Annamaria Zanella, Brosche "Königin der Nacht", 2010

Renzo Pasquale, Brosche "Spring" Gold, Glas, Keramik, 2010

Annamaria Zanella, an Italian jewellery artist and a representative of the Italian jewellery school of Padua, has maintained close links with Galerie Slavik for many years. She and her husband, Renzo Pasquale, now present their latest master pieces at Galerie Slavik in the exhibition staged within the framework of the Vienna Festival.

Above and beyond jewellery art, Annamaria Zanella also studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Her highly expressive compositions blend sculptural and pictorial qualities that bespeak the artist's affinity for contemporary art: constructive arrangements of a wide variety of materials such as iron, steel, glass, acrylic, paper, aluminium and others - animated and refined with pigments and gold. Zanella's work boldly and proudly asserts its sculptural character in relation to the wearer's body.

In her most recent compositions - gold and silver jewellery combined and accentuated with pigments, lacquer or plastic - the artist focuses on the topic and symbolism of colours and forms. Blue is the colour of soul, spirit and mind, while red stands for passion. The brooch "Queen of the Night", an abstract female face in silver with blue and green pigments, evokes associations of Mozart's Magic Flute.

Renzo Pasquale, a former professor at the Istituto P.Selvatico in Padua, creates clearly defined wearable miniature sculptures in gold and silver, but also likes to combine precious metals with base metals, for example gold and aluminium. Taking his clues from architecture, the artist constructs small-scale architectural segments, like the brooch entitled "Olimpico" made of silver, titanium, Perspex and gold. Constructional details such as stairs, windows or arches are disassociated from their architectural context and executed as pars-pro-toto elements.

We cordially invite you to come and marvel at the endless variety of modes and means of artistic expression - in our gallery or at www.galerie-slavik.com.