Iron, 2016, silver, 4.5 × 9 cm
Artist's talks
Marc Monzó
08.08.2017 19:00 / Jewellery
Location: Galerie 5020
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Language: English
Location: Residenzplatz 10, 5020 SalzburgMarc Monzó will talk about his approach to jewellery and his own production. He says: Since my childhood I’ve felt attracted by small objects, and I used to collect all kinds of small things. I feel comfortable exploring and studying small things. There is also a need to be precise in this activity, and this precision interests me. The idea of living on a planet that is floating in the middle of the universe fascinates me, and my obsession with small objects is related to this image. -
Marc Monzó is based in Barcelona (ES), where he was born in 1973. He studied at the Escola Massana in Barcelona from 1992 to 1997. Besides developing his own jewellery work, the renowned Catalan jewellery artist designs commissioned work for organisations, brands and others. His work is internationally exhibited in galleries and museums. Marc Monzó’s self-reflexive minimalistic jewellery is about material and about the nature of objects themselves. His intention is to search for essential forms and to invite people to complete his unpretentious jewellery through their individual use. The emphasis is on the process and the aesthetics of what is not yet finished.
The craft provides a base. Jewels are the tool, the larger project lies in the attempt to understand. Pieces appear according to the most immediate needs, which turn the manipulated matter into a map of reality (Marc Monzó).
Solo exhibitions
2015 Blank, Gallery SO, London. Blank, Klimt02 Gallery, Barcelona (ES). 2014 The other side of jewelry, OONA, Berlin. Wall, Gallery Deux Poissons, Tokyo. 2012 On Second Thoughts (with Kiko Gianocca), Gallery Funaki, Melbourne (AU). 2011 Set, Gallery Reverso, Lisbon. 2011 18kt Drawings, Gallery Deux Poissons, Tokyo.
Group exhibitions
2015 Silence please!, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, Montréal (CA). 2013 Pushing Boundaries & Chasing Challenges, Beijing International Contemporary Metal Art Exhibition, Beijing World Art Museum. 2012 Unexpected Pleasures, Design Museum, London. 2011 Jewellery Unleashed, Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem (NL).
Publications
Lisbeth den Besten, On Jewellery. A Compendium of International Contemporary Art Jewellery, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2011.Chi ha Paura…? Who is afraid…?, exh. cat., public space Vicenza, Electa, Milano 2011.
The Ring, jewel for ever, exh. cat. Hnoss Gallery, Gothenburg 2010.
Guus van den Hout, Ruudt Peters (eds.), LINGAM. Fertility Now. Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2010.
Aurora Cuito (ed.), Marc Monzó Jeweler, Klimt02 Publishers, Barcelona 2008.
- Web: www.marcmonzo.net
- Web: www.marcmonzo.net