Twelve pieces, four artists, three colours and A Great Opus: this is the Alchemical Egg, an exhibition that investigates the three stages of alchemical knowledge, interpreted by two goldsmiths and two enamellers. Curated by Nichka Marobin, organized by the Hannah Gallery (Klimt02) and with the collaboration of JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair.
Following the three alchemical stages, that are Nigredo, Albedo and Rubedo, we wanted to put in our contemporaneity the cognitive alchemical path through the use of fire, metals and enamels to see how the intervention of the Artists changes the state of matter. Through the alchemical operations such as dissolution, separation, distillation, purification and fixation we want to show how the Artists’ interpolation tends, in a hand to pulverize the time, but, on the other hand, to fix it in tangible pieces.
In this third and last newsletter we present the result of the third stage: Rubedo. In the laboratory/furnace of the alchemist the fire burns quickly and, encreasing its heat, from the dawn of Albedo, the sunrise of iosis or Rubedo (redness) is finally achieved. The major stage of the Opus was symbolized by the Phoenix, the mythological bird, emblem of eternal rebirth and related to the Sun. The final stage is now the conversion of the base metal into gold with the phase of sublimation and the conjunction of the Alchemist to the higher status of knowledge. The matter now purified achieves the status of the alchemical lapis: the philosopher’s stone . The end of the Opus coincides with a new knowledge and in perfect unity with Nature: the hermetic concept of gnosis (knowledge) is completed.
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THE ALCHEMICAL EGG. Visions and revelations of an enigma.
04 Oct - 10 Nov 2017 at HANNAH Gallery by Klimt02
You are invited to attend the opening: October 4th from 19:00 hours
Rubedo by Wendy McAllister
Brooch: Vitreous enamel, copper, sterling silver, 24k gold leaf
Red by Tore Svensson
Brooch: Mdf, Silver, paint
Photo by: Franz Karl
Rubedo by Aurelie Guillaume
Brooch: Enamel on copper, fine silver, sterling silver, pure gold, stainless steel, powder coat
Photo by: Jocelyn Negron Studio
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End of the road (Rubedo) by Gigi Mariani
Brooch: Silver, pure gold, niello, patina
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