PAIRE DE BOUCLES D'OREILLES EN OR ET PIGMENT,... Lot 87

PAIRE DE BOUCLES D'OREILLES EN OR ET PIGMENT, SIGNÉES BABETTO, 2007 hallmark 750 and goldsmith's mark Total weight approx. 11.5 g, size approx. 3.2 x 2.9 cm A PAIR OF GOLD AND PIGMENT EARRINGS, SIGNED BABETTO, 2007 (2) GIAMPAOLO BABETTO (b.1947, Italy) Giampaolo Babetto (b.1947) studied at the Istituto Statale d'Arte Pietro Selvatico, also known as the 'Padua School', under Mario Pinton. Her work is both artistic and technically perfect. The jewels are made in a very traditional way, but the designs are very progressive and can be found in museums and collections all over the world. Giampaolo Babetto's work reflects contemporary art movements such as concrete art, minimal art, kinetic art and pop art in a unique, purist and plastic way. His works are immediately recognizable by their simplicity. He draws his inspiration from the architecture of his homeland, from the villas of Palladio, and from geometries in which he finds poetry. Babetto prefers to work in gold for its stable malleability and warm glow, which he combines with unconventional materials such as plastic or glass, ebony, sprinkling the inner surface with a velvety pigment in luminous primary colors, red or blue, or using enamel and ancestral niello-based techniques. Giampaolo Babetto (b. 1947) was educated at the famous the Istituto Statale d¿Arte Pietro Selvatico, also known as 'The Padua School' under Mario Pinton. His work is both artistic and technically perfect. The jewellery is made very traditional but the designs are very progressive and can be found in museums and collections worldwide. Giampaolo Babetto¿s work reflects contemporary art movements such as concrete art, minimal art, kinetic or pop art in a unique, purist and plastic manner. His pieces are immediately recognizable by its simple design. He is inspired by the architecture of his homeland, by Palladio's villas, and by the geometries in which he finds poetry. Babetto prefers working in gold due to its stable malleability and its warm sheen which he combines with unconventional materials such as plastic or glass, ebony, dusting the internal surface with a velvet like pigment in luminous primary colors of reds or blues or using enamel and age old niello based techniques.