With Anna Wójcik-Korbas about polish jewellery
What characterizes the tendencies of polish jewellery? How did political and economic developments influence the jewellery makers in Poland? What happened after World War II until today in the polish jewellery scene?
Polish Jewellery is rich in social-political meaning and strongly connected to polish history. Thus, the polish jewellery makers reflect with their chosen material, the topics of their works and the motives the times their living in. With Anna Wójcik-Korbas we’re talking about polish jewellery and its development after World War II until nowadays.
Photo: Małgorzata Banaszkiewicz
Glanz & Kante collaborates with the Association for Goldsmith's Art (in german Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V.). The Association is a nonprofit organization based in Hanau whose mission is to promote contemporary jewelry and silverware. Thus, the Accosiation is committed to promote and establish a greater appreciation for contemporary trends in jewelry and silverware within society. Among the association’s most important tasks are organizing competitions, scholarships, and events. The Accosiation also curates’ numerous exhibitions at the Museum German Goldsmith’s House in Hanau @deutsches_goldschmiedehaus , for which it is responsible for the content on behalf of the City of Hanau.
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Pioneers of Polish goldsmithing:
Henryk Grunwald
Józef Fajngold
Jadwiga & Jerzy Zaremscy
UFO Group:
Joachim Sokólski
Jacek Rochacki
Jacek Byczewski
Marcin Zaremski
The founder of the first jewelry studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź:
Lena Kowalewicz-Wegner
The contemporary Polish artists I mentioned:
Marcin Bogusław (my latest jewellery)
Zofia i Witold Kozubscy (jewellery for the Women protests)
Sergiusz Kuchczyński (brooches that were commentary on the situation with pushbacks at the Belarusian border)
Anna briefly mentioned also:
Adriana Lisowska
Michalina Owczarek-Siwak
Małgorzata Kalińska
Jolanta Gazda
Paweł Kaczyński
Sara Gackowska
Sława Tchórzewska
Owner of the Museum of Jewellery Art in Poznań:
Maria Magdalena Kwiatkiewicz
The Unnecessary Jewellery project co-curators I mentioned:
Arek Wolski
Prof. Sławomir Fijałkowski