UPCOMING EVENTS

15 - 17 November 2023

Consulate General of Greece in New York

The Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum presents an exhibition of contemporary studio jewelry

“A HISTORY OF REVOLUTIONS”

21 jewelry artists from Greece and the US unite in one exhibition with unique works inspired by past and present remnants of revolutions across the globe. Artists are called to respond with a liberal approach applying to their personal inner search for artistic expression inspired from both the Greek Revolution of 1821 and other revolutions that applied to their experience as citizens of a modern society. Emerging issues that have impacted historical and recent global cultural, aesthetic, and artistic practices have consciously inspired the artists in this exhibition. From the Industrial Revolution and the New Industrial Revolution and Environmental Protection to the social media spin, participating creators focus on interpreting understandings of nationhood, tradition, gender, and body to critically center the past with the contemporary moment. The exhibition develops the concept of thinking historically in the present by adopting a working methodology that privileges the role of intuition and incidence. Jewelry becomes the vehicle of material extension to consciously respond, protest, express dimensions of the individuals from two exceptional societies.