In Cremona the 10th International Review of Engraving

Twenty years after its first edition, the 10th International Review of Engraving, called until 2015 The Art and the Press, returns to Cremona from September 22 to October 27, 2019. An invitation-only biennial, promoted by theAssociation Incisione Senza Confini, curated by Vladimiro Elvieri, assisted by an organizing committee.

The 10th Review 2019, organized by theEngraving Without Borders Association, which boasts the patronage of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, the sponsorship, collaboration and support of the City of Cremona, the collaboration of theItalian Ex libris Association (AIE) and the contribution of private entities, will take place at the ’Santa Maria della Pietà’ Cultural Center in Cremona.

“An initial assessment of this biennial,” Elvieri explains in the text in the catalog, “leads us to affirm that the attempt to enhance the value of this art and its protagonists, has had a more than positive outcome, taking into account the participation of major international artists, the valuable collaboration of eminent personalities of art and culture including the philosopher of art Dino Formaggio and the president of the Triennial of’graphic art of Cracow, Witold Skulicz, and prestigious Italian and foreign institutions; of the growing response of the public and schoolchildren engaged in educational workshops; and finally, of the birth, by means of the works donated by the artists themselves, of the International Collection of Contemporary Engravings, ordered at the Prints Cabinet of the ’Ala Ponzone’ Civic Museum of Cremona, which constitutes, not only a remarkable artistic heritage, but also a valuable human and communicative testimony.”

Over the years, the Cremona Review “has been a meeting place between cultures and personal worldviews, a space where barriers and boundaries are overcome, a communicative landing place between artists and the public, who can experience, through the vision of the works, the emotions and magic of a thought that transcends the everyday and makes the invisible visible.”

As many as four exhibitions are set up in the same venue of Santa Maria della Pietà:

RARE EDITIONS, concerns the historical section dedicated to the twentieth century, which contains artist’s books and fine art editions, with texts by Gongora, Cocteau, Paulhan and others, illustrated with original engravings by some of the great masters, including Picasso, Mirò, Braque, Masson, Buffet, etc., mostly made in the famous Lacourère-Frélaut atelier in Montmartre, Paris, from important private collections.

NEW APPROACHES is the title of the exhibition that presents a small but significant panorama of new research and current trends in the field of engraving, through a selection of forty-seven medium- and large-format works by twenty-four Italian and foreign artists noted for the quality and originality of their graphic research.

INCISIONE ITALIANA UNDER 35, includes forty works created with traditional and innovative engraving techniques by twenty of the most interesting young emerging artists from various Italian regions, invited by a special commission.

Lastly, under the title EX LIBRIS 500° Leonardo da Vinci, a collection of small graphics and ex libris dedicated to the figure and work of one of the greatest geniuses of the Renaissance, on the 500th anniversary of his death (1519-2019), made for the occasion, is proposed. Exhibition in collaboration with the IEA-Italian Ex Libris Association.

As in previous editions, the educational workshop will welcome visitors and school groups, who will be able to participate in hands-on lessons with the opportunity to make their own matrices, which will then be printed at the intaglio press. Italian and English color catalog and video projections on some engraving techniques. Also this year, most of the exhibited works, donated by the artists themselves, will remain in Cremona and enter the Contemporary Graphic Art Collection of the “Ala Ponzone” Civic Museum.

For all information you can visit the event’s official website.

Pictured: The Headquarters of the Cremona International Engraving Exhibition. Ph credit: Betty Poli

Source: press release

In Cremona the 10th International Review of Engraving

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