A Little Museum with Huge Ambitions
Glad day-after-Bastille-Day! In honor of the vacation that commemorates a significant occasion within the French Revolution—the storming of the Bastille jail, on July 14, 1789—as we speak’s photograph essay takes you to France.
Espace Solidor – Musée du Bijou Contemporain is within the metropolis of Cagnes-sur-Mer, on the Riviera, within the south of France. Olga Zobel Biró, from Galerie Biró, in Munich, performed a key function in founding this little museum, and has curated greater than 20 exhibitions there. With out her dedication, this museum wouldn’t exist. It at the moment has 298 items in its everlasting assortment. The museum solely sees itself rising, and it’s open to accepting donations. In the event you’re a collector and search a house in your items down the road, think about emailing the museum’s curator, Emeric Pinkowicz, at e.pinkowicz@cagnes.fr.
Pinkowicz began working with the museum three years in the past. He brings a background in artwork historical past and museums, with a specialty in conservation. That makes him all for defending the jewellery assortment, archiving it, and accumulating all related background data, together with artists’ bios. His affiliate, Myriam Theveniaud, has labored for the town for 20 years. She targeted on graphic design in artwork college. She creates promotional supplies, works with the curators to assist arrange exhibitions, and catalogs the items. (And rounded up lots of the images for this photograph essay.)
Up to date jewellery is rising in France—slowly, however it’s rising. The problem, says Roland Fixed, first deputy to the mayor of Cagnes-Sur-Mer, is that France has no college or college specializing in up to date jewellery. The nation solely has colleges that train conventional jewellery, or artwork and design colleges—ENSA, in Limoges, and HEAR, in Strasbourg—which have departments for up to date jewellery. France has hosted 4 iterations of the triennial occasion Parcours Bijoux, nonetheless. And Espace Solidor – Musée du Bijou Contemporain hosted the primary Vacation spot Bijoux Cagnes-Sur-Mer this previous Could.
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