21 GRAMS
The project‘s intention is to display pieces of jewellery weighing in at 21 grams.
This number refers to the loss of weight of a person when he or she dies, which has been medically
confirmed. In other words, „21 Grams“ can be viewed as representing the weight of the soul.
The exhibition presents pieces by international jewellery designers. Encounters between Eastern and Western notions and design interpretations
of the human soul will embody contrasts and syntheses in the exhibition.
The exhibition has been curated by the Dutch jewellery artists Ruudt Peters, in collaboration with the ChinaAcademy of Art, Hangzhou, China.
The show will be accompanied by a catalogue.
21 Grams“ is an international jewellery project sponsored by the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou
and shown there in autumn 2018. Now this exhibition is in Europe, with Galerie Handwerk in
Munich as first venue. Then it travelled to Poland and Belgium. The final venue of the travelling
exhibition is now at the CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands.
