The Lure of Radium

RESEARCH BACKGROUND: This research is situated in the field of contemporary jewelery and object making. Espace Solidor is the only public space in France devoted purely to contemporary jewellery. It has hosted between 2 and 4 contemporary jewellery exhibitions every year since opening its doors in 1999, and is by far the most active institutional force promoting and showing local and international work in France. The gallery is named after singer, model, writer and actress, Suzy Solidor (1900-1983). Solidor modelled for over 200 portraits from Cocteau to Bacon. Forty of these paintings now hang in a room dedicated to her in Chateau de Grimaldi, next to Espace Solidor. http://www.dfg.passau.de/Bilder/Cagnes/solidor.jpg RESEARCH SIGNIFICANCE: This research was presented at Mirror, mirror: une exposition en hommage à Suzy Solidor in France and the USA. The work was created for this exhibition and responded specifically to the proposition from the curators. This international exhibition presented a variety of responses. Artists used jewellery and the suggestions of the body to depict the multiple images of Solidor. The significance is the depiction and response to the "most painted woman in the world". She posed for artists including Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Raoul Dufy, Tamara de Lempicka, Marie Laurencin and Kees van Dongen. The importance of this exhibition was to explore aspects of portraiture, identity, feminism and narcissism through jewellery. RESEARCH CONTRIBUTION:My research explores human experience and place. Since travelling to Antarctica in 2004 I have been working from my personal experience of Antarctica. Whilst researching for this exhibition I discovered a film Solidor worked on in 1938, "La Femme Du Bout Du Monde" (The Woman From the End of The World) by the director Jean Epstein. One of the earliest fictional films about Antarctica and Radium deposits the story was written by a woman and contributed to early perceptions of Antarctia.

研究背景：本研究立足当代珠宝与器物创作领域。Espace Solidor是法国境内唯一纯粹致力于当代珠宝艺术的公共空间，自1999年开放以来，每年举办2至4场当代珠宝展览，是法国目前推广并展示本土与国际当代珠宝作品最为活跃的公共机构。该画廊以歌手、模特、作家兼女演员苏齐·索利多尔（Suzy Solidor，1900-1983）命名。索利多尔曾为超过200幅肖像作品担任模特，创作方涵盖让·科克托（Jean Cocteau）、弗朗西斯·培根（Francis Bacon）等艺术家。其中40幅画作如今陈列在格里马尔迪城堡（Chateau de Grimaldi）内专门为她设置的展厅中，该展厅紧邻Espace Solidor。http://www.dfg.passau.de/Bilder/Cagnes/solidor.jpg

研究意义：本研究曾在法国与美国举办的“镜中之镜：致敬苏齐·索利多尔特展（Mirror, mirror: une exposition en hommage à Suzy Solidor）”中展出。本次创作专为该特展打造，并针对性回应了策展方的命题。这场国际展览汇聚了多元创作视角：艺术家以珠宝首饰与身体意象为媒介，演绎索利多尔的多重形象。本研究的核心意义在于对“世界上被画像最多的女性”进行刻画与回应——她曾为巴勃罗·毕加索（Pablo Picasso）、乔治·布拉克（Georges Braque）、拉乌尔·杜菲（Raoul Dufy）、塔玛拉·德·兰碧卡（Tamara de Lempicka）、玛丽·洛朗桑（Marie Laurencin）与凯斯·凡·东根（Kees van Dongen）等一众艺术家担任模特。本次特展的重要价值在于通过珠宝艺术探索肖像创作、身份认同、女性主义与自恋主义等议题。

研究贡献：我的研究聚焦于人类体验与场域空间。自2004年造访南极大陆以来，我便以自身的南极体验为创作基底。在为本次特展开展调研的过程中，我发现了索利多尔于1938年参与出演的影片《世界尽头的女人》（La Femme Du Bout Du Monde，The Woman From the End of The World），该片由让·爱泼斯坦（Jean Epstein）执导。作为最早一批以南极大陆与镭矿沉积为主题的剧情电影之一，这部影片由女性编剧创作，塑造了早期大众对南极的认知形象。