'Jewels by JAR' - An Extraordinary Journey
...My confirmation from ASJH included a note to bring a flashlight to the tour, which I found odd but understood immediately when we stepped into the exhibit space. It was dark, really dark, and the jewelry was lit dimly from above. I kind of felt like a voyeur, peeking into a forbidden window, and I have a feeling that's exactly what the curators were going for. The space is sort of a convex, egg-shape, with 2 main walls and a forest of 4-sided lightboxed pedestals set in between. Although over four hundred one-of-a-kind works were displayed, the layout allowed each piece to breathe and get noticed, which I really appreciated.
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