Exhibition "Daniel Brush. Thinking about Monet"

To the world of jewelry, Daniel Brush’s creations are pure poems of light, consummate objects of contemplation. We may wonder about the wearability or the finality of some of his pieces, but this is only because we must see them as more than jewels, as the spiritual quintessence of the jewel. In the artist’s own words: “Jewelry is a vehicle to get closer to the gods, a conduit to allow dreams into our lives, into the maze of it all.” By the simple act of donning one of his rings, necklaces, or bracelets, the wearer adorns him or herself with the metal’s luminous spirit.

After a first exhibition organized at L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts in Paris in 2017 focusing on Cuffs & Necks, a second one in New York in 2018, and a third at L’ÉCOLE Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong in 2023 entitled Daniel Brush, An Edifying Journey, L’ÉCOLE is delighted to present Daniel Brush, Thinking about Monet, an exhibition organized at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT in Tokyo, showcasing Daniel Brush’s remarkable work to the Japanese public for the very first time.

This unprecedented exhibition will pay tribute to the late American artist Daniel Brush, a poet of materiality who was at once a metalworker, a jewelry-maker, a philosopher, an engineer, a painter, and a sculptor.

Aluminum, steel, gold, paintings: through jewels, works of art and objects, the first part of the exhibition will put forward the diversity of mediums and methods in Daniel Brush’s work, that went beyond traditional art categories. The second part will highlight Brush’s Thinking about Monet series and explore his rare ability to harness materials to create sublime and ethereal objects.

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