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EXHIBITION AND BOOK REVIEW
LithoMania: The Exhibition and the Book

An obsession for stones, that's how you translate “lithomania.” At the university in Idar-Oberstein, Germany—on which the exhibition focuses—lithomania is a common condition. International students work with precious stones and jewelry in innovative and experimental ways. Curator Claudia Banz, of the Kunstgewerbemuseum—Berlin’s museum of decorative arts—invited these stone-obsessed students for a collaboration. She frequently asks outsiders to comment on the museum’s design collection, which can be seen as a material archive. Each participant explored the interaction between humans and stones, not through jewelry but through sketches, objects, and installations. 

Caption: Exhibition view, LithoMania, showing an installation by Elias Neuspiel, Trunk of Greed, 2021, wood, gemstones, camera, photo: Julia Wild
Jewelry That Makes You Think.
AJF Live
Wednesday, March 30, 2022, 12 p.m. EST

We'll meet with emerging artist Zahra Almajidi, a 2021 graduate from Cranbrook Academy of Art and recent artist-in-residence at the Arab American National Museum. Her work explores how objects and adornment allow one to question and contend with what it means to exist and resist within a culture that hesitates to recognize and accept one as they are.  

This event is free, and open to members and non-members alike. For more information and to register, follow this link.

What time?
9 a.m. PST: San Francisco
10 a.m. MST: Denver
11 a.m. CST: San Antonio, Mexico City
12 p.m. EST: Toronto, NYC
1 p.m.: Buenos Aires, Santiago
5 p.m.: London
6 p.m.: Brussels, Paris, Oslo
6 p.m.: Bucharest, Athens, Tallinn, Tel Aviv
7 p.m.: Capetown
11 p.m. on March 31: Bangkok
1 a.m. on March 31: Seoul, Tokyo
3 a.m. on March 31: Sydney
5 a.m. on March 31: Auckland

Caption: Zahra Almajidi, Where Are YOU From—Collectors, 2021, steel, brass, pearls, 3D print, plastic stamens, powder coating, photo courtesy of the artist
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