DoDo has come to Miami. In a first for the Milanese brand, the playful jeweler has teamed with acclaimed contemporary artist Sanford Biggers for a special capsule available at Art Basel Shop Miami Beach.
The capsule collection is part of Biggers’ turn as guest artist for the Art Basel Shop Miami Beach and reimagines one of DoDo’s most famous symbols — the Cloud — through Biggers’ artistic eye.
An American interdisciplinary artist, Biggers is known for an exploration of movement, metamorphosis and interconnection. His 2021 piece “Oracle,” a 15,000-pound bronze sculpture of a seated Zeus wearing a composite of African masks, was displayed in New York’s Rockefeller Center.
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Here he scales down, reimagining a DoDo cloud into a wearable keepsake with four exclusive charms that take inspiration from Biggers’ Unsui series — works of large-scale cloud forms that will see new expressions in Miami.
Each charm is handcrafted in Italy and signed by the artist, with two small charms in sterling silver and 9-karat rose gold, both adorned with black diamonds; a medium charm in sterling silver, and a large sculptural Cloud charm in sterling silver.
The jewelry collaboration is part of a larger assortment Biggers has created for the Art Basel shop showcasing his cartoonish bubble clouds on hoodies, totes, mirrors and more.
According to the Italian brand, this marks the first time the Art Basel Shop Miami Beach has carried a jewelry collaboration with an artist.
“DoDo Jewels was born in the avant-garde Milan era, where art, design and fashion came together as a unifying language,” chief executive officer Teejana Beenessreesingh, who moved over from Bottega Veneta in July, said in a statement.
“We chose to empower creativity through a unique collection inspired by Sanford Biggers’ installation to be carried exclusively by Art Basel Shop,” the executive said.
Italian fine jeweler Pomellato founded DoDo in 1994 as a more playful, charms-based line with sustainability credentials; both were acquired by Kering in 2013.
As reported, it is understood that new CEO Beenessreesingh has been tasked with securing the next phase of growth for DoDo, boosting its desirability and strengthening its market position in the luxury and gifting segments.
The DoDo x Sanford Biggers Cloud Charms will is available exclusively at the Art Basel Miami Beach Shop and on dodojewels.com for a limited time only.