在过去的20年里，从苏珊•格兰特列文的收藏品中获得的**当代艺术首饰，在纽约库珀•休伊特设计博物馆展出。

书中包括过去15年来自美国、欧洲、亚洲和澳大利亚的102名珠宝艺术家的大约150件杰出作品。

世界各地的珠宝业彻底发展，从传统的金属加工到计算机辅助设计

展示先锋艺术的作品，及珠宝设计的无限潜力

胸针、项链和戒指揭示了这些当代珠宝商如何彻底将传统珠宝转变为我们时代的方式。具体作品的描述表明，虽然掌握材料和技术对创作过程至关重要，但它本身并不是目的，而只是实现美学愿景的手段。每个设计师的过程陈述和一个完整的珠宝画廊伴随的是不同寻常的，激动人心的，独特的作品。

"The consummate Susan Grant Lewin Collection – recently donated to Cooper Hewitt – captures the diversity and achievements of contemporary art jewellery with nearly 150 significant works from the last 15 years by designers from the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia.

The brooches, necklaces and rings reveal how these contemporary jewelers have revolutionised the medium in transforming jewellery conventions in expressions of our time. Descriptions of specific works demonstrate that while the mastery of materials and techniques is critical to the creative process, it is not an end in itself, but only the means to accomplish an aesthetic vision. Process statements from each designer and a full gallery of the jewellery accompany the narrative sequence of extraordinary, stirring, uncommon pieces."