Soulmates
Part of OBSESSED! Jewellery Festival 2023 during the month of November. The festival focuses on jewelry-related exhibitions, lectures, workshops and open studios – in a program curated by Current Obsession, the platform for contemporary jewelry. Today we present the exhibition ‘Soulmates’.
When Jelle Kampen (1956-2022) went out into the world as a visual artist in the 1980s, he wanted, against the current, to make especially “clear” images. He found his inspiration not only in art-historical icons, but also in logotypes and logos from the commercial sector. Music and literature were also important areas of interest, and his curious, inquisitive mind meant that social themes were also part of his artistic world. Jelle Kampen was the husband of visual artist and jewelry maker Lucy Sarneel (1961-2020) who is represented in CODA’s collection with a broad body of work. Jelle Kampen’s work became part of the CODA collection after his death. Soulmates not only portrays Kampen’s versatility, but also shows that he and Lucy Sarneel, despite a strictly separate artistic practice, were kindred spirits whose work belongs in the CODA collection.
Exhibition ‘Soulmates’
CODA Museum, Apeldoorn
8 October, 2023 – 14 January, 2024
coda-apeldoorn.nl
OBSESSED! Jewellery Festival
1 – 30 November, 2023
obsessedwithjewellery.com
Exhibition photography: Angela Schouten