Jewelry really belongs on the body. Even in isolation the implied body is part of how we read it - in anticipation of its intended location. Kelly Temple at the University of Central Oklahoma has curated a show that addresses this aspect of jewelry: “When Worn highlights the act of adornment. When placed on the body, jewelry transforms not only the appearance of its wearer, but it inserts itself between the adorned and audience as a signal and an invitation between two beings.”
When Worn includes work by Haydee Alonso, Lynn Batchelder, Teresa Faris, Betsy Lewis, Lydia Martin, Samira Saheli, Alejandra Salinas, Jolynn Santiago, Leslie Shershow, Helen Shirk, Lori Talcott, Kelly Ann Temple, Claire Webb, Petra Winnwalker and myself.
The reception will be this Thursday at the Melton Gallery from 5:30 to 7:30. The show is free and open to the public until March 26, 2020.
An image of one of my pieces on their dean.
photographer Sydney Stephenson, model- Steven Hansen
