Dear Garth,

Based on what you've shared with us, we've put together a selection of works by four of the nineteen artists we represent at Hannah Gallery. The selection includes exclusively brooches, along with one piece that, while not wearable, carries a similar strength when simply on display. 

Beppe Kesler is an artist coming from the contemporary painting field, the matter is very important for her, and this is also very visible on her brooches that are like small canvases.

Yoko Takirai and Pietro Pellitteri work together on the artworks, and they explore in their jewellery the concepts of space and movement. In the artworks of the series Nivuru, they work on the depth of the black colour, a group of pieces that are perfectly crafted.

Tore Svensson is a senior blacksmith master interested in the minimalist forms to reduce the pieces to the absolutely necessary and expressing himself very subtly through the surface treatments. He is very well known for the bowls he is not working on anylonger, so this piece is actually a classic hard to find. Lately, he moved his interest in a new material, wood & MDF, and his last works are in a series of Flowers, we selected one of them. He presented the Flowers in a solo show at the gallery last year.

Fumiko Gotô comes from the field of architecture, something very visible in the forms and perfect finish of her artworks, inspired by traditional Japanese symbols and artefacts, employing substances reminiscent of traditional materials. She will be presenting a trilogy of selected artworks in a solo show in October at the gallery.

All the selected artists have artworks at major public collections such as: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem. Textiel Museum, Tilburg. Coda Museum, Apeldoorn. Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst Centraal Museum, Utrecht. Stedelijk Museum Schiedam. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Museum Belvedère, Heerenveen. Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim (N). Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna (A). Röhsska Museet, Göteborg (S). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (US). Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim (GE). Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas (USA). Cooper-Hewitt, NY (USA), mudac, musée de design et d‘arts appliqués contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland, Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, National Museum, Stockholm , Sweden, Museé des Art Decoratif de Montreal, Canada, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Helen Williams Drutt Collection, USA, Contemporary Art Society, London, England, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia, Marzee Collection, Nijmegen, Nederlands, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA, Folk Crafts Museum, Hanzhou, China, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, Kolumba Art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Germany, Rian Design Museum, Falkenberg, Sweden, Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Swiss National Museum Zurich, Fondazione Cominelli for the Contemporary jewellery (2018). The Gallery of Art in Legnica in Poland (2016). Design Centrum Kielce in Poland (2012). Museo degli Argenti di Palazzo Pitti a Firenze (2007).

You will be able to find more information about each artist by clicking on the names: Beppe Kessler, Yoko Takirai and Pietro Pellitteri, Tore Svensson and Fumiko Gotô.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
Best!