Karl Fritsch
Germany-New Zealand, b. 1963
Karl Fritsch is a German-born, New Zealand based artist renowned for his iconoclastic reinterpretations of jewellery tradition. Using precious materials, his forms yet challenge notions of materiality, value and beauty. His highly covetable rings have seen him win numerous awards and become a cult figure in contemporary jewellery. Fritsch began his education at the Goldsmiths School in Pforzheim and later studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Professors Hermann Jünger and Professor Otto Künzli. Fritsch exhibits internationally and has had his work included in public collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the National Gallery of Victoria.
“What I find really fascinating, and one of the reasons why it’s so interesting to make jewellery, is the moment of recognition when something that comes across cute and pretty has on second glimpse an almost obscene grotesqueness.”
Karl Fritsch, 2010
Artists
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- Peter Bauhuis
- Godwin Baum
- Doris Betz
- David Bielander
- Julie Blyfield
- Helen Britton
- David Clarke
- Simon Cottrell
- Paul Derrez
- Maureen Faye-Chauhan
- Emma Fielden
- Warwick Freeman
- Karl Fritsch
- Kiko Gianocca
- Marcos Guzman
- Kirsten Haydon
- Therese Hilbert
- Peter Hoogeboom
- Marian Hosking
- Genevieve Howard
- Jiro Kamata
- Inari Kiuru
- Daniel Kruger
- Otto Künzli
- Lore Langendries
- Sue Lorraine
- Carlier Makigawa
- Sally Marsland
- Craig McIntosh
- Lindy McSwan
- Christian Metzner
- Yutaka Minegishi
- Marc Monzó
- Thanh-Truc Nguyen
- Lucy Sarneel
- Henriette Schuster
- Blanche Tilden
- Catherine Truman
- Manon van Kouswijk
- Lisa Walker
More work by Karl Fritsch
Ring #285 ,
2014, 18k gold, coloured diamonds ,
Ring #272 ,
2008, blackened silver, malachite ,
Ring #401 ,
2007, 18k palladium white gold ,
Ring #393 ,
2013, 18k gold, diamonds ,
Ring #308 ,
2011, 18k palladium white gold, ruby, agate, tourmaline ,
Ring #319 ,
2011, silver, copper, gold, brass, diamond, rubies, sapphires ,
Ring #362 ,
2015, silver, niello, diamonds ,
Ring #368 ,
2004, silver, rubies ,
Ring #343 ,
2014, aluminium, cubic zirconia ,
Ring #346 ,
2014, aluminium, cubic zirconia ,
Ring #437 ,
2017, Roman bronze ring (BC) ,
Ring #438 ,
2017, Roman bronze ring (BC) ,
Ring #442 ,
2018, 18k gold ,
Ring #429 ,
2018, 8k gold, diamonds, garnets ,
Ring #439 ,
2018, silver ,
Ring #441 ,
2013, silver, diamonds ,
Ring #440 ,
2018, silver, sapphires ,
Ring #435 ,
2018, 9k red gold, diamonds ,
Ring #434 ,
2017, silver, carnelian ,
Ring #436 ,
2017, 9k red gold, ruby ,
Ring #431 ,
2017, silver ,
Ring #443 ,
2018, 18k gold, 14k gold, diamonds ,
Ring #426 ,
2018, 18k gold ,
Ring #432 ,
2018, silver, 9k gold ,
Ring #444 ,
2017, 9k palladium white gold ,
Ring #433 ,
2018, silver, rubies ,
