MARIJANA PIŠONIĆ, Croatia
Torso Pompadour
Marijana Pišonić found her inspiration for the Torso Pompadour necklace in the figure of Madame Pompadour. The necklace combines the rawness of materials with profound symbolism of the female body, emphasizing the breasts, navel and wound, while omitting the face and limbs, thus focusing on the body as an object of projection and power. The red wire, like stitches woven through the upper torso, opens themes of pain, vulnerability and pressures that have been imposed on the female body throughout history. The brooch Who Is the Madame in Me? represents a contemporary deconstruction of Rococo (safety pin, shattered mirror, wrinkled skin and metal fragments), through which the artist examines the relationship between opulence and decay, history and personal identity.
Material: sterling silver 925
Technique: filing, punching, soldering, patination
Marijana Pišonić was born in 1972 in Davor and lives and works in Zagreb. In 2011, she completed a workshop in contemporary jewelry design under the mentorship of professor Davor Šuk at the Zagreb Open University. In 2014, she joined the Friends of Jewelry Club, and in 2020, she became a member of ULUPUH. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Zagreb, Nova Gradiška, Križevci and Krapina, and regularly exhibits at the jewelry fair held as part of the “Ilica Project” initiative.
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