PAOLO GAMBARELLI
Italy
Concavely external and convex internal, brooch
Graffiti, brooch
Parallel convergences, brooch
Silver and Niello are two alloys known since ancient times. The search for a contemporary expressive purity displays the recurrent dichotomy between what is ancient and what is modern. A possible inspiration is traced in these words by Gustav Mahler: “Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.”
Fire is energy, not ashes.
Material
silver and niello/enamel
Technique
mixed technique
Architect, who graduated in 1990 from the IUAV (Venice), where he was a lecturer and researcher until 2003. In 1998 he obtained a PhD. Since 1991 he has been professionally active in Venice, Berlin and Pesaro where he worked on architectural projects for public organisations.
In 2018 he founded Lunante (contemporary jewelry) and dedicated himself to the creation of jewelry and deepened figurative research related to the jewel.
“Every Lunante jewel shall be considered as a constant translation and semantic reinterpretation of forms and concepts of our everyday life.”
