Peter Deckers‘ (@peter_deckers ), work addresses the disparity between perceived and actual value. His practice reflects a broader cultural condition: the rise of hyper-reality, in which truth and fiction are increasingly indistinct—mirroring the spread of fake news and propaganda presented as fact.
By using ethically sourced, low-value materials, Deckers challenges conventional notions of worth. The value of each piece is not financial, but conceptual—emerging through skilled craftsmanship and critical engagement with contemporary social issues.
Thank you, Peter Deckers, for your thought-provoking contribution to SCHMUCK 2025.
Peter Deckers (peter_deckers) beschäftigt sich in seiner Arbeit mit dem Gegensatz zwischen wahrgenommener und tatsächlicher Wertigkeit. Seine künstlerische Praxis spiegelt eine gesellschaftliche Entwicklung wider: das Entstehen einer Hyperrealität, in der sich Wahrheit und Fiktion zunehmend vermischen – vergleichbar mit der Verbreitung von Fake News und Propaganda als Fakten.
Durch die Verwendung ethisch gewonnener, geringwertiger Materialien hinterfragt Deckers konventionelle Vorstellungen von Wert. Die Aufwertung erfolgt nicht über den Marktwert, sondern durch handwerkliches Können und eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit aktuellen gesellschaftlichen Themen.
Vielen Dank, Peter Deckers, für deinen reflektierten Beitrag zu SCHMUCK 2025.
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#zeitgenössischerSchmuck #kritischesDesign #wertundwahrnehmung #dankeschön
NEW HS EXHIBITION at Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney
'67206 Days, 2276 Full Moons'
April 10 - May 4, 2024
The NZ jewellery artists featured in this exhibition contemplate themes of discovery, origins, integration, transformation, virtue, cultural respect, differences, and conflict.
Becky Bliss, Nadene Carr, Aphra Cheesman, Nina van Duijnhoven, Neke Moa, Mia Straka, Caroline Thomas, Sarah Walker-Holt, and Raewyn Walsh 6720 days, 2276 full moons since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi ...who’s counting? Nine New Zealand artists from the Handshake Project with the support of Creative New Zealand and in partnership with Stanley Street Gallery present a powerful and thought-provoking exhibition.
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A collection of my commentary work connected to some acceptable flippant world values, like killing as a sport, economic growth, holes in the ozone layer, home ownership, and much much more. Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom, Foxton, New Zealand, till 13 December 2020, #PeterDeckers, #politicaljewellery, #jewelleryactivist, #fingersjewellery
PARALLAX, Spelen met Duisternis en Licht, Foxton (dutch) museum, NZ. An exhibition with my Dutch jewellery affiliates Moniek Schrijer, Nina van Duijnhoven and painter Gerda Leenard
#moniekschrijer #ninavanduijnhoven #gerdaleenards
FR 31 Jan 5:30pm LECTURE by jewellery artist Iris Eichenberg, OBJECTSPACE, Auckland
"Some Things Do Get Better" will contemplate what it means to become an artist; the successes and the failures, the insights gained along the way, the importance of process, and the need to respond to shifting contexts and changing environments.
Having moved her practice from the Netherlands to the United States of America 13 years ago, Eichenberg considers working and living in different worlds to be both a gift and a loss.
The opportunity to distance herself from understanding a particular notion of taste has provided her with the space to contradict herself and to keep on raising questions about making and being. There is beauty in growing older and trusting a sense of productive confusion. Some things do get better.
See OBJECTSPACE website for more Objectspace
Handshake Project at CODA museum, Apeldoorn, last days (19 January). See how selected works from the CODA collection has inspired the NZ artists from the HANDSHAKE Project...
#Handshake5 #handshakeproject #coda #codacollection #klimt02 #contemporaryjewelleryartists #contemporaryjewelry
Call for an experienced contemporary jewellery CURATOR for the first NZ Contemporary Jewellery Triennial (2021): deadline 28 February 2020 #objectspace #thebigideanz #handshakeproject#nzcontemporaryjewellery #contemporaryjewellerytriennial
Hilda with the interactive work of Brendon Monson at the HANDSHAKE5: IN SITE exhibition, Te Uru gallery, Auckland, NZ #brendonmonson75 #brendonmonsonjewellery #Handshake5 #teuruwaitakerecontemporarygallery
