Unter Freunden / Among Friends

Helen Williams Drutt is an American gallerist, collector, mediator, and promoter of contemporary art jewelry. In homage to this grande dame of international studio jewelry and her 60 years of collecting, the publication presents selected works by American and German artists in a combination never before seen. Representing the diversity of American art jewelry are 140 examples from the last 70 years, from modernist minimalist or narrative works to objects with a strong sociopolitical message. The display of almost 100 works by German jewelry artists impressively documents the various developments in contemporary jewelry in both countries, as well as mutual influences and commonalities. The works testify to Helen Williams Drutts great devotion to and engagement with art jewelry. Moreover, they represent her friendship with artists from both the USA and Germany and, not least, the close cultural and artistic connection between these two countries. SELECTION OF ARTISTS: USA: Melanie Bilenker, Ken Cory, Aaron Decker, Claire Falkenstein, William Harper, Robin Kranitzky & Kim Overstreet, Stanley Lechtzin, Keith Lewis, Albert Paley, Joyce C. Scott, Helen Shirk, Olaf Skoogfors, Kiff Slemmons, Don Tompkins, Merrily Tompkins, J. Fred Woell Germany: Manfred Bischoff, Helen Britton, Claus Bury, Georg Dobler, Christiane Förster, Mirjam Hiller, Hermann Jünger, Falko Marx, Dorothea Prühl, Gerd Rothmann, Bettina Speckner