"What today we generically refer to as jewelry, trinkets, bijoux descends in fact from different declinations of objects that men and women since ancient times used to adorn the body, attributing to them a semantic cipher that transformed them, to all intents and purposes, into language.
“Consecrated” or secular, the accessories worn indicated religious affiliation, social status, political faith; they were, in short, bearers of messages that told, of the person who sported them, the character, thoughts, hopes, desires and fears. Evidence of their narrative and identity characteristic is provided by the custom since the dawn of time of including them in the burial trousseau and/or passing them on from generation to generation by bequeathing the object-often precious-as the custodian and symbol of a memory, a meaning, an authority.
37 works selected through an international tender made by as many artists from different geographical areas, generations, backgrounds.
Beatrice Carlson work is included in ṬILISMĀN. LA BUONA SORTE, an exhibition dedicated to the charm and mystery of the talisman, exploring its infinite nuances through art."
SCD Studio Perugi, Italy
