Dorothea Pruhl: Colliers/Necklaces

As used in German, the French word "collier" denotes a particularly valuable form of neck jewelry - it represents a promise and betokens dignity to the woman wearing it. This is the sense in which Dorothea Prühl lays claim to the term for her jewelry. Spaciously gestural, Dorothea Prühl takes full advantage of the powers of persuasion inherent in what is only seemingly a simple form. Her feeling for form, schooled as it is on the Classic moderns, is based on a sculptural idea and takes prop...