Ring redux: the Susan Grant Lewin collection

Abstract

"Ring Redux presents more than a hundred avant-garde rings by renowned international artists who explore this age-old jewelry form with great vitality and relevance to society today. In the essay "Riffs on Rings," Ursula Ilse-Neuman provides valuable insights into the astonishing variations on one of the most intimate and enduring forms of body adornment, revealing the profound and subtle differences in how these artists evoke the ring's potential to express ideas that extend beyond its ornamental role. The skill and audacity infused in these intimate sculptural forms is captured in stunning new color photographs. In the "Artists' Voices" section, the jewelers provide valuable perspectives on the conception and execution of their works. The collection of rings presented here has been acquired over five decades by Susan Grant Lewin and will be exhibited at the SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia." -- Publisher's website

Contents

Foreword / by Paula Wallace -- A note from the collector / Susan Grant Lewin -- Riffs on rings / By Ursula Ilse-Neuman -- Geometry devolves -- Drawings in space -- Darkness to light -- All about color -- Tender to tough -- Real to surreal -- Artists' voices / by Sarah Davis -- In conversation: interview with Adam Grinovitch -- SCAD Jewelry.