22 June 2022
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs continues to open up to contemporary creativity: the Jewelry Gallery collection now features a creation by Taiwanese designer Anna Hu. This articulated bracelet – or rather, hand jewel – is made up of two serpents symbolizing East and West. Each on their respective sides bites into a circle of black and white mother-of-pearl, representing yin and yang. Owner Cindy Sherman, the artist who is Anna Hu’s friend and patron, gifted this piece – highly typical of Hu’s rich and exuberant style – to the museum. It joins that of her compatriot Cindy Chao but also those of French artists such as Gilles Jonemann, Lorenz Baümer, Marie-Hélène de taillac, Italians like Giampaolo Babetto, Australians like Carlier Makigawa and Robert Baines…
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Anna Hu - "Yin Yang" hand ornament in gold, diamonds, yellow and black diamonds, garnets, rubies, sapphires, onyx, mother-of-pearl
Anna Hu and Cindy Sherman
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