The originators of the triptych of exhibitions - the S&A Amber Manufaktura and the Museum of Amber in Gdańsk - were intrigued by the art of amber in a female edition. Meetings with three extraordinary women artists: Danuta Burczik-Kruczkowska, Paulina Binek and Izabela Gutowska, who treat amber in a special way and reserve a prominent place for it in their jewellery, are to give us an answer to the question of whether women are more sensitive to the charms of this stone.
The second exhibition is devoted to the work of well-known Gdańsk artist Paulina Binek, who will present her collection of paintings „painted with amber”, functional objects and jewellery. It will be a kind of small retrospective: „I will show jewellery in which I combine amber with felt and silk, fabric, hemp and cotton twine and hang on steel cables,” - Paulina Binek explains. These works were created over the last few years and the materials used are very characteristic of the artist. The exhibition will also include one of her paintings from a series entitled „Myths” and full of archaeological references. This is also the case with her „Swiatowid” - four brooches assembled together which, when separated, „look” in the four directions of the world. This archaeological-ethnic direction can also be found in the artist's latest jewellery: „In this way, I am returning to themes that were close to me in the mid-1990s, looking for completely new references to the present,” she says.
Paulina Binek
Jewellery designer, goldsmith-jeweler. Lives and works in Gdańsk. Graduated from the Gdansk School of Jewellery and Goldsmithing in 1986. Designs and makes artistic jewellery, sculptural forms, installations, textiles, recycling, collage and functional objects. In her works with a very individual style, she uses a variety of materials: silver, bronze, gold, ceramics, precious stones, cords, steel cables, but above all she values amber. She takes the specific character of amber into account when creating her works. Her sources of inspiration are the ethnic motifs of Egypt, Byzantium, Africa and South America.
She is the author of numerous jewellery shows, to which she tries to match clothing collections in order to create a closed composition: person-dress-jewellery. Between 1994 and 2011, she participated in more than 70 exhibitions and art shows at home and abroad. Her works are in the collections of 11 museums in Poland and abroad.
„Amber in a woman's hands” - Paulina Binek
S&A Amber Manufaktura Gallery
Amber Museum in Gdańsk, Długi Targ 26
18.11 – 02.12.2011
vernissage: 18.11.2011, at 6 p.m.