Ex-libris International Competition on the topic
Purgatorio VIII o il Canto Lunigianese della Divina Commedia
(from the press release)
The CLSD (Centro Lunigianese Studi Danteschi/Lunigiana Centre of Dante Studies) with aid from AIE (Associazione Italiana Ex Libris/Italian Association of Ex libris) announces the Ex libris International Competition on the topic: Purgatorio VIII o il Canto Lunigianese della Divina Commedia (Purgatory VIII or the Lunigiana Canto in the Divine Comedy).
It is an event organized as part of the celebration for the 7th Centenary of Dante’s visit to Lunigiana (1306-2006), where the Italian Poet of Excellence made his crucial contribution to the Exemplary Peace Treaty signed in Castelnuovo Magra by the local political power on one side and the religious institutions of the place on the other.
The competition will be held as a support to the theme of Universal Peace as Dante treats it in “Monarchia”.
Indeed, according to the exegesis by CLSD, Dante’s philosophical treaty arises from the autobiographical scenery in the Canto at issue, where a Guelph and a Ghibelline – both very proud – are portrayed as friendly and glad sharers of the heavenly, bloomy garden in La Valletta dei Nobili (The lovely Valley of Noblemen).
More than four centuries before Immanuel Kant published his For Perpetual Peace, Dante had poetically portrayed in Purgatory VIII the philosophical process towards man’s liberation from the yoke of endless war under which mankind has been bent since prehistorical times.
CLSD Director
Marco Manuguerra
REGULATIONS
1) The competition is open to artists from all
over the world. Entry is free.
All participants will enclose a short file containing personal data
for the print of the catalogue, as follows:
· Name, surname, place and year of birth, post address and
e-mail
· A short personal dossier including one’s education
– both schooling and artistical (150 words at the most)
2) Only works performed with the techniques of original graphic art (chalcography, xylography, lithography) will be admitted to the competition. Should works performed with different techniques from those above-mentioned be sent, they may be quoted in the catalogue as “Off-catalogue”, but won’t be assessed – the jury will pronounce unchallengeable opinion about it
3) The Ex libris that will be sent must:
· keep to the main topic of the competition: Purgatorio VIII
o il Canto Lunigianese della Divina Commedia;
· not be more than 148mm x 210mm (DIN A5) in paper copy –
free printing size;
· not have been submitted to previous competitions and must
compulsory be marked “ex libris”;
· specify in pencil on their back: surname, name, address
of the artist; year of its output; dimensions of the engraved part
and technique used
4) All artists can participate with 5 works at
the most; each of them must be reproduced in 4 signed copies –
which will enter the Collection of Graphic Art of the two organizing
boards and will subsequently be freely used for all purposes of
the Foundations.
At least one work must have been produced in 2006 and must be marked
as follows:
EX LIBRIS LA PACE DI DANTE IN LUNIGIANA 1306-2006
Anyway, all those Ex libris produced before 2006 that keep to the
topic of the competition can be accepted, although ineligible to
compete; they can also be added to the Catalogue, even if they are
dedicated to collectors or simply marked “ex libris”
( they might be used in purchase prizes)
5) The CLSD awards 3 prizes respectively of 1,000,00, 700,00 and 500,00 euro to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd grading. Purchase prizes will also be awarded to those works marked “ex libris”, but still unsigned. The buyer may ask the artist to sign the work
6) All works presented and admitted to the competition
will be evaluated to be ranked, inserted in the Catalogue and shown
in prestigious venues in Lunigiana in summer/autumn 2006 during
the Celebration of the 7th Centenary of Dante’s visit on October
6th, 1306.
The winners will be acclaimed and awarded on the opening ceremony
of the first exhibition as scheduled
7) Members of the jury will be: CLSD President, the Director of Museo Dantesco Lunigianese, AIE President, an artist and an expert on History and Philosophy, both appointed by CLSD Director
8) According to the exegetical preface to the present regulations, works that should contain symbols or refer to the fundamentals of sectary cultures – either religious or ideological – will not be admitted
9) Ex libris must be sent by recorded delivery
within 12 o’clock pm on June 15th, 2006 (postmark
bears witness) to the following address:
Segreteria Generale di “LUNIGIANA DANTESCA 2006”
c/o Monastero del Corvo
Via Santa Croce, 30
19031 – AMEGLIA (SP)
ITALIA
10) The participation to the competition entails complete adherence to regulations
For further information: e-mail manu@tamnet.it (Director of the
Museo Dantesco Lunigianese);
MAINARDI_mauro@libero.it (President Associazione Italiana Ex libris)
