Moll
Subtitle: silver + gold
By: Christianne Weber-Stöber ... [et al.] ; [Autoren, Barbara Grotkamp-Schepers ... et al.].
Contributors: Moll, Gerda; Weber, Christianne, 1957-; Grotkamp-Schepers, Barbara; Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus; Museet på Koldinghus; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg; Deutsches Klingenmuseum Solingen
Publisher: Arnoldsche Art Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Stuttgart [Germany]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9783897903470
Subjects: History; Jewelry; Silverwork; Exhibitions
Other titles: Moll :; Silver + gold; Silver and gold
Description: Moll's objects are not spectacular - they are beautiful! When you see them with your own eyes you can sense the very development process - in which time is slowed down. "For me, there's no wasted time", says the artist himself. And so works including silver objects, cutlery and also jewellery have developed over the years, which are comprehensively presented for the first time in this publication. Many leading museums such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York acquired his works as 'exemplary examples' for their collections. Since 1965 there has been a kindred sentiment to his life partner, the jewellery artist Gerda Moll. Next to clarity and stringency, lightness became the most important characteristic of her rings, pendants and necklaces. She abandoned decor completely; the modular parts of her jewellery pieces comply with ornamental working series- thus fulfilling the function of the jewellery. Exhibition: Goldschmiedehaus Haunau (14.4-12.6.2011), later Kolding/Denmark, Hamburg and Solingen.
Notes: Published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition held at Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Haunau, Apr. 14-June 12, 2011; Koldinghus, Kolding/Denmark, June-Aug. 2011; Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Oct. 2011-Jan. 2012; and Deutsches Klingenmuseum, Solingen, Feb.-Apr. 2012.

Text in English and German.
Table of contents: title: Begegnung mit Gerda und Wilfried Moll im November 2010 = Encounter with Gerda and Wilfried Moll in November 2010 / Christianne Weber-Stöber; title: Unikate/one-off pieces / Wilfried Moll; title: Wilfried Moll, geräte für den kirchlichen Gebrauch = Wilfried Moll, liturgical vessels / Peter Schmitt; title: Unikate/one-off pieces / Gerda Moll; title: Eine Überzeugung : zwei Konzepte : zu den Arbeiten von Gerda und Wilfried Moll = A single conviction : two concepts : the works of Gerda and Wilfried Moll / Heinz Spielmann; title: Die Besteckentwürfe von Wilfried Moll = Wilfried Moll's designs for cutlery / Barbara Grotkamp-Schepers; title: Dialog zwischen Kopf und Hand : zum Werk des Silberschmieds Wilfried Moll = Dialogue between head and hand : the works of silversmith Wilfried Moll / Rüdiger Joppien; title: Vita. Gerda Regina Moll ; Walter Wilfried Moll.