Very rarely does a jewelry artist manage to find new pictorial worlds of such a personal nature during the course of their creative work so freely and unencumbered as Daniel Kruger (born 1951, South Africa). His experiments with the most diverse materials, decoration, forms and structures testify to an exuberant creativity for which he was honored with the renowned Herbert Hoffmann Award for Art Jewellery in 1987 and 2005. Daniel Kruger uses found objects of every kind, or quotes historical forms and decoration. The unusual combinations of materials as well as new interpretations of techniques used in handcraft and textile work unexpectedly, yet invariably, lend his jewelry pieces new perspectives and aesthetic pleasure as well as a decidedly erotic quality, as he himself says. The works illustrate Daniel Kruger's curiosity with unconventional techniques and materials; they are also an expression of his awareness of nature and artificiality, history and tales, tradition and the present: sometimes ironic, at times restrained, but frequently also opulent and sensual.

Published by Arnoldsche Art Publishers Publication year: 2017
Contributions by Jorunn Veiteberg,Monika Brugger and Daniel Kruger
Format: Hardcover
Dimensions: 21 cm x 27 cm
Pages: 264
Languages: German and English

Daniel Kruger’s (b. 1951) new monograph Jewellery – The unexpected meaning of curious things presents his jewellery art of the last ten years. Kruger, who grew up in South Africa, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and taught at the University of Art and Design at Burg Giebichenstein in Halle. He gives things an unexpected meaning. Inspired by movement and his fascination with the visual quality of materials and objects, shapes, and colours, he creates a synthesis of supposed opposites, and it is this new context that elevates these connections into something precious. Through his freedom of thought, he creates a world of objects to be contemplated, but above all to adorn the body and the human being.

Published by Arnoldsche Art Publishers Publication year: 2024
By (author) Barbara Schmidt, Olga Zobel Biró
Format: Softcover
Dimensions: 21 cm x 27 cm
Pages: 184
Languages: English and Germany

A comprehensive overview of Daniel Kruger's ceramic practice, featuring 230 works created over two decades. Known primarily as an internationally acclaimed jewellery artist, Kruger brings his distinctive sensibilities to clay—blending classic vase silhouettes, Delftware, and dinner services with unexpected imagery, from footballers and homoerotic nudes to casts of organic twigs and bones. Richly illustrated, this volume offers a captivating look into his playful, cross-medium world.

Published by Arnoldsche Art Publishers Publication year: 2017
By (author) Berthold Reiß, Gert Staal, Ernst van der Wal
Format: Hardcover
Dimensions: 21 cm x 27 cm
Pages: 232
Languages: English and Germany