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Warwick Freeman

Warwick Freeman

Hook Hand Heart Star

Edited by Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum

£42.00

Publishing 14th Apr 2025
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    • Freeman bridges Māori and Western cultures through unique artistic expressions
    • Revolutionised New Zealand jewellery with a distinctive, trans-cultural artistic language
    • He creates jewellery using traditional New Zealand materials like pounamu and pāua
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    Warwick Freeman (b. 1953) is regarded as one of the world’s most influential contemporary jewellery artists. His works tell of his life, culture, and history, as well as the history of Aotearoa/New Zealand and the country’s unique materials—millimetre-thick mother-of-pearl from the giant clam, the iridescent inner membrane of the pāua (a rainbow abalone), and the pounamu (a type of greenstone). Freeman—the Pākehā, as the Māori call descendants with European roots—has long been a mediator between the cultures. In the 1980s he co-revolutionised the world of New Zealand jewellery, which led to the creation of a unique artistic language. Freeman discovers forms, symbols, and images that connect Māori, Polynesian, and European civilisations through emblematic meanings that transcend their cultures—Hook. Hand. Heart. Star.

    Text in English and German.

    Specifications
    Publisher
    Arnoldsche Art Publishers
    ISBN
    9783897907324
    Publish date
    14th Apr 2025
    Binding
    Hardback
    Territory
    UK, US, Eastern Europe, France, Benelux, Japan, South Korea, Africa, South America & Ireland exclusive. South Africa, N&M East, China non-exclusive
    Size
    280 mm x 215 mm
    Pages
    304 Pages
    Illustrations
    350 color
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