‘How to mend a broken heart’
A solo exhibition by Beth Croce at Lord Coconut
Exhibition opening: Tuesday 22 January
2013 5.30-7.30pm
Exhibition: 15 January – 2 February
2013
Melbourne’s foremost men’s jewellery emporium,
Lord Coconut, continues its love
affair with emerging young artisan jewellers, with an exclusive solo exhibition
of painted vintage book covers titled “How to mend a broken heart” by Beth
Croce as part of the 2013 Midsumma Festival.
The works presented in this exhibition, hand
painted on vintage encyclopaedias, are a different take on how to mend a broken
heart. Hunky boys and dashing dolls demonstrate this hands-on approach to heart
surgery. Heartache never looked so good.
Croce explains that, “I've made paintings of little
people in my cardiac illustrations on the covers of a series of vintage encyclopaedias.
The 1950's calendar style figures are hands-on at work in today's cutting edge
surgical procedures. It's old and new, vintage with modern, art meets science -
some of my favourite juxtapositions rolled into one fab little show”.
Beth Croce is a Johns Hopkins (USA)
trained, certified medical artist whose 18 years as a biomedical illustrator
has inspired the Bioperspective line of jewellery, prints and paintings. Her art is informed by her award-winning professional
illustration work and takes anatomically accurate jewellery, prints and paintings to a new level.
Lord
Coconut is Melbourne’s only retailer, gallery
and online boutique selling contemporary jewellery designed exclusively for
men. Lord Coconut stocks over 400
individual jewellery pieces and designer cufflinks and represents over 35
Melbourne jewellers, artisans and designers.
Lord
Coconut is Melbourne’s only retailer, gallery
and online boutique selling contemporary jewellery designed exclusively for
men. Lord Coconut stocks over 400
individual jewellery pieces and designer cufflinks and represents over 35
Melbourne jewellers, artisans and designers.
LORD COCONUT
Suite 3, Level 4, Carlow House
289 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000
0450 015 263
