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CONTACT: Amy Angelilli
215.592.7206
Melissa Caldwell
215.545.4302

PHILADELPHIA, PA (October 11, 2000) -- Part of an international tour, Jewels of Mind and Mentality’s only U.S. venue is at the Philadelphia Art Alliance. A total of 384 pieces of art for the body by 24 Dutch artists will be displayed in the Main (second-floor) Galleries and the Third Floor Gallery from November 11, 2000 through January 7, 2001.

Jewels of Mind and Mentality contextualizes the work of leading Dutch jewelry designers within the larger scope of international art movements such as Russian Constructivism, Pop Art and Body Art. These movements prompted Dutch artists to distance themselves from traditional "precious decoration" jewelry.

Jewels of Mind and Mentality has been organized by Museum Het Kruithuis, a contemporary art museum in s’-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Most of the objects have been acquired for this travelling exhibition as well as for its permanent collection.

Admission fee for Jewels of Mind and Mentality is $10; students 21 and under are admitted free with I.D. An illustrated, color catalogue published by Museum Het Kruithuis will be available for $ 35 at the Philadelphia Art Alliance.

The Philadelphia Art Alliance recently celebrated its 85th anniversary as the oldest multidisciplinary arts center in the United States. The Art Alliance has been promoting the careers of emerging and established artists through its expanded contemporary art exhibitions program and its extensive performing and literary arts series.

Carole Price Shanis is the president of the Philadelphia Art Alliance,

Robert Kimmel is the executive director, and Dr. Amy Ingrid Schlegel is the curator.

For more information, call the Philadelphia Art Alliance at 215.545.4302 or visit www.PhilArtAlliance.org.