| HOME |
| ORDER |
| CURRENT SEASON |
March 2008
HARDCOVER
ISBN 13: 978-1-55595-284-6
ISBN: 1-55595-284-4
144 pages
10 x 10
25 x 25
100 color plates
US $ 50
Jeanine Falino
Patricia C. Phillips
Karl Emil Willers
Collectors, contemporary jewelers, and design historians will be delighted with this thoughtful examination of Jamie Bennett's art and designs.
Features 100 color plates as well as an exhibition history and bibliography.
This publication also includes essays that address the artist's preparatory drawings, as well as the historical and conceptual aspects of the artist's lifework. The American enamelist, Jamie Bennett, established his international reputation in 1986 when he first produced enameled jewelry using unique, electroformed shapes. Bennett employs rich colors and delicate brushwork inspired by studies of microscopic organisms, the natural world, and cultural influences gleaned during his travels to Italy, Morocco, and Turkey.Tracing a career that began with these energetic abstract forms, this publication conveys the evolution of Bennett's diverse work. In addition, his oil paintings and wall reliefs document his ongoing interest in the domestic sphere and in nature as conceived in a compartmentalized format, providing the viewer with simultaneous perspectives on a single theme.
Jeannine Falino is an independent curator and the former Carolyn and Peter Lynch Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Patricia C. Phillips is an independent art writer, professor and chair of the Department of Art, Cornell University. Karl Emil Willers is the executive director of the Newport Art Museum, Newport.