Brooch

Pavel Opocensky, Brooch, 1980-1999, fabricated Corian, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Zack Peabody, 2000.62.11A-C

In these brooches Pavel Opocensky explores the properties of fabricated Corian, a dense, opaque material he extensively works into delicate, transparent jewelry. The artist’s minimalist approach to design reveals his fascination with “forms that reflect the inner harmony of an underlying geometry, both as they exist in space and as they relate to the human body.”

“The brooches … do not conform to the human figure but are meant to be displayed on it, using the torso as an armature.” Ursula Ilse Neuman, Curator, quoted in Metalsmith, 2002

Title

Brooch

Artist

Pavel Opocensky

Date

1980-1999

Location

Not on view

Dimensions

overall: 1 x 5 ¹⁄₈ x ³⁄₄ in. (2.6 x 13.0 x 2.0 cm) part A (brooch): 1 x 4 ⁷⁄₈ x ³⁄₄ in. (2.6 x 12.4 x 2.0 cm) part B (clasp): ¹⁄₄ x ³⁄₈ in. (.7 x 1.0 cm) diam. part C (clasp): ¹⁄₄ x ³⁄₈ in. (.7 x 1.0 cm) (diam.)

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