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Artist’s Book Lectures & Workshop in Urbino 2018
May 16, 2018 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Artist’s Book Lectures & Workshop in Urbino
Time: 14-17 May 2018
Location: ISIA Urbino (Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche), Italy
With Professor Cecilia Giampaoli , ISIA Urbino
The ISIA in Urbino invited Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas from Graphic Departments/ Vilnius Academy of Arts to give the lectures and to make the artist’s book workshop for the students of ISIA.
Lectures: “Manu Factus: Struttura e forme del libro”.
The theme of the artist’s book workshop “Segni di città” (“Signts of the town”).
Gli studenti saranno invitati a cerare i segni della città di Urbino. L’esercizio ha a che fare con la comunicazione e con il saper leggere e raccontare una città attraverso le piccole cose che la caratterizzano. Dettagli che notiamo sulle vie, sui muri delle case, nei vestiti della gente. Pos- siamo identificare la città in cui viviamo o in cui studiamo attraverso i suoi -segni-?
Cos’è un segno? Con il termine -segno- non intendiamo qui né icone né cartelli (anche se nemmeno li escludiamo). Indichiamo invece l’impronta della città, le tracce che diventano -indice- della sua identità e che possono rendersi visibili in ogni cosa: nei gatti sui tetti, ne- gli anziani o negli stessi studenti che la abitano. -Segni- possono essere i graffiti sui muri o le finestre del palazzo Ducale… qualsiasi cosa che, tuttavia, abbia l’ardire di non essere solo un disegno ma un’idea che caratterizza la città.
The artist’s books, created during the workshop, will be exhibited in the Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro”, in DATA, Urbino.
© Photo: Agota Afra
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8th International Artist‘s Book Triennial in Urbino 2018
May 8, 2018 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist‘s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
in the Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro”
Theme: Memento Mori
Time: 18–20 May 2018
Location: “Data”, Urbino, Italy
In Cooperation with Prof. Cecilia Giampaoli from ISIA Urbino
We are invited to show “8th International Artist‘s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in the artist’s book Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro” (“Urbino – the Town of Book”). In the Festival we plane to show all artist’s books from the “8th Artist’s Book Triennial” in the exhibition in Urbino.
We invite artists to attend on the opening of the “8th International Artist‘s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in wonderful town of Urbino.
Before the Festival of artist’s books, Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas will give the lectures and make the 4 days artist’s books workshop for the students of ISIA Urbino (Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche).
Kestutis Vasiliunas
curator of the Triennial
Artist’s Book Exhibition in Tokyo 2018
May 4, 2018 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Artist’s Book Exhibition
The Book: Vol.3
Time: 16-28 April 2018
Location: Gallery Saoh, Tokyo, Japan
Curator: Director Mrs. Yoshiko Yokojima
During my visit in Tokyo, together with an artist Koichi Kiyono I have visited the Gallery Saoh. The Gallery is situated in the centre of Tokyo, in the first floor, and has beautiful space for the exhibitions. In the Gallery was installed the artist’s book exhibition “The Book: Vol.3”. Here, in the Gallery Saoh, I met my friends, Japanese artists. Few of them several times participated with wonderful artist’s books in the “International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius”, like Toshihiro Hattori, Yuko Ebina, Ryoko Adachi, Yuko Wada. It was great to meet very kind director and curator of the exhibition of the Gallery Saoh Mrs. Yoshiko Yokojima, to meet other artist’s book creators, to see beautiful artist’s books and to talk with artists.
29 photos from the artist’s book exhibition in Tokyo
Visiting Musashino Art University in Tokyo
April 30, 2018 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Visiting Musashino Art University, Museum & Library
During my stay in Tokyo I was invited by Prof. Ryuta Endo to visit Musashino Art University. It is one of most famous art universities in the world. Many famous Japanese and international professors were teaching here, like printmaker Prof. Ryoji Ikeda, which I had the possibility to meet in the 1st International Printmaking Symposium in Bentlage in 2009.
In the Musashino Art University I visited the Printmaking Department where with Prof. Ryuta Endo and Prof. Toshiya Takahama we were discussing about our academies, about printmaking situation, artist’s book and about the cooperation projects between our art universities.
Prof. Toshiya Takahama showed beautiful University Museum with renovated spaces and wonderful new Library designed by architect Sou Fujimoto.
In the winter 2018 Prof. Toshiya Takahama has to arrive in our Graphic Department, in Vilnius Academy of Arts with the lectures and workshop. In 2019 we plane big printmaking project withs professors and students from Japan and Lithuania.
Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas
Vilnius Academy of Arts
Visiting Leipzig Book Fair with Students in 2018
March 29, 2018 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Once again: Graphic department students and Kestutis marched to conquer Germany
Text: Dainora Vingyte – student, traveller to Leipzig
A trip to Leipzig, which became a beautiful tradition during the past several years, happened again. On March 13rd to 19th, graphic department students from Vilnius Academy of Arts, with Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas, rolled to Leipzig Book Fair 2018 to get inspired, in addition to visit galleries, museums, and to meet neighbouring Berlin.
A first mission, that we needed to complete, was to safely exhibit wonderful artist’s books in Leipzig Book Fair, participants of the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018”, in a theme called “Memento Mori”. Right before exhibiting, we went to taste gigantic Turkish kebabs, therefore students had loads of energy to help Kestutis and get some practice at exhibiting valuable artist’s books.
After quick and successful work, our first day in Leipzig ended by unexpected appearance in GfZK gallery, and grocery store.
At second day we went back to Leipzig Book Fair, to explore everything we can catch for this day. The most visited area was The Best Book Design From All Over The World 2018, there students spent a lot of time figuring out interesting and innovative designs, but surely did not forget to visit wonderful artists, including Barbara Beisinghoff, Sabine Golde and Patrizia Meinert.
The third day was destined to visit Leipzig Spinnerei, Leipzig Museum für Druckkunst, and Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, where we compared the old masters with contemporary, virtual, youth art. Between these locations, students visited gigantic art supplies store, and then went bankrupt. (:
On the fourth day we prepared our sandwiches and travelled off to Berlin. At first we visited “Surreal Worlds” exposition at Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, starring René Magritte, Salvador Dali, Yves Tanguy etc., then we went to Hamburger Bahnhof, where we meditated near the works of Robert Rauschenberg, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol and Cy Twombly. Also, we took a long walk in the streets of Berlin, wandered in the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, and with a pleasant exhaustion, we travelled back to Leipzig.
The last day in Germany ended up in Leipzig Book Fair. This time – to observe everything we missed or accidentally walked by and to touch our beloved books once again. As the time went by, our hearts were full of inspiration and happiness. Sadly, the last minutes of the fair went too quickly, and we had to take Artist’s Book Triennial back to Lithuania.
This expedition to Germany is one of the most valuable opportunities to a graphic art student, who is interested in artist’s book, book design, illustration, printmaking, and the creativity itself. And now, as we process what we saw and experienced, let’s wait for another trip to Leipzig. Together we had wonderful time!
Photo: Prof. 2Cent.
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8th Artist‘s Book Triennial in Leipzig Book Fair 2018
March 23, 2018 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist‘s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
in the Leipzig Book Fair
Theme: Memento Mori
Time: 15-18 March, 2018
Location: Leipzig Book Fair
Halle 3, H501
“Internationale Ausstellung für Künstlerbücher und Handpressendrucke IAKH”
Leipzig, Germany
In Cooperation with:
Internationale Ausstellung für Künstlerbücher und Handpressendrucke IAKH
Kestutis Vasiliunas
Curator of the Triennial
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Invitation to Leipzig Book Fair 2018
March 5, 2018 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Invitation for “8th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
to Leipzig Book Fair 2018
Kestutis Vasiliunas
curator
8th Artist’s Book Triennial in Leipzig Book Fair – Artists Selected for the Exhibition
March 3, 2018 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist‘s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
in the Leipzig Book Fair
Theme: Memento Mori
Time: 15-18 March, 2018
Location: Halle 3, H501
“IAKH: Globus Galerie + Edition Lebensretter”
Leipzig Book Fair, Germany
Dear Artists,
we have made the selection for the Artist’s Book Exhibition in the Leipzig Book Fair 2018. How we wrote in our website, for each exhibition space we make special collection of artist’s books from the artist’s books selected by international jury. This time we collect smaller artist’s books which we have the possibility to exhibit in the Leipzig Book Fair. Here in the Fair we have some glass showcase where we will exhibit, like always, small artist’s book objects, and some book shelves for showing not heavy and not very big artist’s books.
The big artist’s books, which need tables, we plane to show in Urbino.
Artists selected for the Exhibition in the Leipzig Book Fair 2018:
Name, Surname, Country:
Lyn Ashby, Australia
Barbara Beisinghoff, Germany
Gudrun Bialas, Germany
Catherine Bolle, Switzerland
Frances Breen, Austria
Andras Butak, Hungary
Gabby Cooksey, U.S.A.
Yuko Ebina, Japan
Magdalena Cordero Echeverria, Chile
Margot Fagan, Canada
David Faithfull, Scotland
Mirabel Fitzgerald, Australia
Rene Haljasmae, Estonia
Nancy Hart, U.S.A.
Toshihiro Hattori, Japan
Hisako Inui, Japan
Rasa Januleviciute, Lithuania
Lis Rejnert Jensen, Denmark
Aslaug Jonsdottir, Iceland
Xiao Fei Li, China
Dalia Lopez Madrona, Sweden
Hanne Matthiesen, Denmark
Peter J. Moosbrugger, Germany
Stephen Mumberson, England
Alessandra Donnarumma & Sascha Noachen, Germany
Anna Snaedis Sigmarsdottir, Iceland
Mari-Liis Sorg, Estonia
Motoko Tachikawa, Japan
Peter & Donna Thomas, U.S.A.
Ieva Trinkunaite, Lithuania
Roberta Vaigeltaite-V.,Lithuania
Yuko Wada, Japan
Carola Willbrand, Germany
Kestutis Vasiliunas
Curator of the Triennial
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Artist’s Book Lectures & Workshop in Graphic Art Department
February 12, 2018 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Artist‘s Book Lectures & Workshop of Patrizia Meinert
“pli selon pli“ (fold by fold)
12th – 15th February 2018
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Graphic Art Department, Vilnius Academy of Arts invited an artist Patrizia Meinert, from the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle, Germany to give the lectures and to make the artist’s book workshop for the students in Vilnius.
Patrizia Meinert is a book artist based in Leipzig (Germany). She works as a teaching assistant for Book Arts at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle, Germany. Her work revolves around the interplay of structure, haptics, and typography by focussing on conceptional questions as well as on the book as physical object. Her artist’s books can be found in various collections in Europe and the US. She runs her own Book Arts Studio in Leipzig and is currently involved in a research network on the book as expanded field of communication.
Kestutis Vasiliunas
Coordinator of the Workshop
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Artist’s Books Selected for the 8th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
February 6, 2018 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
Theme: “Memento Mori“
Dear Artists,
we say many thanks to all who sent their books for the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018”. We are grateful for their trust.
We are very sorry for the later jury meeting. We had a little to wait till all jury members will has the possibility to come to Vilnius for selecting artist’s books for the 8th Artist’s Book Triennial. Thanks for Your patience.
The work was very hard and intensive with many discussions. Now we are ready to announce the artists selected for the 8th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018.
We are very sorry for artist’s books not selected for the 8th Artist’s Book Triennial. It is doesn’t means that your books were bad. Some books were simply not for this competition.
International Jury Members:
Dr. Michael Braunsteiner – Art Director, Contemporary Art Museum Admont, Austria;
Mag. Barbara Eisner-B. – Initiator & Guest Curator, Contemporary Art Museum Admont, Austria;
Prof. Martin Gredler – Werbe Design Akademie, Salzburg, Austria;
Roberta Vaigeltaite-V. – Artist, Artist’s Book Creator, Lithuania;
Evaldas Mikalauskis – Artist, Artist’s Book Creator, Lithuania;
Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas – Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania.
Jury commission criteria for selecting the artist’s books for the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018”:
The jury had the opportunity to select from a rich, colourful and multi-layered set of participations.
Each artist’s book was scrutinized carefully and considered as single, anonymous artwork without regarding the creators CV.
Each artist’s book was rated regarding the aspects of:
Memento Mori: creative and subtle approach towards the given topic;
Memento Mori: conceptual and formal realization;
Memento Mori: authentic technical implementation;
The jury has tried to selected artist’s books in order to create an exhibition displaying the width and depth of possibilities within the genre of artist’s book.
It is the first time when the jury decided to give the Honourable Mention to artists:
Magdalena Cordero Echeverria from Chile
Vittorio Fava from Italy
Stephen Mumberson from England
Anna Snaedis Sigmarsdottir from Iceland
Motoko Tachikawa from Japan
Artists selected for the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018”:
Name, Surname, Country
Lyn Ashby, Australia
Barbara Beisinghoff, Germany
Lene Bennike, Denmark
Gudrun Bialas, Germany
Catherine Bolle, Switzerland
Eszter Bornemisza, Hungary
Frances Breen, Austria
Diane Britt, USA
Andras Butak, Hungary
Loretta Cappanera, Italy
Gabby Cooksey, USA
Yuko Ebina, Japan
Magdalena Cordero Echeverria, Chile
Margot Fagan, Canada
David Faithfull, Scotland
Vittorio Fava, Italy
Roberta Feoli, Italy
Mirabel Fitzgerald, Australia
Timothy Frerichs, USA
Roberto Gianinetti, Italy
Kristin Gudbrandsdottir, Iceland
Rene Haljasmae, Estonia
Nancy Hart, USA
Toshihiro Hattori, Japan
Susanne Ruth Helweg, Denmark
Hisako Inui, Japan
Rasa Januleviciute, Lithuania
Lis Rejnert Jensen, Denmark
Aslaug Jonsdottir, Iceland
Ravikumar Kashi, India
Deirdre Kelly, Ireland
Maria Koolen Hellmin, Sweden
Kadi Kurema & Kulli Grunbach-Sein, Estonia
Lorraine Kwan, Canada
Marianne Laimer, Sweden
Silvia Lepore, Italy
Xiao Fei Li, China
Mario Lo Coco, Italy
Dalia Lopez Madrona, Sweden
Adriana Lucaciu, Romania
Hanne Matthiesen, Denmark
Peter J. Moosbrugger, Germany
Stephen Mumberson, England
Stephen Murphy, USA
Sascha Noachen & Alessandra Donnarumma, Germany
Katriona S. W. Persson, Sweden
Margit Pflugl, Austria
Migle Puzaite, Lithuania
Maria Schina, Greece
Anna Snaedis Sigmarsdottir, Iceland
Mari-Liis Sorg, Estonia
Malgorzata Stachurska, Poland
Raminta Sumskyte-Sum, Lithuania
Motoko Tachikawa, Japan
Signe Taremaa, Estonia
Lotte Tauber Lassen, Denmark
Peter & Donna Thomas, USA
Irma Tonteri, Finland
Ieva Trinkunaite, Lithuania
Anu Tuominen, Finland
Celestina Vicevic, Croatia
Joseph Johannes Visser, The Netherlands
Yuko Wada, Japan
Carola Willbrand, Germany
Karolina Zrebiec, Poland
Kestutis Vasiliunas
Curator of the Triennial
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8th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius – 39 Countries Sent Artist’s Books
January 22, 2018 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
Theme: “Memento Mori“
For the “8th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” we have received artist’s books from 39 countries. Thank you, dear Artists, for your confidence.
Soon the jury members will arrive in Vilnius and start to collect artist’s books for the 8th Artist’s Book Triennial. Thank you for your patience.
More updated info about the 8th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
Kestutis Vasiliunas
Curator of the Triennial
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International Jury Members
January 13, 2018 in Artists book, Events by Web developer
Three cubic meters of artist’s books
8th International Artist‘s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
International Jury Members:
Dr. Michael Braunsteiner
Art Director, Contemporary Art Museum Admont, Austria
Mag. Barbara Eisner-B.
Initiator & Guest Curator, Contemporary Art Museum Admont, Austria
Prof. Martin Gredler
Werbe Design Akademie, Salzburg, Austria
Roberta Vaigeltaite-V.
Artist, Artist’s Book Creator
Evaldas Mikalauskis
Artist, Artist’s Book Creator
Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas
Vilnius Academy of Arts
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Strange Artist’s Books from the Travel to Berlin in 2017
December 9, 2017 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
In the beginning of December 2017 we drove to Torun (Poland) to see the exhibition of David Lynch “Silence and Dynamism”. From Torun it was “near” Berlin – 7 hours driving. So we drove our car to Berlin to see the exhibitions. Like always it is very nice to be in Berlin, so dirty and underground town (if I remembering well many many years ago Berlin was very clean), even the hotel was bad and expensive. Here we have seen the exhibition “The Art of Banksy”. Hm, not commercial illegal art with help of “friends” become very commercial.
In Martin-Gropius-Bau we have seen exhibition of young, provocative and “famous” artist Ed Atkins and the exhibition of strange artist Wenzel Hablik “Expressionistische Utopien”… Here I “found” nice art object – an artist’s book “Tapetenkollektion” (“Wallpaper Collection”) made in 1929. it has 96 sheets of original wallpaper and wooden cover.
We should say it is not an artist’s book, because it was created not as an artist’s book. It was only the collection of wall papers for installing the rooms.
Maybe that is truth, he didn’t created an artist’s book, but now it is the artist’s book, like many artist’s books from the 19th-20th centuries. For example artist’s books from the book “A Century of Artists Books” by Riva Castleman: “Noa Noa” of Paul Gauguin created in 1893-94, or “Yvette Guilbert” by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec were not created as an artist’s books, but now they are “the first created artist’s books”…
And what about William Blake and his self published poetry “Songs of Innocence and of Experience” in 1789? He was writing and “illustrating” his poetry by himself with help of his wife. He coloured all his prints by hand, and in each year the colours of the same illustration are different. Now many artists create like William Blake in 18th century.
From the “4th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2006” I remember the artist’s book of Estonian artist Lennart Mand made from the wall papers, which I would say is deeply connected with the book of Wenzel Hablik.
From the museum Martin-Gropius-Bau we went to another wonderful museum “Stiftung Olbricht”, where I never have been and which shows the “Masterworks from the National Gallery of Australia” the exhibition “Indigenous Australia”. Wonderful exhibition, but like in all museum it is not allowed to take pictures... so I have made not so many.
And here I “found” another wonderful artist’s book, made also in 19th century. Tommy McRae “Sketchbook of Aboriginal Ceremonies…”
This is a black-and-white drawing by an Indigenous Australian artist, Tommy McRae, produced in 1880. Tommy McRae (c1823-1901) – also known as Tommy Barnes, Yakaduna, and ‘Chief of the Wahgunyah tribe’, McRae produced the majority of his surviving work at Wahgunyah, in north-central Victoria, in the 1880s and 1890s; his subjects were mainly Indigenous Australian ceremonies, hunting and fighting.
And how not remembering a wonderful artist’s book of Lois Palframan “Life book” from the “5th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2009” full of images made with pencil and watercolour.
In the same museum, in the second floor, was very strange exhibition “Wunderkammer Olbricht” “Astonishment, discovery, understanding”. All collection of works from the Middle Ages till now like on theme “Memento Mori”. Beautiful and very strange collection with very small skulls and paintings, some “boxes” with many art artefacts.
In the exhibition were few books, or I would say old artist’s book… It were books of Joachim Johann Nepomuk Anton Spalowsky (1752-1797) “The Natural History of Birds”, published in 1790-1792. 9 hand-coloured engraved plates of arms, and 130 hand-coloured engraved plates, the birds presented within a water- and bodycolour landscape without engraved backing and extending into the broad margins beyond the plate mark, each plate numbered in the top right-hand corner and captioned in Latin and German in the lower margin in red manuscript. Books printed in the same time like book of William Blake, and coloured by hand. If we now would had the time and would create such book with birds, or flowers, or…, we would call it conceptual artist’s book. So, even if we are “very conceptual persons”, we have no time to create conceptual artist’s book like did artists before as…
In one day in Berlin I have found several wonderful and beautiful artist’s books connected with the contemporary artist’s books. Not so bad travel, even in 3 days I had to make 2200 km.
Traveller Kestutis Vasiliunas
Printmaking Exhibition in Tianjin
November 25, 2017 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Invitation Exhibition of Dongjiang International Printmaking in 2017
Time: 15-31 October 2017
Location: YAC Print Workshop, China
Kestutis Vasiliunas was invited to participate in this Exhibition.
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Artist’s Book Objects from the “7th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2015“
November 21, 2017 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Artist’s book object is itself an art object, a piece of art.
Artist’s book object is a conceptual book, an idea of a book materialized in a form.
Artist’s book objects are three-dimensional works of art which keeps the idea of the book and maintains a form of a book. These artist’s book can contain a variety of materials: paper, wood, metal, plastic, feathers, cement, cultural garbage, etc. They are unique, with different shapes and sizes, from miniatures to book sculptures or giant installations of books.
24 photos of artist’s book objects
Kestutis Vasiliunas
Curator of the Virtual Gallery
Artist’s Book-Object in China Hotel
November 16, 2017 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
I was very happy, when in the hotel, in Tianjin town, in China I “found” the artist’s book-object near reception. I would say, that is very Chinese.
Kestutis Vasiliunas
Retro 8: 3rd Artist‘s Book Triennial Vilnius 2003
November 15, 2017 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Theme: “23 Sins”
The theme of the 3rd Artist‘s Book Triennial was “23 Sins”. On this time I have got many questions from the artists who wanted to participate, like – “…can I participate in the exhibition if I‘m not a believer?”, “…what do these 23 sins means?” or “…I know only seven, eight or eleven sins…” Maybe it would be possible to relate number 23 with the year 2003 if we just erased two zeros between 2 and 3…
But everything is much easier: 23 sins is only one of the apt provocations.
The apt provocation is testified by the texts of two artists in the exhibition catalogue. The first text by Rimvydas is entitled – “Occurrence”: “Once upon a time there lived an artist and a book. They liked to make 23 sins a day. Finally they got married and became an Artist‘s Book. While the 23 sins have moved to another apartment, because their nerves couldn’t keep up any more.”
More text and 24 photos made with analogue photo camera
Kestutis Vasiliunas
curator of the Triennial
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Artist’s Book-Objects of Hanne Stochholm
November 13, 2017 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
We would like to introduce artist’s book creator Hanne Stochholm from Denmark. She create wonderful artist’s book-objects, paintings, sculptures and collages.
Artist Hanne Stochholm five times participated in the Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius. In the “7th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2015” Hanne Stochholm got the First Prize for two artist’s books-objects.
Please, press the photo, to see more artist’s books of Hanne Stochholm
When I look on the artist’s books of Hanne Stochholm, I recognize that an artist is from Denmark. Harsh style, delicate white-gray-brown colours, minimalism. Artist’s books of Hanne Stochholm like small sculptures. Such artist’s books belongs to altered books. Hanne Stochholm creatively connect different, I would say Nordic materials: coat, leather, iron, rope, wax, printed matter. Artist’s book-objects looks like found objects in nature. They are very natural, organic and also very powerful. It is looks that the book has some secrets, but you can’t open it, you can’t look inside.
Artist’s book-objects of Hanne Stochholm admire me. That is Art.
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8th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018 – Extended Deadline
October 25, 2017 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th Artist’s Book Triennial – Extended Deadline till
19th of December 2017
Dear Artists,
we have received many emails with the requests to extend the deadline for sending artist’s books for the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018″. Also we see, that the International Jury meeting will be on January 2018.
So we decided to extend the time of acceptance of the artist’s books for the “8th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018″ till 19th of December 2017.
Sincerely,
Kestutis Vasiliunas
curator
Artist’s Book of Chen Kong Yue, China
October 11, 2017 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Chen Kong Yue – Artist’s Book “The Town of Botang”
Beautiful and sensitive the artist’s book, created by Chinese artist Chen Kong Yue, deeply goes to the roots of Chinese woodcut printing. The thin black line engraved on the wood plate and printed on Chinese paper. Small figures of ordinary people like in old Chines prints. And traditional Chinese book binding.
“The Town of Botang”
Chinese paper, woodcut, 30 x 41 cm
How we know, the printmaking started in China. The world’s earliest dated printed book “Diamond Sutra” from Tang dynasty, printed by Wang Jie from woodblock in 868 A.D. in China. The earliest known book “Jikji” printed with movable metal type in 1377 in Korea.
Here are few Chinese woodblock prints made with think black line.
Kestutis Vasiliunas
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© Chen Kong Yue
Artist’s Book in China Printmaking Museum
September 16, 2017 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Visiting the “China Printmaking Museum”
We, as artists from the Printmaking Residency, visited the “China Printmaking Museum”.
The “China Printmaking Museum” was opened in 2014 in printmakers’ village in Guanlan Subdistrict. It is the first museum in China and maybe the first museum for printmaking in the world, but I am not sure in it… It was designed in by famous Chinese architect Zhu Xiong Yi from the company CCDI.
The “China Printmaking Museum” has made the big impression for me. Big modern building integrated in nature. As some parts covered with mirrors, its reflect surrounded nature on the “ceilings” and walls. Near the Museum – traditional village with Hakka houses and old tower, which give beautiful contrast with contemporary architecture of the Museum. Different parts of the Museum connected with “bridges”. So from one exhibition space to another you should go through the bridge in opened space.
The “China Printmaking Museum” covers an area of 17,600 square meters. Museum divided into different zones: exhibition halls, galleries, bookstores, functional academic halls and etc. The Museum conduct efficient connection with the “Printmaking Base” on collection of and research on the Resident artists’ works.
Taida, Darcy, Kabi & the director Zhao Jiachun for culture exchange in Printmaking Museum
“Museum offers a new platform for exhibitions of the art form, academic exchanges and art education seminars” said the museum’s curator, Wu Changjiang.
This time, when I visited Museum, in the Hall 1 was the exhibition of Wu Biduan (born in 1926) – “Engraving of Times”. “Mr. Wu Biduan is a famous printmaker, a printmaking educator and a pioneer of printmaking teaching in China Central Academy of Fine Arts.” Very interesting to see the prints from this generation, from this time, to see how professional they have been in curving woodblock, to compare it with soviet prints or expressionism.
Exhibition of Wu Biduan
In the Hall 2 – the exhibition “Inter-Sectionality: Thought and Concept of Contemporary Print”. This exhibition demonstrates few famous Chinese printmakers of our days. What is interesting to see in the prints of this Chinese artists, that some artists trying to “escape” from woodcut. Artists more and more use lithography, silkscreen, intaglio, or mixed media. And they use “new technologies” for printing very professional.
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- In the exhibition
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- Li Chuan. Lithography
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- Yang Yue. Intaglio
Here I have “found” in the glass boxes installed conceptual artist’s book of Huang Yang “Wan Li the Sixteenth Year”.
Artist’s book of Huang Yang
Artist’s book of Huang Yang
In the Hall 3 – “Female Artists Print Exhibition”. The exhibition of prints, created in the Guanlan Print Base.
Yes, when you look on how they install the prints in the exhibition space, you understand that you never have seen such respect for artists, for printmakers, for prints. What we can say more? It is sad to look on our countries…
Info and pictures about China Printmaking Workshop
Kestutis Vasiliunas
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Chief of Artist’s Books in Austria – Toni Kurz
September 2, 2017 in Artists book, Events, Gallery by Web developer
Visiting Toni Kurz in Austria
On the road back from our holidays in Austrian Alps to Vilnius we have visited famous artist’s book curator, friend of artist, man of culture – Toni Kurz and his wife Christa. He many years was working in Horn promoting artist’s books and artists with the “International Artist’s Book Biennial Horn” / “BuchKunstBiennale Horn” in Kunstverein Horn in Austria.
Christa and Toni has made for us wonderful evening in beautiful house-museum. Nice to meet people who spent all life for artists, for artist’s books, to talk with them, to see the collection of the artist’s books. Here, in Christa and Toni house has been many famous artists.
In the morning Christa packed for our journey some food, Toni gave bottle of good French wine.
Here, in Horn Artist’s Book Workshop in 1994 I started my artist’s book activity. So this place is special for me, where is always nice to return.
Some photos and information from the last “13rd Artist’s Book Biennial” in Horn.
Photos of Roberta
Retro 6: 2nd Artist‘s Book Triennial Vilnius 2000
August 9, 2017 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Retro 6: 2nd Artist‘s Book Triennial Vilnius 2000
Theme: “Apocalypse“
“2nd International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2000”
2–28 November 2000, Gallery “Arka”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Calligraphic’ Artist’s Book”
2–28 November 2000, Gallery “Kaire-Desine”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“2nd International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2000”
10 January – 3 February 2001, Gallery 5020, Salzburg, Austria
We continue our series of articles about Artist’s Book Triennials, organized by Circle “Bokartas”.
The Gallery “Arka” in the old town of Vilnius
If in the “1st International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 1997” participated “only” 62 artists from 13 countries, for the 2nd Artist’s Book Triennials jury selected 140 artists from 29 countries.
The theme of the “2nd Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2000” was “Apocalypse”. There could be no other name to an exhibition which was happening in the interface of the centuries. So, some of the artists were immersed in religious and cultural apocalyptic meditations, others went deeper into the experiences of their nation or those of “hot spots of the world”, as well as of their own or their families.
Along with the main exposition of the 2nd Artist’s Book Triennial, a satellite exhibition of Calligraphic Artist’s Book was arranged.
Artist’s Book Conference
In the next day after the opening of the “2nd Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2000” we had the Conference on Artist’s Book.
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Artist’s Book Exhibition of Anne-Maree Hunter in Australia
July 28, 2017 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Anne-Maree Hunter
ATLAS: Artists’ Books, Artists’ Objects and Lithographs
Time: 29 July – 8 October 2017
Location: Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Australia
We are happy to present artist’s book creator, participant of our Artist’s Book Triennials – Anne-Maree Hunter from Australia and her artist’s books and artist’s book objects exhibition “Atlas”.
Anne-Maree Hunter. “Shop till you drop”, 2008. Artist’s book from the “5th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2009”
“The kinds of maps we have invented and used is vast – the road map, land, sea and sky maps, even mind maps. They are our travelling companions. Maps and Atlas are practical and somehow beautiful. As well as leading to the buried treasure, maps are a treasure all of their own.”
More info: http://mrag.org.au/exhibition/anne-maree-hunter-atlas/
Artist’s Book Exhibition “Libri di versi 9”
July 10, 2017 in Artists book, Events by Web developer
Artist’s Book Exhibition in Italia
Artist’s Book Exhibition “Libri di versi 9” is part of the project “Notturni di versi”.
Time: 8 July – 27 August 2017
Location: Museo Nazionale Archeologico Concordiese, Portogruaro (VE), Italia
Curators: Silvia Lepore e Sandro Pellarin
19 poets and 19 artists created an artist’s books together for the exhibition “Libri di versi 9”. It is nice to see here our Italian Friends Roberto Gianinetti and Silvia Lepore who several time participated in our Artist’s Book Triennials.
Artist + Poet
Alessandra Calo + Silvia Salvagnini
Manuela Candini + Antonella Sbuelz
Renzo Cevro-Vukovic + Igor De Marchi
Renato De Marco + Fulvio Segato
enne effe + Michele Obit
Roberto Gianinetti + Giovanni Tuzet
Luigi Golin + Renzo Favaron
Silvia Lepore + Rodolfo Zucco
Pasquale Luongo + Gianluca Gobbato
Tania Marino + Maria Milena Priviero
OPLA + Roberto Ferrari
Sandro Pellarin + Giacomo Sandron
Susi Piazza + Francesco Tomada
Raffaele Santillo + Piero Simon Ostan
Glenda Sburelin + Luca Rizzatello
Luisa Sparavier + Luisa Sparavier
Michele Tajariol + Roberto Cescon
Chiara Trentin + Anna Toscano
Kestutis Vasiliunas + Guido Cupani
More info: www.notturnidiversi.it
Prof. Chang-Soo Kim from South Korea visited Lithuania
June 30, 2017 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
25-29 June 2017
World Famous artist, printmaker, artist’s book creator Chang-Soo Kim with his wife Jihyun Shim during two months travel in Europe decided again to visit Lithuania.
In 2009 Prof. Chang-Soo Kim from South Korea, Prof. Wayne Andrew Crothers from Australia and Prof. Joseph Johannes Visser from The Netherlands has made the “International Artist’s Book Workshop Vilnius 2009” for international students in Vilnius Academy of Arts. The project was in frames of “Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009”.
Prof. Chang-Soo Kim with students in 2009
So this time we decided to show for our friends a little Lithuania. We have made about 900 km journey with the car by small roads, visiting old monasteries, the Cross Hill and few small villages with old traditional churches.
Shiluva
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- Tytuvenai
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- Lunch in Palendriai
In the Cross Hill
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- Cross Hill
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- Cross Hill
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- Cross Hill
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- Cross Hill
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- Cross Hill
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- Cross Hill
The wooden cross and the small chapel in the tree near Berzoras church
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- Near Berzoras church
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- Berzoras church
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- Gintaliskes church
In the evening we went to Palanga, small town on the sea. Here we stay for a night in the hotel of Artists Association.
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- Palanga
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- Supper in a hotel in Palanga
In the next day we visited Karkle and some natural parks around – it was strong wind and big storm, so it was big waves of the sea, nice colours and an impressive mood.
Storm in the sea – near Karkle
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- Park of Plaze Lake
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- Karkle
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- Storm in the sea
In the Park of Plaze Lake lives big colony of the great cormorant. The lake is near the sea. During the Soviet time Russian soldiers were washing military tanks in this lake…
Lunch in the forest
We returned back to Vilnius in later night by the road near river Nemunas with few stops in Hillfort of Seredžius and old town of Kaunas. I would say in was a little pilgrim journey… But the nature and traditional sacral architecture in Lithuania is really impressive.
Hillfort of Seredžius
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Retro – Artist’s Book Exhibition in Portugal 2015
June 13, 2017 in Artists book, Events by Web developer
“Cascais International Book Art 2015”
Time: 26 June – 12 July 2015
Location: Museum Quarter, Cascais, Portugal
Curator: Celeste Maia
I would like to share some artist’s books and artist’s book objects from the beautiful Museum in Cascais. Artist’s books creators from Portugal, Spain, Lithuania, USA, The Netherlands, Australia, Canada, Finland, Italy and U.K. have been invited for the Exhibition.
Artist’s book in the Exhibition
Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius – 20 Years!!!
May 22, 2017 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
1610 artists from 93 countries have submitted more than 3000 artist’s books
20 Years!
This year marks 20 years since the “1st International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius” was opened in Vilnius in 1997. Thank You, dear Artists, for being together!
The Artist’s Books Triennial Vilnius is a unique non-commercial cultural project, organised to promote artist’s books, creators of artist’s books from all over the world, and to connect galleries, publishers, editors and printers of fine art & limited editions, the greater general public, collectors and individual artists.
838 artists from 65 countries have been selected for the seven Artist’s Book Triennials
More information and statistic about the International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius.
Kestutis Vasiliunas
Chief of the Circle “Bokartas”
Curator of the Triennials
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Artist’s book installation & performance of Raminta Sumskyte Sum
May 2, 2017 in Artists book, Events by Web developer
Ex Voto’ 365
Time: 5-29 April 2017
Location: Gallery “Kaire Desine”, Vilnius, Lithuania
Artist’s book with 365 vota
Artist’s book creator, one of the best Lithuanian printmaker, creator of animated cartoons – Raminta Sumskyte Sum has made wonderful exhibition-installation in Vilnius. During the opening of the exhibition she has made the performance.
Paintings: Thanks for miracles
“In ancient Roman religion, a votum, plural vota, is a vow or promise made to the God.”
Installation with 365 vota from zinc and copper
Impressive artist’s book with printed 365 vota in it. The artist’s book has the accordion book form, free folded, what create off-centered paper sculpture. On the one side of the book vota printed as intaglio, on the another side of the artist’s book vota printed as zincography, negative image. In the 365 vota of Raminta we see a very simple and very important human requests. If in the churches we can see vota near altar with a shape of a hand, a leg, or a heart, – in Raminta Shumskyte Sum vota we find not parts of a body, but the situations. I would say strange situations with strange desires or thanks. Every desire is visualized in metal plates not only very professional, but also with culture background.
Please, press the picture to see the video
Raminta Sumskyte Sum several times participated in the “Artist’s Book Triennials Vilnius” and in the “Lithuanian Artist’s Book Exhibition”.
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Carola Willbrand in Museum Admont Abbey
April 25, 2017 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Benediktinerstift Admont
Carola Willbrand, Heaven’s inferno dress, Artistic Intervention 2017
Installation
Time: Opening 1st May 2017
Location: The Museum of Fine Arts, Admont Abbey, Austria
Curators: Dr. Michael Braunsteiner & Barbara Eisner-B
View from Admont Abbey in winter time
Carola Willbrand – artist’s book creator, master of installation, performance artist – very interesting and I would say not traditional artist. She participated in the “7th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2015” with her beautiful artist’s books made from fabric and some photos.
In the beautiful and world famous Museum Admont Abbey she shows installation from handmade paper and handwrite text on the wall of the gallery.
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“A penetrable chasuble made of used fabric provided by the artist, floats like a tent in a room. The art created with a sewing machine on it depicts the dance of death. The individual handmade paper can be folded akin to the fanfold paper. The fanfold paper as a means to create a space-filling sculptural design for an artist’s book has for long been an artistic preoccupation of Carola Willbrand. This work links to the historical fabric of Admont Abbey of Benno Hahn and to the new Gothic exhibition in the abbey. This dress, which is also a tent, represents a heavenly tent in the image of creation. And the other side depicts the entire story of the global textile trade, right up to the low-price fabric of our times manufactured under intolerable conditions.” – Official information from Museum Admont Abbey.
View from Admont Abbey in summer time
“Carola Willbrand, HimmelsHöllenKleid, Künstlerische Intervention 2017
Eine begehbare Glockenkasel, gefertigt aus getragenen Textilien der Künstlerin, schwebt ähnlich einem Zelt im Raum. Sie ist mit Nähmaschinen-Zeichnungen mit Totentanzmotiven versehen. Die einzelnen handgeschöpften Papiere sind einem Leporello ähnlich zusammenfaltbar. Das Leporello als Mittel ein Künstlerbuch raumfüllend skulptural zu gestalten, das beschäftigt Carola Willbrand schon lange. Diese Arbeit knüpft an die historischen Textilien des Stiftes Admont von Benno Hahn und an die neue Gotik Ausstellung in der Abtei an. Dieses Kleid, das auch ein Zelt ist, das Himmelszelt als Schöpfungsbild. Und auf der anderen Seite findet sich die Geschichte des weltweiten Textilhandels bis zu unseren heutigen, unter untragbaren Bedingungen hergestellten Billigtextilien in ihr wieder.”
More information: http://www.stiftadmont.at/ausstellung-2017-gotik/
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