Southamerican Art & Jewelry
Caracú
16 southamerican artists
who make jewelry/art
Why Caracú
It means bone marrow, what’s essential and true, hard to get yet what we look for
About us
Who we are, where we come from, where we go
Who we are
Caracu’s artists
Visita our exhibition
What is left unsaid
Who we are
About us
2020 marks two years since the inception of Caracú, a collective of South American jewelers and artists. We consider contemporary jewelry as a complete artistic expression which enables us to create functional pieces, art objects, and installations. The private creation and collaborative result of our work allows us to continually consider our expression, our creative and technical processes, and the meaning of these as both individuals and individuals in a community. What began as the casual result inspired by a workshop, De lo Plástico a lo Visual, taught by Jorge Manilla, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, has become a self-managed group in which each voice is heard in an ongoing, collaborative conversation.
Reflected in the search for relevant materials and processes are internal explorations regarding our understanding and experience of existence and identity. From analyses of personal, natural, historical, social, political and discursive patterns to the raw distillation of form in pursuit of an essence of culture or meaning of value, our pieces collectively echo the heterogeneous multiplicity that is life in South America by voicing the unheard, showing the unseen, and surviving through solidarity.
Coming soon…
Upcoming exhibitions
Athens
Athens Jewelry Week
What is left unsaid
Athens Jewelry Week
Athens – Greece
November 10 – 15
Opening: November 11
Zoom: November 12
Buenos Aires
Las cosas que no se nombran
Buenos Aires Sur Gallery
Buenos Aires – Argentina
April 11 – 25
Opening: Abril 11
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We introduce ourselves at Athens Jewelry Week!
The exhibition “What is Left Unsaid ” will be shown during Athens Jewelry Week.
Our presentation will include an artistic video and a talk with members of our collective showing our work. It will be via zoom on Thursday 12th November at 3:20 pm Argentina (8:20 Athens- 7:20 CET).
Caracú members Roxana Casale and Gabriela Nirino received awards
It is great pleasure to announce that our colleagues Roxana Casale and Gabriela Nirino have received the Growth Award and the New Growth Award, respectively at the Growth and Evolution International Jewelry Contest in China.
Lockdown meeting
We keep on meeting during lockdown. There s so much to talk about. Individual views are assets to the group and to each one of us. So much to think about, to solve, to share