No Market Value
2019






The artist Teresa Estapé records on video the process of freezing a 0.20 carat diamond, which is set on fire with a blowtorch on a base of burnt wood. The diamond is the most resistant in the scale of materials, but if at a temperature of around 2500-3000ºC there is an abrupt change in the thermal level, it “freezes” and loses all its brilliance. Subjected to an appraisal prior to this process, the market value as a diamond becomes zero for it has lost the main characteristics for which it is appreciated. On the other hand, it acquires a value as a work of art on display.
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Teresa Estapé
Teresa Estapé has a long career in the world of art and jewellery. Born in Barcelona, with a degree in Law and Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona and a diploma in jewellery from the Massana School, her artistic practice combines jewellery, sculpture and installation and graphic arts.
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