Otto Künzli, the internationally acclaimed master of witty and humorous conceptual jewelry, reflects on his influential career and the emergence of interdisciplinarity in contemporary jewelry, especially the use of photography and performance.
This lecture is the first program in conjunction with Beyond Bling, an exhibition of selections from the Lois and Bob Boardman collection of contemporary studio jewelry, opening at LACMA in Fall 2016.
Bio
Born in Switzerland, Otto Künzli is Professor Emeritus of Jewelry at the renowned Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.
Featured image credit: Otto Künzli, Ring fur Zwei, 1980.
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