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The Cincinnati Art Museum will showcase an array of jewelry as groundbreaking as the era it hails from in  Simply Brilliant: Artist-Jewelers of the 1960s and 1970s, on view from Oct. 22, 2021–Feb. 6, 2022.

The civil rights and women’s movements, space race, rock ‘n’ roll, the Vietnam War, the Kennedy assassinations, Pop Art, widespread use of drugs, the Pill, and free love mixed and mingled to create the wave of cultural change associated with the 1960s and ’70s.These societal shifts set the stage for a breed of artist-jewelers who brought to their craft a new level of artistry to parallel these radical changes in society.

The exhibition is drawn from one of the most important private collections in the world, which also has a local connection. Visitors will encounter the work of independent jewelers such as Andrew Grima, Gilbert Albert, Arthur King, Jean Vendome and Barbara Anton along with mold-breaking work created for Tiffany’s by Elsa Peretti, Bulgari, Cartier and other major houses.

Most of the individuals whose work is represented in  Simply Brilliant  referred to themselves as artists first, jewelers second. They approached their work as a modern art form, creating jewelry that was part and parcel of the times in which they lived. They were largely preoccupied with subverting accepted design, and their approach was uncompromising. Theirs was a style that was appreciated by individuals who were looking for personal talismans to set themselves apart in an era when different was best. Jewelry-making for this new generation was about creativity; not about regurgitating demure designs of the previous decades or following traditional rules handed down to them.

The exhibition debuted at the  DIVA Museum for Diamonds, Jewellery and Silver  in Antwerp, Belgium, in 2020, and then displayed at the  Pforzheim Jewellery Museum  in Pforzheim, Germany, before making its US debut in Cincinnati.

A Members Preview on Thursday, October 21 will feature a lecture from Amanda Triossi, the Italian jewelry scholar, educator, curator and author who has worked at both Sotheby’s and Bulgari during her distinguished career and continues as a consultant for major jewelry houses today.

Free general admission to the Cincinnati Art Museum is made possible by a gift from the Rosenthal Family Foundation. Special exhibition pricing may vary. Parking at the Cincinnati Art Museum is free. The museum is open Tuesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. and Thursday, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.  cincinnatiartmusem.org

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