Kunstgewerbemuseum der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin, 21.1.–3.4.2022
Preview: Thursday, 20.1.2022, 10.00–18.00
The exhibition Design Lab #11. LithoMania is part of the series Design Lab of the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin, in cooperation with the Department of Gemstones and Jewellery at the Trier University of Applied Sciences / Campus Idar-Oberstein. The students explore new perspectives in the artistic use of gemstones and place the traditional stones in a modern context. Ethical questions of stone mining and the examination of ambivalent properties of the stones also flow into the experimental works of the students.
The exhibition is curated by Claudia Banz and Theo Smeets.
The following students are exhibiting: Ana Bellagamba (MX), Natascha Frechen BFA (DE), Sandra Hartman (NL), Mana Jahangard (IR), Biljana Klekachkoska (MK), Sophia Kron (DE), Felicia Mülbaier (DE), Gina Nadine Müller BFA (DE), Elias Neuspiel (AT), Helena Renner (DE), Constanza Salinas (CI), Miriam Strake (AT), Nioosha Vaezzadehangoshtarsaz (IR), Luisa Werner (DE), Lisha Wang (CN) und Ye Wang (CN) and the following artists: Peter Vermandere (BE) und Cornelia Wruck (DE)
The exhibition is accompanied by the publication LithoMania.
