Passion Bijou(x). Colección Marianne Gassier de Joyería Contemporánea.
Galería del Tossal. (Con la colaboración del Ajuntament de València):
My contemporary jewelry collection in an exhibition !!!
Thanks to Antonio Sánchez García and to all the EASD Valencia team, what was dreamed two years ago after drinking some « Valencia’s water » (not water at all ….. 
…) will become reality very soon …..
About 80 jewels from my collection (brooches, neckpieces, bracelets) in 4 themes (« Black envy« , « All Whites« , « Get the Blues » and « Red (thread) » will be displayed, separated by a stream of about 60 rings …… Was VERY hard to do a choice (galeria Tossal is not big …) !!!
Of course jewels by the « better » actual jewellers (Christophe Burger, Sébastien Carré, Edu Tarin (Talente Prize 2016), François Pereña, Patricia Lemaire, Marianne Anselin, Teresa Faris, Maria Rosa Franzin, Philip Sajet, Noon Passama, Jorge Manilla, Gaetano Pesce, Gigi Mariani, Liana Pattihis, Marta Mattsson, Ramon Puig Cuyas , etc etc ……..) but also by all the youngs newly graduates (my favourite field of investigations ! ….) from the better jewelry schools (Alchimia in Italy, Idar Oberstein in Germany, Massana in Spain, Afedap or HEAR in France, Suny New Palz in USA …..).
I’m VERY proud & filled with emotion to share my choices and to give back to these jewellers, I hope, the pleasure they gave me.
The exhibition, titled « PASSION BIJOU(x) », will be held in Galeria Tossal, Valencia (Spain) from April 21 to May 22 2016, during the MELTING POINT jewelry event that occurs every two years in the city of Valencia.
More informations here
And SO SO SO MANY THANKS to all who helped for this project !! A SPECIAL THANK to Antonio Sánchez García who worked (hard) at EASD Valencia !
Alina Carp – ma broche ‘Ana’ (from the legend Of Manole) – means SO much for me !
Michelle Kraemer Necklace: CumulusNimbus II, 2014 Balsawood, paint, artificial sand, silver powder, silver 50 x 12 x 7 cm Photo by: Michelle Kraemer From series: Cumulus (when times become DARK … even darkness has its beauties …)
Jorge Manilla necklace – : from serie « IN MEMORIAM ». • Mexico, 2014 • porcelain & thread / porcelana y hilo de algodon
Mireia Calaf - broche »cortando obsesiones«
Sebastien Carré ‘Inflammation noire’, 2014 – pellicule de film, coton, laine & perles
Edu Tarín. « Antípoda 5″ black. 2014. Brooch. Copper, gold. Electroforming. 115x90x55mm. Photo by Manu Ocaña
Noon Passama black portrait brooch – « Portrait # 16″ , 2013 Leather, fur, oxidized silver mouth, oxidized silver backing, remanium pin 10.6 x 10.6 x 5.5 cm (this one choosed me !)
Catalina Gibert – aMARE necklace – 2013- linen canvas, acrylic paint, lapis lazuli, silver- detail
Selen Ozus – « error 107 » necklace – porcelain | glaze | cotton | silk – 2011
Valentina Caprini (Alchimia 2012) – necklace « Rinascita » - 1300 Meters of Red Thread
Lluís Comín – brooch » Tenebres » Plata, or, ópal etiopia. 2016 Brooch « Darkness » Silver, gold, opal Ethiopia. 2016
I then will give a conference on April 22, at 10:00, at EASD de València: Salón de Actos
Calle Pintor Domingo, 20. – this day, conferences/lectures talk about the COLLECTORS and PROMOTERS view
22nd APRIL / lectures :
COLLECTORS and PROMOTERS view
10:00 Marianne Gassier (France). Collector, blogger and contemporary jewellery expert. Passion Bijou(x)
11:15 Juan Riusech (France/Spain) Jeweller, galerist and colector in Lille (France). Proyecto Alliage
12:30 Eliana Negroni (Italy) Curator and organizer of “Jewels in Ferment / Gioielli in fermento”. Considerations on a Themed Award
Galería del Tossal.
Plaça del Tossal,
Barri de Carme, València