Description
- A decisive bankruptcy in American artwork jewelry
- Author Toni Greenbaum captures Sam Kramer’s spirit, intentions and humor
- Previously unpublished footage of the mid-century New York artwork scene
Despite being probably the most influential – and certainly such a lot eccentric – of the American modernist jewelers, Sam Kramer (1913-1964) has won little reputation. His expressive, natural paintings and surreal workshop, situated on West eighth Boulevard in New York’s Greenwich Village, lead the way for different mid-20th century metalsmiths, and for lots of extra operating nowadays. Sam Kramer: Jeweler at the Aspect investigates Kramer as each a seminal artist and a cult character. Thru lavish colour pictures of infrequently noticed works in addition to newly came upon archival subject material, the tale of this distinctive person is informed in opposition to a backdrop of publish-2d International Battle The usa, from the past due Forties to the early Nineteen Sixties. Mirroring each the existential angst and quirky humor of the Beat Technology, Sam Kramer embodied the iconoclastic spirit of his technology.
