Atta Gallery is holding "Pearl", a group exhibition by 10 international material-based artists, until Sept 17.
Mother-of-pearl container by Jukkit Suksawat. photos courtesy of ATTA Gallery
On showcase are accessories and artistic items by five female British jewellers -- Caroline Broadhead, Lin Cheung, Melanie Georgacopoulos, Maria Militsi and Frances Wadsworth Jones.
Initially brought together through their teaching at the Central Saint Martins BA Jewellery Design course, the five artists' works span across different fields and tackle different subject matters, yet they all share a mutual fascination with the pearl.
The strength of this group, however, is the diversity of each individual's ideas and approaches to a single subject matter. Their work explores new and innovative ways of working with the pearl, how it can be represented, whether that is through the manipulation of the material itself, the form it might take through referencing its place in cultural history or finding imaginative ways in which to reassess its position at the heart of jewellery's system of values.
Their investigations interrogate traditional uses of pearls and position them in a contemporary, surprising, humorous or ironic context.
The five jewellers initially started off their "Pearl" exhibition in the UK last year and has since taken it on a world tour, which has opened up opportunities for them to create dialogues with and exhibit alongside international artists at each stop.
This exhibition in Bangkok is the third stop on the tour and includes unique, innovative as well as traditional jewellery and non-jewellery works made with pearl and mother of pearl by five male Asian artists -- Sam Tho Doung, Kimiaki Kageyama, Takashi Kojima, Tamiya Raden by Kyoji Tamiya and Jukkit Suksawat.
Atta Gallery is located at Warehouse 30, Charoen Krung 30 and opens Wednesday to Sunday from 1-6.30pm.
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Artwork by Frances Wadsworth Jones. (Photo: ATTA Gallery)