ILIAS LALAOUNIS JEWELRY MUSEUM @ROJW Chisinau
ILIAS LALAOUNIS JEWELRY MUSEUM
CONFERENCE AT
AT ROMANIAN JEWELRY WEEK 2023 CHISINAU SPECIAL EDITION - THE NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF MOLDOVA
The Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum (ILJM) is the first museum devoted to the art of jewelry in Greece and one of the very few of its kind in the world. The ILJMuseum, since 1994, acts as an international center for jewelry and decorative crafts, with an emphasis on silver and goldsmithing as well as contemporary studio jewelry. Today, the ILJM permanent collection includes historic and contemporary jewelry and decorative arts. The major emphasis of the displays is given to the 50 collections designed and supervised by Ilias Lalaounis between 1957 and 2002. The displays are selected to give an overview of more than 4.500 jewelry and microsculptures that Lalaounis presented in exhibitions worldwide to promote his work. Inspired by the history of world art, the history of ancient Greek art and social aspects that complement the second half of the 20th century, contemporary technology, nature, and children’s designs, the artist left a substantial archive of designs, jewelry tools and macquettes of special commissions. The ILJM has organized over 100 temporary exhibitions on jewelry and the decorative arts, both in Greece and abroad. Through the collaboration with other museums and educational institutions, the ILJM aims to promote the art of jewelry and new creativity in traditional and decorative arts.
This conference was shown at ROJW special edition in Chisinau.
