On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Crafts Council of Ireland and 2011 Year of Craft, the Contemporary Croatian Jewellery exhibition of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia was opened on 8th June 2011 at the Rubicon Gallery, at 10 Saint Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Dublin.
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Crafts Council of Ireland and 2011 Year of Craft, the Contemporary Croatian Jewellery exhibition of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia was opened on 8th June 2011 at the Rubicon Gallery, at 10 Saint Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Dublin.
The exhibition was opened by Ms. Jasna Ognjanovac, Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to Ireland and on behalf of the Crafts Council of Ireland (CCOI) the opening speech was given by Ms Edna dos Santos-Duisenberg, Chief of the Creative Economies and Industries Programme of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
The exhibition hosts the work of sixteen authors of contemporary Croatian jewellery: Rok Lumezi, Vera Dajht Kralj, Boris Pokos, Zlatko Odrcic, Mario Beusan, Stjepan Balja, Davor Šuk, Eva Lumezi Šimatovic, Karolina Pernar, Max Škledar, Eta Lincir, Boris Borovic, Rea Boschi Gogolja, Mara Fabijancic Borovic, Luka Petrinjak and Nenad Roban. Their work is characterised by the usage of materials such as stone, silver, copper and wood and the intertwinement of urban and rural traditional styles.
Jewellery making in Croatia boasts a rich and long tradition, continued nowadays in its contemporary form. The exhibition ‘’Contemporary Croatian Jewellery’’ displays excellent contemporary production of Croatian art jewellery the authors of which are recognized not only in Croatia but also worldwide.
So far the exhibition has been displayed in Prague, Bejing, Bratislava, Helsinki, Innsbruck, Pécs, Baji, Bekescsabu, Subotica and Novi Sad.
Visitors will be able to view the exhibition until 25 June 2011. The entrance is free.
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