During the New York design week, the Mad Museum (Museum of Art and Design) presented an unusual exhibition of 170 designer jewels based on photographic images. “Multiple exposure”, the name of the show (8 May till 13 September 2014) that explores the relationship between photography and jewellery through the works of eighty artists from various parts of the world. It is a fervent relationship, judging by the works on display, which offers a variety of pieces, from the nostalgic flavour of the important necklace of Ashley Gilreath,
entitled “Who they were” proposing photos of his ancestors in vintage oval frames, linked by thin silver chains; to the more offbeat, like the multi-strand necklace of mug shots, mounted on metal plates painted red that give a vibrant touch of colour similar, at a first glance, to a coral lace, or otherwise the wide collar that reproduces photographically with three-dimensional effect, details of architecture, or the classic oval broach, inspired by traditional medallions, which frames the surreal picture of a woman who swallows pearls as if they were confetti.