was an opportunity to reflect on the ability of art to regenerate itself and to speak to us across time and space in its solitary and enigmatic voice. 

                                                          
           
Vase

  
Pendant


          Fibula 




                                                                           
      Pendant

  
Bracelet


A group of artifacts

Bracelet


Medallion


Medallion


Pendant