Report: Acqui Terme 2005 - Premio Acqui VII International Biennal of Engraving

1 - the winning prints | 2 - the winning ex libris | 3 - the catalogue
4 - Georges Rouault | 5 - a photographic memory

(from the press release)

The winner of the Premio Acqui VII International Biennal of Engraving 2005 is Giovanni Turria with the work Spetter Sorra. The winner has been awarded a prize of 5.000,00 euros. Have also been awarded a Special Prize of the Jury to Susana Venegas Gandolfo (Peru) with the work Ventana, a Purchasing Prize to Alicia Diaz Rinaldi (Argentina) with Mas alla del silenzio and a Prize Consorzio Brachetto d'Acqui to Julianna Joos with the work L'Atelier géométrique.

The ex libris Competition, devoted this year the the Rotary International Centenay, has been won by Natalija Cernetsova (Latvia) with the work Bon Voyage. The Jury, made up by Rotary Club Acqui Terme - Ovada members and by ex libris experts, awarded a prize of 1.000,00 euros amd two Purchasing Prizes to Ponzalo Morambio (Chile) and Vladimir Zuev (Russia).

A retrospective exhibition devoted to Georges Rouault, with guided visits, completed the programme.

The award ceremony and the grand opening have been held in Acqui Terme, saturday 21 mayo 2005 in the exposition area Kaimano.

Jury of acceptance, edition 2005

Luigi Timoncini, former teache in the Scuola d'arte applicata Castello Sforzesco, Milano
Enrico Della Torre, engraver artist
Paolo Repetto, art critic
Paolo Bellini, Coordinator without vote
Giuseppe Avignolo, President of the Biennal

Report of the commission of acceptance

In Acqui Terme, Hall of the Municial Board, saturday 22 january 2005, the Commission of acceptance held its meeting. Members of the commission were: President Giuseppe Avignolo and Enrico Della Torre, Paolo Repetto, Luigi Timoncini, coordinator Paolo Bellini, in order to select the submitted work.

As the outcome, the commission selected the prints to publish on the catalogue and drew a short list of 25 works to be submitted to the Popular Jury, which, according to the Prize rules, was responsible for the allocation of the prizes. It also outlined sixteen works to be marked as "signalled".

Giuseppe Avignolo
Paolo Bellini
Enrico Della Torre
Luigi Timoncini
Paolo Repetto

Report of the Popular Jury

The day 15 february 2005, in the Baccarat Hall in Grand Hotel Nuove Terme dof Acqui Terme, Popular Jury members of the International Biennal of Engraving "Pemio Acqui", undertook the exhamination of the works submitted by the Commission of acceptance.

After the voting operations, the winning works have been declared:

Premio Acqui
Giovanni Turria (Italia) - Spetter-Sorra, 2004
Burin and etching

Then the Jury awarded te followin prizes:

Special Prize of the Jury:
Susana Venegas Gandolfo (Peru) - Ventana, 2004
Mixed technique

Purchasing Prize:
Alicia Diaz Rinaldi (Argentina) - Mas alla del silencio, 2004
Etching, drypoint

Prize Consorzio Brachetto d'Acqui:
Julianna Joos (Canada) - L'atelier géométrique, 2004
Intaglio

Signalled:

Nicolas Poignon
Francesca Ciambella
Clotilde Ceriana Mayneri
Jiri Samek
Ivo Mosele
Zarico Smiganic
Adriana Morosini
Maria Alejandra Aranguren-Maren
Claudia Andrea Rodriguez
Mohamed Nabil Abdel Salam
Valentino de Nardo

Milly Rita Giovanelli
Paola Campanella
Saija Puustinen
Vara Chaiyanitaya
Nicola Costanzo
Zoran Durbic
Carolina Lopes
Louise Ladouceur
Chen Xue Lun
Ana Grubic

The winning prints


Acqui Prize:


Giovanni Turria ( Italia ) - Spetter-Sorra, 2004
Burin and etchinge


Special Prize of the Jury:


Susana Venegas Gandolfo ( Perù) - Ventana, 2004
Mixed technique


Purchasing Prize:


Alicia Diaz Rinaldi (Argentina) - Mas alla del silencio, 2004
Etching, drypoint


Prize Consorzio Brachetto d'Acqui:


Julianna Joos ( Canada ) - L'atelier géométrique, 2004
Intaglio


(the winning ex libris are on page 2)

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