EXHIBIT: THE NEW MEDALLISTS

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V15 2012 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 15, Number 14, April 1, 2012, Article 17

The April 9, 2012 issue of Coin World included a short article (on p77) about a new medal exhibit at the Victoria and Albert museum in London. The article is unillustrated, but gave a link to the exhibit page on the museum's web site. The site is well illustrated, and there are some very interesting medals pictured. Here are some excepts, but be sure to visit the site for more.

The V&A is one of my favorite museums, a highlight of my time in London in 2007. The self-titled "world's greatest museum of art and design" is exactly that, and more. Where better to showcase medallic design? -Editor

Natasha Ratcliffe, Petra Mills, Sara Richards, Chloe Shaw, Phoebe Stannard and Heidi Hinder are the New Medallists. Their work breathes new life into the centuries-old art of the medal. Usually cast in metal, art medals are small sculptures, made for personal pleasure or contemplation. Often deeply introspective, these objects are best appreciated in the hand, where they may connect intimately with their (be)holder.

In this display, the New Medallists tell us the thoughts behind the medals they created and how works by their mentors and objects from the V&A collections have inspired their practice. The display celebrates the first six years of the New Medallist scheme, an initiative run by the British Art Medal Society (BAMS) in association with the V&A, the British Museum and the Royal Mint and supported by the E.S.G. Robinson Trust. By nurturing a new generation of British medallists, the New Medallist scheme is designed to stimulate the field's originality. In making a contribution to the present, the New Medallists will shape the future of medals in Britain and Ireland.

To read the complete article, see: The New Medallists (www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/the-new-medallists/)

Wayne Homren, Editor