Geraldine Fenn

Geraldine Fenn 'Lady silhouettes' earrings

Legacy
About the Session

Legacy, showcases 16 contemporary practitioners whose work reflects the movement’s enduring spirit of experimentation. Like their predecessors, these art jewellers often work with non-precious materials, producing pieces that are expressive, sculptural and conceptually adventurous.  Through these wearable artworks, the artists employ art jewellery as a critical medium to reflect upon, comment on, and challenge the world around them, exploring questions of identity, place, social standing, cultural practices, and political viewpoints.

 


  • Geraldine Fenn; Geraldine Fenn 'Lady silhouettes' earrings


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ZAR 5 500 - 6 000

About this Item

South Africa 1976-
Geraldine Fenn 'Lady silhouettes' earrings
feminine profile shapes in oxidised sterling silver with 18k yellow gold flowers, pink opal, coral, and tanzanite beads on a silver chain, stamped with maker's mark, length approximately 8.5cm, total weight 11 grams
2017

Notes

My work is always quite layered and figurative, and I like playing with different media and techniques. I am also very aware of my position as a person of European descent in a post-colonial/post-apartheid South African context, which I often reference in my work by fusing traditional African cultural modes of production with Western historical tropes to create pieces that are at once hybrids and original creative expressions.

- Geraldine Fenn

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