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Dalya Luttwak: Goldsmith Extraordinaire
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13534 |
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THE ARTS
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4 / 1988 |
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Nancy G. Heller
Nancy G. Heller is the author of Women Artists: An
Illustrated History (New York: Abbeville Press, 1987) and
is currently preparing an Antarctica appreciation textbook for
Random House. |
The modest suburban basement holds an assortment of well-worn industrial paraphernalia--several types of power tools, battered worktables, two small gas tanks attached to a welding torch, a "shop-vac," and bundles of different-gauge wire. In this unlikely environment Dalya Luttwak conjures up her strikingly original, and highly sophisticated, gold and silver jewelry. The contrast between this rather ordinary space and the glittering shapes Luttwak produces there reflects the paradoxical nature of this intriguing artist, who has achieved an impressive degree of technical expertise, critical acclaim, and commercial success in less than a decade.
Wide Recognition
Since her first exhibition in 1981, Luttwak, who works out of her home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, has become well-established both locally and beyond. Articles on her work have appeared in the Washington Post and in numerous other newspapers and magazines, and she is currently represented by eight galleries in six states, including such fashionable locations as Vail, Colorado; San Diego; and Manhattan's Trump Tower. Every two years Luttwak has a solo show of her bold yet graceful creations, which range in price from roughly $100 to $1,000. And for the past two years she has been president of the Washington Guild of Goldsmiths, a nonprofit organization of 150 artists and art lovers that sponsors regular exhibitions, lectures, and workshops on various aspects of metalworking.
But it was not always thus for Luttwak. For most of her life, in fact, she neither made jewelry nor considered herself an artist. Instead she was preoccupied with first acquiring practical career skills
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