Prince Charming & Palace of Hapiness
Tabea Reulecke, Maarja Niinemägi, Teresa Lane
International project, bringing together imagination and personal experiences of three women-artists: Tabea Reulecke(
Love, loyalty, possession and desire have been expressed and signified in jewellery objects for thousands of years. What are our social beliefs on romantic love here and now? What jewellery do we wear to signify our romantic status; to promise ourselves to someone, to hold another in thought upon our body, to lure a mate or to outwardly express our inward, and often, private erotic desires? What jewellery do we imagine as women, as sensual beings, as lovers with bodies, minds, hearts, desires & fears?
This exhibition, made by jewellery artists Tabea Reulecke (DEU), Maarja Niinemägi (EST) and Teresa Lane (AUS) draws upon historic and mythological archetypes whilst gently interrogating contemporary ideas of Eros and engaging in notions of femininity, fetish, singing sirens, and the sweet memories of those that have touched us.
“The three of us met and became friends in
Although we are from separate countries, our bond continued to strengthen through the use of the internet and occasional meet-ups, leading to our creation of this group exhibition Prince Charming and the
We have presented Prince Charming in
Tabea Reulecke, Maarja Niinemägi,
TABEA REULECKE – an artist, jewellery designer, employed as an assistant in
group shows (
MAARJA NIINEMÄGI - an artist, jewellery designer from Estonia, graduate of Estonian Academy of Arts, jewellery art and Gemstone design and engriving, Fachhochschule Trier, Idar-Oberstein, Germany. Author of the numerous exhibitions (Estonia, Australia, Germany, Israel, Portugal, Italy, Finland, Denmark, The Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Russia). Works in collections: Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Collection of Galerie Marzee, Jewellery Department Collection of Estonian Academy of Arts and private).