Fragility – Aimee Howard-Clinger / USA

Fragility – Aimee Howard-Clinger / USA

FRAGILITYAimee Howard-ClingerUnited States Fragments explores the fragility of culture and identity amid the fractures of political unrest. In recent years, escalating intolerance and prejudice—expressed through divisive rhetoric and acts of violence—have revealed how...
Fragility – Agnes WO / Spain

Fragility – Agnes WO / Spain

FRAGILITYAgnes WOSpain “At the beginning there is nothing. Then comes a deep void, and beyond it, a blue depth.” These words, drawn from Bachelard’s L’air et les songes and embraced by Yves Klein in Le Vide (1958), open the path for my two pieces. Both arise from the...
Fragility – Agne Zaltauskaite / Lithuania

Fragility – Agne Zaltauskaite / Lithuania

FRAGILITYAgne ZaltauskaiteLithuania In my practice, I explore the hole as a metaphor for the unknown — a fragile space where certainty dissolves. To be within the unknown is to be exposed, vulnerable, and open to transformation.Not knowing, doubting, being uncertain —...
Shining Despair – Youjin Um / South Korea

Shining Despair – Youjin Um / South Korea

Shining DESPAIR Youjin Um South Korea Brooch “Gem V”, 2022 Sterling silver, 43x43x65 mm Sawing Photo : Kwangchoon Park Brooch “Gem V1-1, 2022 Sterling silver, 45x99x22mm Sawing. Photo : Kwangchoon Park My No. 1 treasure is my happy childhood memory. I only have this...
Shining Despair – Yichen Dong & Stacey Huang / China

Shining Despair – Yichen Dong & Stacey Huang / China

Shining DESPAIR Yihen Dong & Stacey Huang China Earring/pendant “The Key”, 2024 Copper, Silver, 50x20x3mm Casting, metal work Earring/pendant, ‘The Key’, 2024 Copper, Silver, 50x20x3mm Casting, Spray Painting Many spend their lives chasing ‘key...
Shining Despair – Willy vande Velde / Belgium

Shining Despair – Willy vande Velde / Belgium

Shining DESPAIRWilly vande VeldeBelgium Ring “Hello’ , 2024 Plexy , piece of wood from a fruitcase ,wire, LED board Screwed The ring is part of the communication series. It is made of recycled materials and an LED board. At a time when raw materials and communication...