March 22 – September 6, 2009

Curated by Jeannine Falino, Edge of the Sublime presents a first-ever retrospective of works by Jamie Bennett, one of the most important enamelists working today. This exhibition explores the artist’s creative use and development of a variety of enameling and metalworking techniques to produce highly color-saturated imagery on signature brooches, necklaces and pendants. 

In a career that spans more than 30 years, Jamie Bennett has evolved into an internationally acclaimed artist and innovator in the world of contemporary jewelry and enamel. His work challenges the paradigms of traditional jewelry forms and the hierarchies of art. With paint, pencil, and enamel, Bennett achieves uncommonly poetic effects using floral and patterned imagery.

Exhibition Notes (pdf) 

Exhibition Catalogue now available

at RAM Museum Store 

Images (top to bottom)

Jamie Bennett

Urban Traces 1 (and neckpiece detail), 2005

Enamel, copper and gold

Collection of Allen and Irene Natow

This exhibition was organized by Fuller Craft Museum and has been partially underwritten by Rotasa Foundation, Art Jewelry Forum, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Abramson, Ms. Barbara N. McFadyen, and Ms. Susan Beech.