AND-005 Essential Form in dialogue Georgia O’Keeffe

Georgia O’Keeffe — Essential Form

Conversation Piece / Post-Colonial Gold

This necklace works as a correction to excess.

Two silver-grey organic forms, black cord and one displaced sphere create a line across the body. The object does not sit on the skin as decoration; it draws a new axis: along the neck, over the sternum, into the posture.

Within Conversation Pieces, this work stands in dialogue with Georgia O’Keeffe. Not by literally quoting her work, but by bringing forward the same value: Essential Form — the power of form when everything unnecessary has been removed.

O’Keeffe made flowers, bones, stones and landscapes monumental by reducing them to essence. This necklace does something comparable on the body. It reduces, but does not weaken. It does not make a black jacket, bare skin or a simple silhouette fuller, but more precise.

This becomes visible in the visual study. Without the object, the portrait remains strong, but closed. With the object, direction appears. The vertical lines lengthen the body, the silver-grey forms draw the eye to the centre, and the asymmetry prevents politeness.

The piece is sober, but not silent. It has tension.
No ornament. A decision of form.

Each piece is handmade and unique. Through a unique ID and QR code, the object is connected to a digital layer: the artist, the value, the visual reference and the story behind the work.

Essential Form teaches us that strength does not lie in excess, but in precision. In a world full of noise, Georgia O’Keeffe opens a value that feels urgent again: looking until only the necessary remains.

Specifications
Type: wearable sculpture / necklace
Material: sculptural silver-grey forms, black cord
Finish: handmade; each piece is unique
Collection: Conversation Pieces / Post-Colonial Gold
Value: Essential Form
Digital layer: unique ID + QR code
Use: sculptural wearable object, handle with care

Meta Description

Handmade wearable sculpture necklace by Annelies Nuy, part of Iconitis / Post-Colonial Gold, in dialogue with Georgia O’Keeffe and the value Essential Form.

HS code: 711790
EU commodity / CN code: 71179000
Product description: Handmade imitation jewellery / wearable sculpture necklace made of composite material and cord.