Lisa Walker : Unwearable

Brooch, 2007

23 January – 7 March
Galleries 1 + 2

Unwearable is a provocation. It matters when a jeweller chooses such a confrontational title for an exhibition of work from the past fifteen years. What’s the angle here? What is Walker’s game?

If you are at all familiar with Walker's work, one of New Zealand's most important contemporary jewellery practitioners, you won’t be surprised. The word ‘unwearable’ does what all the best jewellery in this exhibition does when you consider putting it on: it aggressively challenges us on a material, conceptual and sometimes even practical level. Some of Walker’s jewellery is entirely unwearable, but the fact that we keep asking ourselves what would happen if we put it on is important. This is the connection to jewellery that is central to Walker’s practice. Curated by Damian Skinner.

There will be a catalogue raissone available at Craft Victoria during the exhibition.

Opening Thursday 22 January, 6-8pm.

Resources and further reading
Unwearable catalogue excerpts
Lisa Walker interview on Craft Victoria's Clog
Gallery Funaki
Damian Skinner blog
Klimt02
The Fat Booty of Madness

Lisa Walker Price List
Pieces without a price are not for sale. Email counter@craftvic.asn.au for further sale information.

Pendant, 2002, $1200	Brooch, 2003	Necklace, 2006	Necklace, 2006
Brooch, 2003	Brooch, 2007, $1800	Brooch (Yuka Oyama), 2000, $1500	Brooch (Bettina Speckner), 2000
Brooch (Karen Pontopidan), 2000, $1800	Necklace, 2006	Brooch, 2007	Brooch, 2007
Brooch, 2007	Brooch, 2007	Brooch, 2008	Brooch, 2008
Necklace, 2007	Necklace, 2007, $2700	Pendant, 2007, $1800	Brooch, 2007, $1800
Necklace, 2006	Brooch, 2008	Bone, 2008	Brooch, 2005, $1200
Necklace, 2008, $1800	Brooch, 2008, $2400	No Title, 2008, $2400	Brooch, 1997
Sheep Truck, 1997	Brooch, 1997	Brooch, 1997	Brooch, 1997
Brooch, 1998	Brooch, 1999	Brooch, 2001	Brooch, 2005
Brooch, 2005	Brooch, 2005	Necklace, 2005	Brooch, 1992
Brooch, 1993	Brooch, 1992-95, $1200	Brooch, 1993-95, $1200	Brooch, 1993-95
Brooch, 1993-95, $1200	Brooch, 1993-95	Brooch, 1993-95, $1200	Brooch, 1993-95
Brooch, 1993-95, $1200	Brooch, 1993-95, $1200	Brooch, 1993-95, $1200	Brooch, 1996
Brooch, 1996, $1200	Brooch, 1996, $1200	Brooch, 1996, $1200	Brooch, 1996
Brooch, 1996, $1200	Brooch, 1996	Brooch, 1996, $1200	Brooch, 1996, $1200
Brooch, 1996, $1200	Brooch, 1996, $1200	Brooch, 1996, $1200	Object, 1996, $1200
Object, 1996, $1200	Brooch, 1996	Brooch, 1997	Brooch, 1997, $1200
Brooch, 1997	Brooch, 1997	Brooch, 1998, $1200	Brooch, 1998, $900
Brooch, 1998, $900	Brooch, 1998	Brooch, 1998	Brooch, 1998, $1200
Brooch, 1998, $1200	Brooch, 1998, $1200	Brooch, 1998, $1200	Brooch, 1998, $1200
Brooch, 1999, $1200	Brooch, 1999, $1200	Brooch, 2000, $1200	Brooch, 2000
Brooch, 2000	Brooch, 2000, $1200	Brooch, 2000, $1200	Brooch, 2000
Brooch, 2001	Brooch, 2001	Brooch, 2001	Brooch, 2001
Brooch, 2003, $1200	Brooch, 2004	Brooch, 1998	Brooch, 1998
Brooch, 1999	Brooch, 2001	Brooch, 2002, $1200

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