Laura Potter, ‘Goldweights of the 19th Century Australian Colonists’ (detail). 27 brass cast figures/objects, 10 brass flies. Courtesy of the artist.

Transplantation: A Sense of Place and Culture

This exhibition of contemporary narrative jewellery explores the sense of place and cultural identity through the theme of Transplantation. 

About the exhibition

Artists based in the UK and Australia have explored their own sense of place and individual cultural identity as a consequence of their personal and family experiences of transplantation.

Jewellery offers an art form which provides a means of recording memory and experience in a portable and wearable form. Through this medium it is possible to express ideas, thoughts, and concerns, which may not be achievable in other ways. Twelve contemporary jewellery artists from the UK and Australia have been selected to create up to three pieces of work each, which will articulate the notion of transplantation in a tangible form.

Even jewellers whose work is not overtly illustrative often have a story to tell. In some cases participants’ existing reputations are already built on narrative and metaphor. Each artist in this exhibition has their own experience of cultural, familial and artistic transplantation of one sort or another that they have drawn on to create work which is powerful, engaging and thought-provoking.


Artists

Anna Davern (Melbourne), Bridie Lander (Sydney/Birmingham), Jack Cunningham (Birmingham), Jivan Astfalck (London), Jo Pond (Derby), Joung-Mee Do (Melbourne), Laura Potter (London), Lin Cheung (London), Nick Bastin (Melbourne), Norman Cherry (Lincoln), Rosanne Bartley (Melbourne), Sheridan Kennedy (Sydney).


Tour dates

3 August8 September 2013
28 October23 November 2013
12 December 20131 February 2014
13 February11 April 2014
29 May12 July 2014
1 August31 August 2014
9 October 201418 January 2015
7 February15 March 2015
10 April31 May 2015

Acknowledgements

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Transplantation: A Sense of Place and Culture was developed by University of Lincoln, assisted by the National Centre for Craft and Design and funded by Arts Council England. In Australia it was toured by Museums & Galleries Queensland.

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