How Many Is One shows 50 years of conceptual jewellery art by Deganit Stern Schocken. In her work, the Israeli artist often deals with the Middle East conflict and calls with her art again and again for a peaceful interaction with each other and above all for a conversation at eye level. For example, she sets diamonds on beverage cans found in the border area or uses vocabulary cards for Palestinian children to show how easy communication should be.
The question 'How Many Is One' explores how much of the universal can be found in the individual, and which general truth is anchored in the collective. Material and text, function and context always serve to uncover a part of truth and to point to an underlying ideal.
This comprehensive English monograph is a portrait of an actively commenting artist, a tribute to Deganit Stern Schocken, and at the same time an important documentation of the possibilities of contemporary jewellery art.
