Geraldine Fenn

Geraldine Fenn 'Marigold' brooch

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.

 


Sold for

ZAR 4 565
Lot 49
  • Geraldine Fenn; Geraldine Fenn 'Marigold' brooch


Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 3 800 - 4 200
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 4 565

About this Item

South Africa 1976-
Geraldine Fenn 'Marigold' brooch
glass seed beads on cotton thread with République Française 1808-coin charms, hanging from a sterling silver pin, length approximately 7.5cm, total weight 11.8 grams
2025

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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