Edge of the Sublime: Enamels by Jamie Bennett
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts January — May 2008
National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee June — August 2008
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York at New Paltz September — November 2008
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas December 2008 — February 2009
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin March — August 2009
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington October 2009 — February 2010
The American enamelist, Jamie Bennett employs rich colors and delicate brushwork inspired by his studies of microscopic organisms, the natural world, and cultural influences gleaned during travels to Italy, Morocco, and Turkey. Edge of the Sublime traced the evolution of Bennett’s career that began with fragmented, abstract forms and grew into a celebration of pattern and decoration.
In addition to Bennet’s jewelry, the exhibition included enameled wall reliefs and oil paintings, some of the latter in compartmentalized frames with enameled forms, that documented his interest in the domestic sphere.