Art and the Printing Press - 2005
Introduction - Graphicstudio
4th International exhibition of small graphics
Italian engraving Under 35 - Musical ex libris

Art and the Printing Press - Introduction - page 1 of 5

This year also we've been in Cremona, the last 10th April, to attend the grand opening of the Biennal International Engraving exhibition "L'Arte e il Torchio" (Art and the Printing Press), organized by ADAFA, now in its fourth edition.

This time again the list of supporting entities and sponsors is big, as an aknowledgement of the serious and careful work done by the organizers.
Patronage has been awareded by: Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali; Province, Town, Chamber of Commerce of Cremona; Turistic Promotion Service Province of Cremona; Association Pro Loco Soncino; Associazione Italiana Ex Libris; Graphicstudio/Institute for research in art, Tampa; University of South Florida. We note the absence of patronage by Regione Lombardia, two years ago the patronage has been awarded.

Catalogue cover: Art and the Printing Press

There's a big, good quality general bilingual Italian-English catalogue, with colour reproductions of all the works exhibited, together with introductive texts regarding the various exhibitions and a section dedicated to printmaking techniques, both antique and modern.
There's also a DVD, with a list of artists and their works, interviews and films related to the 4 editions of “l’ARTE & IL TORCHIO”, CREMONA, 1999 to 2005.
For the duration of the exhibition, a didactic workshop (a real printing workshop) will be set up in the Civic Museum “Ala Ponzone” where demonstrations will be held on how to make a print, supported by brief theorical explanations; these demonstrations are of particular interest for visitors & students. At the same time, rare films will be shown dedicated to some of the important artists of the 20th Century, such as S. W. Hayter, H. Goetz, A. Clavé, H. Saunier.

Visiting hours Museo Civico Cremona: tue-sat 9–18 , sun 10–18
(monday closed)

Visiting hours ADAFA Cremona: mon-sat 17– 19.30 , sun 10-12; 16–19

Visiting hours Museo della Stampa Soncino: tue-fri 10-12 , sat-bank holidays 10–12,30; 15–19
(monday closed)

Exhibition and catalogue curated by Vladimiro Elvieri

Scientific Committee :
Dino Formaggio, Art philosopher, President
Witold Skulicz, President, International Triennial Print Society, Cracow
Deli Sacilotto, Director of Research, GraphicStudio, Tampa, Florida
Mauro Mainardi, President, A.I.E. (Italian Association of Ex Libris”)
Leon Zakrajsek, Artist, Ljubljana
Sergio Tarquinio, Artist, Cremona
Héctor Saunier, Artist and Co-director of Atelier Contrepoint, Paris
Laura Gensini, Printmaking Historian, Florence
Vladimiro Elvieri, Artist, Cremona (curator)

Organization: A.D.A.F.A. (Amici dell’arte - Famiglia Artistica) in collaboration with the City Council and the Province of Cremona.
Address: A.D.A.F.A.
P.O Box 19
via Palestro 32
I 26000 Cremona
Italy

Tel.-Fax: ++39 0372 24679
Web site. www.artetorchio.it
e-mail: info@artetorchio.it


Related link: info from the invitation card

Art and the Printing Press
Introduction - Graphicstudio
4th International exhibition of small graphics
Italian engraving Under 35 - Musical ex libris

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