Ruudt Peters
Qi
June 11 – 16, 2013
Interno Canova, 1990, brooch, silver, gold, 2.76 x 2.76 x 1.3 inches
In 1991 Ruudt Peters presented his first coherent collection of jewellery Interno, with a small booklet involving an essay, images of objects and artists’ impressions of jewellery and models. Publications such as these were to become a very important means of communication for him, accompanying each new collection of jewellery. The silver Interno brooches are mostly inspired by (neo)classical buildings, such as Bramante’s Tempietto, St. Paul’s Cathedral, and the dome of the Austrian Melk monastery. The brooches are quite classical, symmetrical constructions around a hole. This open place in the centre, attracts the eye. The inside of these open spaces are decorated, sometimes coloured or set with precious stones.
Excerpted from Jewellery Is My Laboratory by Liesbeth den Besten, Metalsmith Magazine, July, 2007
Interno Canova, 1990, brooch, silver, gold, 2.76 x 2.76 x 1.3 inches
Interno Canova, 1990, interior detail
Interno Antholin, brooch, 1990, patinated silver
Interno Melk, brooch, 1990, silver.
Interno Melk, 1990, interior detail
Interno Melk, 1990, interior detail
Interno edition brooch (black hexagon), 1990, oxidized silver, pearl.
Interno edition brooch (inverted cone), 1990, oxidized silver
Interno edition brooch (round white), 1990, silver
Beginning in the 1970's, Ruudt Peters, a pioneering Dutch conceptual jewellery artist, challenged traditional definitions of adornment by pushing the boundaries of context, wearability, materials and presentation. A leader in art jewellery in Holland, Peters exemplifies a mode of expression that is unmistakably Dutch.
He has exerted a strong influence on the development of contemporary jewellery as an artist and as a professor at some of the most prestigious universities in Europe, the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and Konstfack University of Arts and Crafts in Stockholm, where he was teaching till 2009. At the moment Peters is professor at Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery school, Florence, Italy
CODA Museum, Appeldorn, NL
through January 28, 2018
CODA Museum presents a retrospective of the works of visual artist and jewellery designer Ruudt Peters in the exhibition BRON (Source). BRON gives an overview of Peters’ rebellious jewellery from the early seventies to the more profound works based on the exploration of other cultures, customs and habits from a more recent period. His work is exhibited in a special multimedia installation that offers a unique view on his oeuvre.
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.
