"Ethics and Aesthetics is the same"L.Wittgenstein
"Ethics is the condition of the world.
Beauty cannot change the world
Life is more important.
Art does not exist.
Creation is an act of ethics.
Art is an interpretation.
One cannot buy art.
(but you can sell it).
Art does not exist.
Jewellery is the process of making adornments
Adornments is not art.
Jewellery is art.
Art does not exist."
"…a lot of people see jewellery making simply as the production ornaments and accessories, the value of which is measured by the kinds of materials and techniques used. In such cases jewelry making is just a craft. It differs from mass-produced goods only in the sense that it is made in smaller quantities….
This does not only apply to jewellery. Paintings which are considered to be fine art are sometimes no more than interior decoration. They are used to “dress up” a room the same way as jewellery is used to dress up a person…
On the other hand if jewellery is art, can it really remain indifferent to the cultural, technological and social changes taking place at the moment in the society?
Should jewellery just concentrate on aesthetic and decorative issues? Or is it supposed to be relevant? If not doesn’t it become no more than the pretty and expensive toy of a cultural elite and jewellery nothing more than appendage to adorn a wealthy person?
Can jewelery react actively to social processes? Can it be socially engaged? Or maybe these days jewellery can, albeit indirectly, express people’s aspiration and phobias, actively and perhaps even dramatically react to the “now”..."
Solveiga Krivičienė
Born 1965 in Rokiškis
1986-1991 studied at Vilnius Academy of Arts
Alfredas Krivičius
Born 1961 in Trakai
1980-1985 studied at Kaunas University of Technology
Both live in Vilnius, Lithuania.
