Ruudt Peters
Qi
June 11 – 16, 2013
Lapis Tabula, 1997, necklace
Lapis (1997) was inspired by a true alchemistic process, the search for the ‘philosophers’ stone’ (lapis philosophorum). The mysterious cause for this collection was a quote taken from an old alchemist text: “Grind the stone to a very fine powder and put it into the sharpest vinegar, and it will at once be dissolved into the philosophical water”. Peters started creating his own stones by grinding precious minerals and mixing the grit with liquid acrylic and then pouring this material into moulds taken from other minerals.
Excerpted from Jewellery Is My Laboratory by Liesbeth den Besten, Metalsmith Magazine, July, 2007
Lapis Matrix, 1997, brooch, 18K gold, sulphur, 3.31 x 1.38 x 1.97 inches
Lapis Collier Citrininitas, 1997, silver, sulfur, rubber, 1.97 x 1.77 x 1.1 inches
Lapis Rebus, 1997, brooch, tourmaline, 2.17 x 1.02 x 1.61 inches
Lapis Collier Rota, 1997, silver, gold 18K, crushed garnet, rubber, 3.66 x 3.15 x 1.38 inches
Lapis Rebus, 1997, brooch: malachite, 2.17 x 1.06 x 1.77 inches
Lapis Rebus, 1997, brooch: malachite, 2.17 x 1.06 x 1.77 inches
Lapis Finger, 1997, pendant, silver, plaster, stone, 3.94 x 1.5 x 1.18 inches
Lapis Rebus, 1997, brooch, malachite, 2.13 x 1.02 x 1.77 inches
Lapis Retort, 1997, brooch, silver, chemical tourmaline, 2.13 x .98 x .79 inches
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.
