Gerd Rothmann
May 1 – June 6, 2021
Gerd Rothmann, Luftblasen, 2023
bracelet, 18k gold, plexiglass, 3.15 x 2.4 x 2.2 “
(Inv# 8117)
Gerd Rothmann, Luftblasen, 2023
bracelet, 18k gold, plexiglass, 3.15 x 2.4 x 2.2 “
(Inv# 8117)
Gerd Rothmann, Kinderzeichnung, 2023
bracelet, silver, plexiglass, 2.8 x 4.3 x 2.2 "
(Inv# 8116)
Gerd Rothmann, Kinderzeichnung, 2023
bracelet, silver, plexiglass, 2.8 x 4.3 x 2.2 "
(Inv# 8116)
Gerd Rothmann, Roses (Cy Twombly), 2023
bracelet, silver, plexiglass, 3.5 x 4 x 2.1 "
(Inv# 8118)
Gerd Rothmann, Roses (Cy Twombly), 2023
bracelet, silver, plexiglass, 3.5 x 4 x 2.1 "
(Inv# 8118)
Gerd Rothmann, Hans im Glück, 2023
two finger ring, silver, 3.4 x 1.2 x 2.1 "
(Inv# 8115)
Gerd Rothmann. Hans im Glück, 2023
two finger ring, silver, 3.4 x 1.2 x 2.1 "
(Inv# 8115)
Gerd Rothmann, Hans im Glück, 2023
two finger ring, silver, 3.4 x 1.2 x 2.1 "
(Inv# 8115)
Gerd Rothmann, Die Sinnlichkeit, 2023
two finger ring, silver, 3.5 x 2 x 1.2 "
(Inv# 8114)
Gerd Rothmann, Die Sinnlichkeit, 2023
two finger ring, silver, 3.5 x 2 x 1.2 "
(Inv# 8114)
Gerd Rothmann, Spuren bei der Arbeit, 2022, platter, silver hammer-formed, 19.7 x 19.7 x .4 " / 50 x 50 x 1 cm
(Inv# 7756)
Gerd Rothmann, Spuren bei der Arbeit, 2022, platter, silver hammer-formed, 19.7 x 19.7 x .4 " / 50 x 50 x 1 cm
(Inv# 7756)
Gerd Rothmann, Spuren bei der Arbeit, 2022, platter, silver hammer-formed, 19.7 x 19.7 x .4 " / 50 x 50 x 1 cm
(Inv# 7756)
Gerd Rothmann, The Last Princess, 2018, necklace, 18k gold, rubies
(Inv# 6200)
Gerd Rothmann, The Last Princess, 2018, necklace, 18k gold, rubies
(Inv# 6200)
Gerd Rothmann, Schädel, 1978, silver, hammer-formed from a single sheet, 9 x 5.9 x 5.7 "
(Inv# 7148)
Gerd Rothmann, Ich sage A und du B, 2021, bracelet, silver, pigments with binder, 7.5 x 2 x .3 inches
(Inv# 6842)
Gerd Rothmann, Ich sage A und du B, 2021, bracelet, silver, pigments with binder, 7.5 x 2 x .3 inches
(Inv# 6842)
Gerd Rothmann, Ich sage A und du B, 2021, bracelet, silver, pigments with binder, 7.5 x 2 x .3 inches
(Inv# 6842)
Gerd Rothmann, Konkav Konvex, 2021, necklace, gold, 26.75" length
(Inv# 6834)
Gerd Rothmann, Über Daumen der rechten Hand, 2019, ring, gold, rubies, 4.7 x 3.1 x 2 cm
(Inv# 6205)
Gerd Rothmann, Über Daumen der rechten Hand, 2019, ring, gold, rubies, 4.7 x 3.1 x 2 cm
(Inv# 6205)
Gerd Rothmann, Orangenes Mäntelchen über Gold, 2021, necklace, gold, pigments with binder, 6.7 x 6.7 x .35"
(Inv# 6832)
Gerd Rothmann, Orangenes Mäntelchen über Gold, 2021, necklace, gold, pigments with binder, 6.7 x 6.7 x .35"
(Inv# 6832)
Gerd Rothmann, Drei Brillanten auf dem Finger, 2019, ring, white gold, zirkon
1.65 x .91 x .67 " / 4.2 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
(Inv# 7053)
Gerd Rothmann, Glückliche Tage, 2021, necklace, silver, pigments with binder, 6.7 x 6.7 x .35"
(Inv# 6831)
Gerd Rothmann, Modeled With The Artist's Thumb, 2020, silver, pigments, 7.5" Ø
individually hinged elements flexible to follow neckline curvature. Also available in gold.
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Gerd Rothmann, Auf Den Punkt Gebracht, 2018, vessel, 900 silver, 6 x 5.55 x 7.3 inches
Gerd Rothmann, 4 Finger und Daumen, 2015, bracelet, gold, 2.55 x 2.5 x 2.35", signed and dated
(Inv# 4538)
Gerd Rothmann, 4 Finger und Daumen, 2015, bracelet, gold, 2.55 x 2.5 x 2.35", signed and dated
(Inv# 4538)
Gerd Rothmann, Baedeker im Schmuck, 2021, bracelet, silver, pigments with binder, 7.3 x 1.8 x .3"
(Inv# 6840)
Gerd Rothmann, Geheimnisvolles Blau, 2021, necklace, silver, pigment with binder, 29" length
(Inv# 6836)
Gerd Rothmann, Der Vorgang des Formens in Wachs, 1988, gold
Edition of 5
Gerd Rothmann, Der Vorgang des Formens in Wachs, 1988, gold
Edition of 5
Gerd Rothmann, Der Vorgang des Formens in Wachs, 1988, ring, gold
Gerd Rothmann, Der Vorgang des Formens in Wachs, 1988, bracelet, gold, 2.76 x 2.36 x 1.18 inches
Gerd Rothmann, Homage to Alexander Calder, 2017, earrings, gold, cubic zirconia, lacquer, 2.32 x 1.65 x .2 inches
You and Me, 2017, necklace, 18kt yellow gold, silver
Die Poesie (mit Weissen Zyrkon), 2016, bracelet, 18kt yellow gold, silver, zyrkon
Kette und Armspange, 1968, necklace and bracelet, chrome- plated brass
Hand als Symbol und Zeichen, 2011, silver, 16" Ø x 1.75", signed, stamped and dated.
Hand als Symbol und Zeichen, 2011, silver, 16" Ø x 1.75"
Schädel, 1978, formed to the head of A.D.Tratenroth, silver
Spiel mit Kugeln, 1968, 3 interchangeable plates with chain and bracelet band, chrome-plated brass, fluorescent plastic, steel balls.
Ohrstücke (Ear Pieces), 1978, silver, silicone, wood, in display box with lid.
Die Goldene Nase (The Gold Nose), 1984, imprinted from J. Teunen (second iteration, 1st is in the New Collection of the Munich Design Mueum).
Von Ihm für Sie (From Him for Her), 1990, for Mo Stahr, second Iteration, gold 18k
Mit der Hand umschlungen, 2015, silver
Männlich, Weiblich, 2010, candleholders, silver, 9.65" high
Alles Über die Liebe, (Everything about Love), brooch, 2014, gold, 4.15 x 3.5" x 2mm, with signed box
In Ton gedrückt, in Gold geklopft, ein Arm geschmückt, bracelet, 2013, gold,
Kaugummis mutieren zu Nuggets (Chewing Gum turns into Nuggets), 2014, gold 750/000, iron, 26" length
Gerd Rothmann, Der Rausch von Rauch, 2020, table sculpture, silver, 11.81 x 7.87 x 8.6" / 30 x 20 x 22 cm
(Inv# 6524)
The only non- functional artwork in the 2020 exhibition Up In Smoke, the sculpture Der Rausch von Rauch, (The Intoxication from Smoke) features a silver casting of the artist's hand with several pipes balanced upon the thumb in a striking and appropriately surreal composition that speaks to weightlessness while alluding to the painter Magritte. Weighing just shy of 3 kilos of cast silver, the artwork's physical weight contrasts its ethereality.
Gerd Rothmann has been one of the seminal figures in contemporary jewelry since the 1960's. In the 70's he researched the direct connection of jewelry with the body, and the negative spaces between body parts, which led to his signature works encorporating the fingerprint and other imprints of the skin. Lending his (or another's) 'skin' to each piece ,the jewelry of Rothmann achieves an intense connection with the wearer. A prolific silversmith as well, Rothmann incorporates his imprint into vessels and objet of many functions. Gerd Rothmann's works hold cherished places in countless museum and private collections worldwide, including LACMA, the MET, the Museum of Arts & Design, The Victoria & Albert and many more.
Mit Unregelmässigem Rand (Necklace with Vibrant Edge), 2014, gold, 5 3/8" inner Ø
Befingert, beschriftet und Poliert, 2012, Gold, 7.25" diameter, signed and dated, with signed display box
Taufschale- Schale mit Kinderhand (Vessel with Child's Hand), silver, 12.5" Ø x 1"
Der Vorgang des Formens in Wachs, bracelet, 1988, gold, 2.76 x 2.36 x 1.18 inches
PROF. DR. FLORIAN HUFNAGL, Executive Director of Collections, DIE NEUE SAMMLUNG – THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM MUNICH
Speech at the opening of GERD ROTHMANN’s Retrospective Exhibition in the DEUTSCHES GOLDSCHMIEDEHAUS (the House of German Goldsmiths) HANAU, Sunday, 18th September .2011, 11.30
Ladies and Gentlemen
It’s not easy to speak about Gerd Rothmann. Not because there isn’t a great deal to say about him – on the contrary. But so much has already been said and written about him, much of it excellent, as I was able to confirm as I went through the two publications about him in preparation for this exhibition.
That much has been said about Gerd Rothmann is not surprising. For Gerd is, and had been for some considerable time, at the zenith of hiscreative powers. And here is the really astonishing thing; the themes he deals with, as an artist working in jewellery, have been the same for a long time. His artistic approach is very simple and at the same time touched with genius. His contribution has been no more or less than to introduce the body print into the art of jewellery, as Dorothea Baumer established so clearly in her preface to the monograph about Gerd Rothmann.
The fascinating thing is how many different variations he manages to wrest from this simple approach. Because he’s not primarily concerned with technique or skill, his work has (as always when dealing with true art) far more to do with a second or a third level, in short the numinous, the spiritual. Kandinsky showed this a century ago, just before he went on to paint the first abstract picture. But Gerd Rothmann turns things on their head. It’s not abstraction which is the subject of his work -‐ but its exact opposite, the concrete, the precise, the specific, the individual.
Historically jewellery, even if its only purpose was to decorate, was always something abstract, something added to its wearer, which had little to do with him or her as an individual. Even if the jewellery was making a statement, as an indicator of value or power, those symbols could be transferred arbitrarily to the wearer. Indeed they could often only be used in that way because symbolically they stood for something beyond the individual. Even if a piece of jewellery was clearly made for one particular person, even represented that person in some way, (like for example a signet ring), this sign (because it was always chosen by them) was a mental and not a physical representation...
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Work from the permanent collection of the Stedlijk Museum including Ornamentum artists Iris Eichenberg, Ruudt Peters, Gerd Rothmann and Tarja Tuupanen on exhibition.
Pictured: exhibition view including Passio Senouda by Ruudt Peters. Two of these works were created, one is in the Stedelijk Collection, one is at Ornamentum.
