Kenneth Jay Lane - Casalmaggiore, Italia - 22-9-2018 to 4-11-2018

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Kenneth Jay Lane - Casalmaggiore, Italia - 22-9-2018 to 4-11-2018

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Museo del Bijou
Via Azzo Porzio 9
26041 Casalmaggiore (CR)
Italia


Brillanti Illusioni - Omaggio a Kenneth Jay Lane

22nd September to 4th November 2018

A little over a year after his death, Kenneth Jay Lane (22 April 1932 - 20 July 2017) is celebrated for the first time in Italy by the Museo del Bijou di Casalmaggiore with an anthological "alphabetic" edited by one of the most appreciated experts in American costume jewelery, the prof. Maria Teresa Cannizzaro, in collaboration with dr.ssa Fiorella Operto. The genius of the US costume jewelery , which has taken its first steps towards a brilliant career that has made it a style icon all over the world in Providence (Rhode Island), finds a worthy recognition in the windows of the Sala Zaffanella in an exhibition that enhances his creations are more original and amazing, reflecting subjects, trends, lines and successes.

There are hundreds of bijoux by Kenneth Jay Lane that can be admired in the exhibition, made available by the cultural association "Passato e Futuro" of which Maria Teresa Cannizzaro is president and who has been working for years to study and enhance the history of American costume jewelry, from its origins (in Providence) so linked to emigration from Italy, to current collecting, organizing conferences, exhibitions, meetings between Italy and New York, promoting research and publishing articles and books. Thanks to the expertise of its members, this exhibition aims to provide a thorough knowledge of Kenneth Jay Lane, through a journey through some of its most iconic creations, brooches, necklaces, rings and earrings of extraordinary beauty and shine, from the most diverse colors and subjects , from exotic animals to a thousand shades of flowers.

Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10.00 to 12.00 and 15.00 to 18.00; Sunday 15.00 to 19.00

Admission: €3


http://www.museodelbijou.it/2018/08/que ... -jay-lane/
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