Small Changes
Necklace, Gold, Labradovith
Askan Hertwig
Simplicity and basic genres are in the foreground. It is not so much about the completely different, the spectacular, but rather about the small changes in the seemingly familiar.
Necklace, steel, gold leaf
Biography
1979–83 Trained as a goldsmith at the Hanau State Drawing Academy,
1983–88 employed as a goldsmith at several workshops
1988–94 studied at Nuremberg Fine Arts Academy
1993 admitted to master class
1994 diploma
since 1994 free lancing with own studio in Nuremberg
since 1998 Lecturer at the Werkbund Werkstatt Nuremberg
2001 teaching appointment at Pforzheim Institute, Design Faculty
Prizes and Awards
1988 “Ring und Raum”, Erbach
Works in public collections
Deutsches Elfenbein Museum, Erbach
Exhibitions (selection)
2017 „Baustelle”, Galerie für angewandte Kunst, München
2014 Dannerpreis 2014, Schloss Johannisburg Aschaffenburg „das Raue und der Glanz“ Neues Museum; Nürnberg,
2013 “25 Jahre” Galerie Isabella Hund, München
2012 “Der Silberbecher”, Bayerisches National Museum,München
2011 “In eigener Sache 2”, Neues Museum, Nürnberg
2009 “Was bleibt ist Schmuck” Neues Museum Nürnberg
2007 “Tafelfreuden” Sonderschau Jahresmesse, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
2006 Collect, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
2004 “thema Stahl”, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim
2003 In eigener Sache“”, Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg
2001 “Metal Element of Five Countries”, International Design Center Nagoya, Japan
1998 “Die Mitte der Tafel”, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
1997 “Kannen, Kessel, Kasserollen”, Galerie Handwerk München
image top: rings, steel, gold leaf, color
photos © Eva Jünger