Pilar Vélez JOAQUIM CAPDEVILA 'New Jewellery' in Barcelona 296 pp., 24 x 28 cm, 291 colour ills. Hardcover with dust jacket English / Catalan 48 [D] / US$ 85 / 48 ISBN 978-3-89790-494-1 JOAQUIM CAPDEVILA New Jewellery from Barcelona Joaquim Capdevila (b. 1944) is a master of the art of goldsmithing, who understands in his own inimitable way how to meld traditional handcraft with the contemporary jewellery avant-garde. He is one of the most signifi cant proponents of auteur jewellery in Catalonia. For him the one-off piece is of central importance, as it individualises the personality of its wearer. After an earlier phase examining the effect of industrial design on art jewellery and the integration of non-precious materials into his objects, Capdevila returned to traditional, refined materials, which he combines with other elements, and colour especially. His roots in painting are unmistakable, yet Capdevila does not just paint metal; his one-off jewellery pieces are rather the materialisation of a creative process in which metal and colour merge to become a new entity. Have you seen our online press portal? There you will fi nd the printable covers, images and press releases of our new publications available for download. You can also leaf through our books on our website. We look forward to your visit. www.arnoldsche.com/en/press Over some fifty years the Barcelona-based jewellery artist has created a unique oeuvre, which is now being presented for the first time in a 175-piece review. In her comprehensive text the director of the Design Museum in Barcelona, Pilar Vélez, explores Capdevila s artistic development as well as his role as a pioneer and major proponent of 'New Jewellery' in Europe. With this book the work of the renowned Catalan jewellery artist Joaquim Capdevila is introduced to a wider audience for the first time: the inventory of half a century, in which traditional handcraft and artistic innovation always blend to become something new and unique! Please note: Press images are only released for use in book reviews. Please name (where specifi ed) the respective photographer / copyright holder and refrain from cropping the images. Thank you! www. arnoldsche.com 1
JOAQUIM CAPDEVILA ABOUT THE AUTHOR Born in 1944. Lives and works in Barcelona. Education Capdevila begins his jewellery apprenticeship in the family atelier and at the studio of Josep Sicart. 1958 1964 Escola Massana, Barcelona 1965/66 Atelier Lacambra, Paris Prizes and awards 1968 Gold Medal of the State of Bavaria, exhib. Form und Qualität, Munich 1969 Jewellery prize, exhib. Internationales Kunsthandwerk, Stuttgart 1980 A.C.C.A. (Catalan Association of Art Critics) award in jewellery, Barcelona 2001 Honourable Mention, City of Barcelona Prize in the Design category 2011 Annual award, The College of Jewellers, Goldsmith, Watchmakers and Gemmologists of Catalonia (JORGC) 2001 Foment de les Arts i del Disseny (FAD) prize in recognition of the personal work and professional career 2016 Honorary Scholar of the Sant Jordi Royal Catalan Fine Arts Academy, Barcelona Pilar Vélez the director of the Design Museum of Barcelona. She is also a member of the Sant Jordi Royal Catalan Fine Arts Academy and the Royal Academy of Belles- Lettres of Barcelona. She is particularly interested in the relationships between the decorative arts, the industrial arts and design, and in the history of the cultural heritage and collecting in the 19th to 20th centuries. Commissions St George s Cross, Design Council of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona Gold Medal of the Generalitat de Catalunya Religious works primarily for the Monastery of Montserrat Cup Anyal (Annual Cup) for the cup collection of FAD (Foment de les Arts Decoratives), Barcelona Tabernacle for Antoni Gaudí s Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family (La Sagrada Família), Barcelona Works in public collections Col lecció d Art de l Avui, Barcelona (ES) Dallas Museum of Art, The Rose-Asenbaum Collection (US) Espace Solidor, Cagnes-sur-Mer (FR) MAK Museum für Angewandte Kunst / Gegenwartskunst, Vienna (AT) Musée Olympique, Lausanne (CH) Museu del Disseny de Barcelona (ES) Museu de Montserrat (Catalonia) (ES) Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (DE) Royal Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh (UK) Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim (DE) Städtisches Museum, Schwäbisch Gmünd (DE) www. arnoldsche.com 2
115 Brooch, 1970 44 Variations on a Serial Form collection Silver, glass and acrylic paint 70 x 60 mm 135 Brooch, 1978 1980 Silver and gold 45 x 45 mm Museu del Disseny de Barcelona, MADB 136.380 145 Brooch, 1984 Silver and acrylic paint 90 x 60 mm www. arnoldsche.com 3
165 Brooch, 1987 1988 Prague Suite collection Silver, copper and acrylic paint 125 x 60 mm Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim (DE) 175 Brooch, 1991 1993 Bipolarities collection Gold and acrylic paint 145 x 20 mm 184 Brooch, 1994 Silver and gold 60 x 90 cm www. arnoldsche.com 4
189 Brooch, 1997 The Trees of Memory collection Silver, gold and urushi lacquer 70 x 55 mm Royal Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh (UK) 198 Brooch, 1997 The Trees of Memory collection Gold, urushi lacquer and eggshell 70 x 50 mm 222 Brooch, 2005 Counterpoint collection Gold, silver and acrylic paint on fabric 75 x 50 mm www. arnoldsche.com 5
235 Brooch, 2009 Inner Pathways collection Silver, gold and acrylic paint 60 x 40 mm 243 Brooch, 2009 Inner Pathways collection Silver, gold, river stone and acrylic paint 60 x 25 mm 258 Brooch, 2014 Angelic Condition collection Silver, urushi lacquer, eggshell and acrylic paint 75 x 85 mm www. arnoldsche.com 6