Necklace
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.De Lucchi was a member of the design collective Studio Alchymia as well as Memphis. Like Sottsass, he aims to create an updated rendition of modernism that looks to the past for inspiration but moves forward with new iconography, forms, and symbols. He views jewelry as a statement by both the designer and the wearer that broadcasts their intellectual interests. This necklace reads as a manifesto of postmodernism, a self-conscious pastiche of various metals and stones in an exaggerated display of articulations, joinery, and links. When asked in an interview about the language of his jewelry, De Lucchi explained that he composes stones, shapes, metals, and textures to reach a reformed idea of preciousness.
Artwork Details
- Title: Necklace
- Artist: Michele De Lucchi (Italian, born 1951)
- Manufacturer: Cleto Munari (Italian, born Gorizia 1930)
- Date: 1982–1986
- Classification: Jewelry
- Credit Line: Kim and Al Eiber Collection
- Rights and Reproduction: Courtsey of Michele DeLucchi
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art