Gone Astray / Auf Abwegen: The Art of Gold- and Silversmithing on the Edge of Reason: Hollowware-Jewelry-Utensils/ Zeitgenössische Gold- und Silberschmiedekunst am Rande der Vernunft: Gefäß - Schmuck - Gerät

Contemporary gold- and silversmithing encompasses a vast range. Increasingly, a daring, (self-)critical, and inventive scene is edging its way to the fore, focusing on challenging the innovative expansion of classical forms and motifs of jewelry, vessels, and hollowware. Purpose, function, and our normative understanding of beauty are placed on a new footing through experiments with materials and performative stagings. Socially relevant considerations and artistic references inform the obje...