Warwick Freeman, Tiki Face, 1992. Collection of Te Papa Tongarewa, purchased 2009.
Warwick Freeman, Large Star, 1992. Collection of The Dowse Art Museum, purchased 1993
Patrick Reynolds, Sarah, Matthew - Grey Lynn, 1993. Silver Gelatin Print.
The Family Jewels is the Adeane/Freeman family’s name for the suite of Warwick Freeman works that formed his renowned 1995 Owners exhibition and Owner’s Manual publication.
These works are re-presented for the first time as The Family Jewels along with the original Patrick Reynolds images of Freeman jewellery owners wearing their works. Noted Australian curator, Julie Ewington, who was the Owner’s Manual author, and also a featured owner, provides a new assessment of the project 20 years on.
Owners was first launched at Auckland Museum in 1995, following a nationwide tour. Copies of Owner’s Manual will be available from MINE: The Dowse Shop for $10.
Jewellery courtesy of Warwick Freeman, photographs courtesy of Patrick Reynolds and Warwick Freeman.