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Visiting Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection of the John M. Flaxman Library in Chicago
September 12, 2019 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Together with my friend Stephen Murphy and Bob Tanner we have visited the “Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection” of the John M. Flaxman Library in Chicago. It is one of the biggest artist’s book collection in USA, so it was my big dream to visit this Collection, to see the artist’s books and to talk with the stuff of the Collection.
In the John M. Flaxman Library we met Special collection manager Mrs. April Sheridan and Mr. Nick Ferreira. Here we were talking about artist’s books, about our activity in artist’s book movement and about the exhibition of the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” opened in the “Evanston Art Center” in USA.
I donated few catalogues of the “International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius” to the John M. Flaxman Library. We look forward to further collaboration.
The Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection was established in 1989 to honour the late Joan Flasch, a bookbinder and artist who worked in a number of positions at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
“The Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection (JFABC) digital library is an online guide and finding aid for the rich collection of artists’ publications available in Flaxman Library Special Collections. The JFABC brings together close to ten thousand artists’ publications in all formats and media including: books, zines, multiples, video and audio recordings, digital works, periodicals, and other intimate works of art created by artists of local, national, and international significance. Focusing on materials published from the 1960s to the present, it is complemented by collections of reference works and exhibition catalogues to support in-depth research on artists’ publishing”.
The John M. Flaxman Library belongs to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
“For more than 150 years, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been a leader in educating the world’s most influential artists, designers, and scholars. Located in downtown Chicago with a fine arts graduate program consistently ranking among the top programs in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, SAIC provides an interdisciplinary approach to art and design as well as world-class resources, including the Art Institute of Chicago museum, on-campus galleries, and state-of-the-art facilities. SAIC’s undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate students have the freedom to take risks and create the bold ideas that transform Chicago and the world—as seen through notable alumni and faculty such as Michelle Grabner, David Sedaris, Elizabeth Murray, Richard Hunt, Georgia O’Keeffe, Cynthia Rowley, Nick Cave, Jeff Koons, and LeRoy Neiman”.
Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection of the John M. Flaxman Library
37 South Wabash Avenue, 6th Floor
Chicago
IL 60603
USA
Website: http://www.saic.edu/academics/libraries-special-collections/john-flaxman-library
Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas
© Photo: Stephen Murphy
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Artist’s Book of Franklin Luke
September 7, 2019 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
It was morning. I was sitting in the local restaurant in Evanston with two gentlemen for business meeting. One of them, Mr. Bob Tanner, had one of the first artist’s book, printed in USA. The second was Mr. Stephen Murphy, an artist and photographer. At night, the rain stopped raining. So, it was beautiful sunny morning. I was eating American breakfast with ham, potatoes and half fried eggs with double espresso.
After the breakfast, we cleaned the table, and Mr. Bob opened the book. It was the book “The Junk Yard Garden”. He said, it is illustrated book for children, created by Franklin Luke in 1958 and published by Institute of Design, Chicago. But it was not a book for children. It is an original artist’s book. Images on the pages created by graphic techniques, using colography, and letterpress for printing the text. Beautiful book.
What we know about artist? Nothing. Franklin Luke was studding in the Institute of Design, in Chicago. Later he was working for publishing houses.
We found few illustrated books for children by Franklin Luke. But, on my opinion they are not so interesting like “The Junk Yard Garden” printed 11 years ago. Even if we still see the style of Franklin, the illustrated books are beautiful, but more commercial.
“Fried Onions & Marshmallows: & Other Plays for Little People”. Author: Sally Melcher Jarvis, illustrated by Franklin Luke. Published by Parents’ Magazine Press in 1968.
“Did You Ever Dream?”. Author: Doris Herold Lund, illustrated by Franklin Luke. Published by Parents’ Magazine Press in 1969.
“The Crow the Kite and Golden Umbrella”. Author: Ann Tompert, illustrated by Franklin Luke. Published by Abelard-Schuman in 1971.
Kestutis Vasiliunas
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8th Artist‘s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018 – Lecture & Artist’s Book Viewing in Evanston
August 26, 2019 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
in Evanston Art Center
Theme: Memento Mori
On 25th of August, Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas gave the lecture on artist’s book in the Evanston Art Center. After the lecture was the special artist’s book viewing with white gloves.
In the Evanston Art Center, Steve Aloysius has made the artist’s book performance – eating a book:
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”
Project Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
Coordinator for the Exhibition in Evanston: Prof. Stephen Murphy
In Cooperation with:
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania;
IAKH: Globus Galerie + Edition Lebensretter, Leipzig, Germany;
ISIA, Urbino, Italy;
Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy;
“Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”, Venezia, Italy;
The Plunge Municipal Clock Tower Library, Lithuania
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, USA;
Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA.
Main Sponsor of the Project: Lithuanian Council for Culture
Sponsor: Vilnius Academy of Arts
© Photo: Stephen Murphy
© Photo: 2Cent.
© Artist’s Book Creators 2019
8th Artist‘s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018 – Opening in Evanston Art Center
August 26, 2019 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
in Evanston Art Center
Theme: Memento Mori
Time: 23 August – 29 September 2019
Location: Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, U.S.A.
Opening: at 5 p.m., 23 August, 2019
On 23rd of August in the Evanston Art Center we had the opening of the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018”.
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”
Project Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
Coordinator for the Exhibition in Evanston: Prof. Stephen Murphy
In Cooperation with:
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania;
IAKH: Globus Galerie + Edition Lebensretter, Leipzig, Germany;
ISIA, Urbino, Italy;
Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy;
“Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”, Venezia, Italy;
The Plunge Municipal Clock Tower Library, Lithuania
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, USA;
Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA.
Main Sponsor of the Project: Lithuanian Council for Culture
Sponsor: Vilnius Academy of Arts
© Artist’s Book Creators 2019
Installing the “8th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in Evanston Art Center
August 22, 2019 in Artists book, Events by Web developer
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
in Evanston Art Center
Theme: Memento Mori
On 21st and 22nd of August we with Prof. Stephen Murphy installed the “8th International Artist’s Book triennial Vilnius 2018” in the Evanston Art Center.
Time: 23 August – 29 September 2019
Location: Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, U.S.A.
Opening: at 5 p.m., 23 August, 2019
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”
Project Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
Coordinator for the Exhibition in Evanston: Prof. Stephen Murphy
In Cooperation with:
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania;
IAKH: Globus Galerie + Edition Lebensretter, Leipzig, Germany;
ISIA, Urbino, Italy;
Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy;
“Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”, Venezia, Italy;
The Plunge Municipal Clock Tower Library, Lithuania
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, USA;
Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA.
Main Sponsor of the Project: Lithuanian Council for Culture
© Artist’s Book Creators 2019
8th Artist‘s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018 – opening on 23rd August 2019 in Evanston
August 19, 2019 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
in Evanston Art Center
Theme: Memento Mori
You are kindly invited to visit the “8th International Artist‘s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in Evanston Art Center
Time: 23 August – 29 September 2019
Location: Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, U.S.A.
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”
Project Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
Coordinator for the Exhibition in Evanston: Prof. Stephen Murphy
In Cooperation with:
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania;
IAKH: Globus Galerie + Edition Lebensretter, Leipzig, Germany;
ISIA, Urbino, Italy;
Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy;
“Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”, Venezia, Italy;
The Plunge Municipal Clock Tower Library, Lithuania
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, USA;
Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA.
Main Sponsor of the Project: Lithuanian Council for Culture
© Artist’s Book Creators 2019
In Memoriam Joseph Johannes Visser
August 3, 2019 in Artists book, Events, Gallery by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Joseph Johannes Visser has left us
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With great sadness we must to announce that a wonderful Man, Big Artist, artist’s book creator, a Great Friend of Lithuania, Joseph has left us.
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May the Lord be merciful to him!
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The Holy Mass for Joseph will be sacrificed in Vilnius this Sunday, 4th of August 2019, in Saint Francesco church at 10.30 a.m. Lithuanian time, or 9.30 a.m. West Europe time.
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Kestutis Vasiliunas
© Artist’s Book Creators 2019
8th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018 – in Evanston Art Center
July 26, 2019 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
in Evanston Art Center
Theme: Memento Mori
Time: 23 August – 29 September 2019
Location: Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, U.S.A.
We work very hard to show the part of the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in USA. Though we have the invitation to show artist’s books in America, friends, who help to manager it, to organise art exhibition in USA is very difficult and complicate. And maybe the biggest problems are the cultural differences between America and Europe and customs: America, we are very sorry, does not belong to the European Union…
We selected some artist’s books for showing it in USA, and we will try to send it to America. But we are not sure how many artist’s books we will have the possibility to show in the Evanston Art Center or later in the Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia. Everything will depend on the space and the security of the exhibition. All information will be in our web.
Artists selected for the Exhibition in USA:
Name, Surname, Country
Lyn Ashby, Australia
Barbara Beisinghoff, Germany
Lene Bennike, Denmark
Gudrun Bialas, Germany
Catherine Bolle, Switzerland
Frances Breen, Austria
Diane Britt, USA
Andra’s Butak, Hungary
Loretta Cappanera, Italy
Gabby Cooksey, USA
Alessandra Donnarumma, Italy & Sascha Noatsch, Germany
Yuko Ebina, Japan
Magdalena Cordero Echeverria, Chile
Margot Fagan, Canada
David Faithfull, Scotland
Vittorio Fava, Italy
Mirabel Fitzgerald, Australia
Timothy Frerichs, USA
Roberto Gianinetti, Italy
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
Koichi Kiyono, Japan
Kadi Kurema & Kulli Grunbach-Sein, Estonia
Lorraine Kwan, Canada
Marianne Laimer, Sweden
Silvia Lepore, Italy
Xiao Fei Li, China
Hanne Matthiesen, Denmark
Evalda Mikalauskis, Lithuania
Peter J. Moosbrugger, Germany
Stephen Mumberson, England
Stephen Murphy, USA
Migle Puzaite, Lithuania
Maria Schina, Greece
Anna Snaedis Sigmarsdottir, Iceland
Mari-Liis Sorg, Estonia
Raminta Sumskyte-Sum, Lithuania
Motoko Tachikawa, Japan
Lotte Tauber Lassen, Denmark
Peter & Donna Thomas, USA
Irma Tonteri, Finland
Anu Tuominen, Finland
Roberta Vaigeltaite-V., Lithuania
Kestutis Vasiliunas, Lithuania
Joseph Johannes Visser, The Netherlands
Yuko Wada, Japan
Carola Willbrand, Germany
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”
Project Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
Coordinator for the Exhibition in Evanston: Prof. Stephen Murphy
In Cooperation with:
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania;
IAKH: Globus Galerie + Edition Lebensretter, Leipzig, Germany;
ISIA, Urbino, Italy;
Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy;
“Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”, Venezia, Italy;
The Plunge Municipal Clock Tower Library, Lithuania
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, USA;
Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA.
Main Sponsor of the Project: Lithuanian Council for Culture
© Artist’s Book Creators 2019
8-oji Vilniaus tarptautinė dailininko knygos trienalė 2018 – Plungėje
June 20, 2019 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8-oji tarptautinė dailininko knygos trienalė – Plungės dvaro laikrodinėje-bibliotekoje
Theme: Memento Mori
Laikas: 2019 m. birželio 14 d. – liepos 8 d.
Vieta: Dvaro laikrodinė, Plungės rajono savivaldybės viešoji biblioteka
Matyt sunkiausia pasiekti tuos geografinius “taškus” kurie yra arčiausiai mūsų… Bet Plunge mes pasiekėme ir nenusivylėme. Gal būt dėl to, kad buvome ten nuoširdžiai laukiami.
“Penktadienį bibliotekoje atidaryta įdomi meno paroda – “8-oji Vilniaus tarptautinė dailininko klnygos trienalė” tema – “Memento mori”. Parodą pristatė parodos iniciatorius, kuratorius dailininkas profesorius Kęstutis Vasiliūnas ir dailininkė, keletos parodoje eksponuojamų darbų autorė Roberta Vaigeltaitė-Vasiliūnienė.
„8-oji Vilniaus tarptautinė dailininko knygos trienalė 2018“ jau eksponuota Leipcigo knygų mugėje Vokietijoje, knygos meno festivalyje „Urbino e le Città del Libro“ Urbine, Italijoje, Nacionalinėje Martyno Mažvydo bibliotekoje Vilniuje, galerijoje „SG“ Venecijoje ir „Museo Leone“ Verčelyje, Italijoje. Po parodos Plungėje bus eksponuojama „Evanston Art Center“ ir „Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia“ JAV.”
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Projekto organizatorius: Bokartas
Kuratorius: Kęstutis Vasiliūnas
Partneris: Plungės rajono savivaldybės viešoji biblioteka
Pagrindinis projekto rėmėjas: Lietuvos kultūros taryba
© Artist’s Book Creators 2019
8th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018 – in Clock Tower Library
June 1, 2019 in Artists book, Events, Gallery by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
in the Plunge Municipal Clock Tower Library
Theme: Memento Mori
Time: 14 June – 8 July 2019
Location: The Plunge Municipal Clock Tower Library, Lithuania
Opening Ceremony: 14 June 2019, at 4 p.m.
We were invited to show the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in the Clock Tower Library in Plunge, in the North of Lithuania.
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”
In Cooperation with: The Plunge Municipal Clock Tower Library, Lithuania
Project Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
Coordinator for the Exhibition in Clock Tower Library: Mrs. Virginija Liutikaite
Project In Cooperation with:
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania;
IAKH: Globus Galerie + Edition Lebensretter, Leipzig, Germany;
ISIA, Urbino, Italy;
Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania;
Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy;
“Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”, Venezia, Italy;
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, USA;
Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA.
Main Sponsor: Lithuanian Council for Culture
© Artist’s Book Creators 2019
100th Travel – 8th Artist’s Book Triennial in Vercelli Ended 2
April 12, 2019 in Articles, Artists book, Events, Gallery by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
Theme: Memento Mori
Time: 23 February – 10 March 2019
Location: “Museo Leone” (Museum Leone), Vercelli, Italy
Journey No. 100
Journey time: 7-17 March, 2019
4623 km with the car through Poland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic and again Poland, and back to Lithuania
In the morning of 11th of March 2019 I reinstalled the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in Museo Leone. It was a little sad, so nice space… In one small coffee shop we drank espresso with my friend Roberto, and I started my journey to Venice.
From Vercelli, if the weather is good, you can see the Monte Rosa – the second highest mountain in the Alps and western Europe (elevation 4,634 m), after Mont Blanc.
Now I planned to go to Venice from Vercelli without highways by the local roads. I wanted to visit the Cathedral of Pavia (Duomo di Pavia), and to stop for the night in Pilgrim house (Casa del Pellegrino) in Padua. On the road from Vercelli started the earth storm.
The road was terrible, with many cars, moving in little speed, and roads rings – something new in Italy. Maybe it comes from Belgium… Here you have to be very careful and concentrated when you are driving. Especially if you are driving at a speed higher than the permitted speed…
The Cathedral of Pavia was begun in 1488, under architect Cristoforo Rocchi. Leonardo da Vinci is also known to have contributed to the project. But I could say that in almost each village or small town in Italy has beautiful churches, and sometimes they are older and more beautiful than “famous” cathedrals.
From Pavia I went to Padua, again by local road.
In Padua I arrived in the later evening, and I was the latest guest in the Pilgrim house. But the hotel location was amazing, it was in front of the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua.
In the room, I found interesting magazine with a “beautiful” cover. So, I decided to make a “selfie” with this two guys and my dinner.
In the morning I visited the Basilica of Saint Anthony. This famous Saint was a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. Saint Anthony was born in 1195 in Lisbon, Portugal, and died in Padua in 1231.
Simone Martini. “St Anthony of Padua and St Francis”. 1317, fresco, Assisi
The exterior style of the Basilica of Saint Anthony is a mixing of mainly Romanesque and Byzantine elements, with some Gothic features. The Basilica looks great and saint, where each hour celebrate the Holly Mass. In the left side in the Basilica are the relics and tomb of St. Anthony – the aim of pilgrims from all over the world.
Near the Basilica of Saint Anthony stands a sculpture of Gattamelata (1445–50) made by famous Italia artist Donatello (1386–1466).
In the monastery courtyard I “found” the old doors with the inscription above “Biblioteca Antoniana”. The Antonian Library of Padua was born in the first half of the thirteenth century. The Antonian Library currently holds 828 manuscripts, of which about 600 are medieval works (including 41 great choral books, with a series of illuminated antiphonaries and graduals of 1340-1360), 260 incunabula, 3200 editions of the sixteenth century.
From Padua I drove to Piazzale Roma in Venice, where are parking garages – this is the last point you can reach with a car in Venice.
I left my car, and with big and heavy suitcase I went to the “Gallery SG” in the “Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”. The weather was very clean, and from one of the bridges I have seen the mountains. Fantastic. It was first time when in Venice I have seen Alps and snow. If we measure it would be about 165 km straight from Venezia to the mountains, by road about 300 km…
Here I met the director and owner of the “Scuola Internazionale di Grafica” (International School of Graphic Art), Mrs. Matilde Dolcetti. The “Gallery SG” is the part of the “Scuola” with very intensive art activity. An exhibition “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” is currently in the “Gallery SG”.
Here, in the “Scuola di Grafica” I met my old friend from Sweden – Katriona Persson. She many times participated in the “Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius” and now arrived for the opening of the Artist’s Book Triennial in Venezia.
In Venice I spent only two hours and I had to move to my hotel in the Alps. Before moving I ate Venetian ice cream with Italian espresso… Yes, the real espresso is only in Italia! I did 2551 km till Venice only for bringing one suitcase of artist’s books for the exhibition in the Gallery SG. I never have been so short time in Venezia. In reality I was very disappointed…
And again the road.
But when you cross the highway no. A4 and you start to drive on local roads to the north of Italy, everything changing. You start to breathe freely, you see the beautiful Alps, clean and nice small villages. Here the Time is more slow…
With darkness I reached the Italian village Timau. The hotel was in front of the old church. I was only one guest in this small hotel…
At night I walking in the village and found 3 churches, one was extremely big. I started to think, it is too many churches for one small, very small village… The reason of this three churches, and many crosses on the houses, and small chapels – the Wars. Here I found the Military Museum “Museo La Zona Carnia nella Grande Guerra 1915-1918”. The village remembering the horror and hardships these soldiers endured during the first and the second wars. In the past this village belongs to Austria.
During my short stay for the night in this village, I came back to memories about a novels of American great humanist and write (is he an American writer?) Ernest Hemingway… Did it happened here? No. I know, not here. But for me was the feeling like I come to the place where my favourite Write was fighting and creating his great novels. Silence.
The beautiful serpentine road from the village Timau took me to the “Passo Monte Croce Carnico” (elevation of 1.357m) . It is the border between Italy and Austria. On the pass was the “Open-air museum of mountain warfare 1915-18”.
On the serpentine road down was the “heldenfriedhof” heroes’ cemetery. Strange, very strange feeling… Emptiness, no cars, no people, only cut trees around, and crosses. And silence again.
When I drove off the mountains, the snow began.
I turn 200 km out of main road to go to Admont Monastery, where is world largest monastery library, and one of the most beautiful library in the world. Here I have been in 2014 for visiting artist’s book exhibition: “Künstlerbücher – Artists’ Books. International Works from 1960 to Today”.
But this time my journey was unsuccessful – the museum was closed for the winter, my friends didn’t got the message from me, and I didn’t meet them… So I eat my lunch again near my car – I had no time to go to café or restaurant, I had to drive to Salzburg till the night. It was a little cold outside…
When I drove, it started raining and snowing with rare snowflakes. The sky was blending and it was beautiful to drive.
In the later evening I come in Salzburg. Here, in Salzburg, my friend Martin invited me to stay and a little to take a rest after travel, in Artists House (Künstlerhaus). This evening was first time during my 7 days travel, when I ate the dinner. I was eating warm food with Martin’s beautiful family in his nice house… That was great.
It was raining. My body inside was still trembling after long driving.
Continue in the next article. Almost all photos were taken while driving through the windscreen.
Kestutis Vasiliunas
Driver & Curator of the Artist’s Book Triennial
© Photos: Kestutis Vasiliunas
© Artist’s Book Creators 2019
“8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in Venice
March 25, 2019 in Artists book, Events, Gallery by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
in Venice
Theme: Memento Mori
Time: 15 March – 13 April 2019
Location: Gallery “SG”, Scuola internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
We received few photos from our exhibition “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in the Gallery SG, in Venice.
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”
In Cooperation with: Gallery SG & Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
Project Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
Coordinator for the Exhibition in Venice: Deirdre Kelly
In Cooperation with:
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania;
IAKH: Globus Galerie + Edition Lebensretter, Leipzig, Germany;
ISIA, Urbino, Italy;
Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy;
“Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”, Venezia, Italy;
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, USA;
Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA.
Main Sponsor of the Project: Lithuanian Council for Culture
Photos: Deirdre Kelly
© Artist’s Book Creators 2019
Opening “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in Venice
March 21, 2019 in Artists book, Events, Gallery by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
in Venice
Theme: Memento Mori
Time: 15 March – 13 April 2019
Location: Gallery “SG”, Scuola internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
On 15th of March in the Gallery SG opened the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018”.
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”
In Cooperation with: Gallery SG & Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
Project Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
Coordinator for the Exhibition in Venice: Deirdre Kelly
In Cooperation with:
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania;
IAKH: Globus Galerie + Edition Lebensretter, Leipzig, Germany;
ISIA, Urbino, Italy;
Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy;
“Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”, Venezia, Italy;
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, USA;
Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA.
Main Sponsor of the Project: Lithuanian Council for Culture
© Photos from the opening: Marija Linkeviča
© Artist’s Book Creators 2019
100th Travel – 8th Artist’s Book Triennial in Vercelli Ended
March 18, 2019 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
Theme: Memento Mori
Time: 23 February – 10 March 2019
Location: “Museo Leone” (Museum Leone), Vercelli, Italy
4623 km through Poland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic and again Poland back to Lithuania.
On 10th of March the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in Vercelli was ended. It was beautiful artist’s book exhibition in Museo Leone with many visitors and artist’s book lovers. I have to say that the Artist’s Book Triennial in Museo Leone was looking fantastic – the exhibition hall is small, but so warm with wall painting and wooden ceilings, and the artist’s books has some special connection with this beautiful space.
But as the 8th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius was ended in Vercelli, and after few days it had to be opened in Venice, in the Gallery SG, I had to come to Vercelli, to reinstall the exhibition in Museo Leone, and to drive part of it to Venice, and part of the Artist’s Book Triennial to take back to Lithuania.
So, I had to plane the rout of my travel, and to drive to Vercelli from Vilnius with the personal car. And as it is my 100th travel in abroad during Lithuanian Independence, I wanted to make it more impressive and somehow to make it more nice… 100 journeys – not so little, especial when almost all my journeys were for participation in the exhibitions, symposiums, art workshops, for giving the lectures and art workshops, for visiting museums and galleries. And almost all my journeys I have made with my car. Through the 28 years I spent 1290 days in abroad. During the travels I slept in the car in front of the steering wheel, in the tent on in the fields, in terrible cheap hotels on the road and, sometimes in very good hotels in Portugal, China or Korea; I was driving at nights and at days, in winter time and in summer… I have made more than 200.000 km in abroad with my cars, visited more than 200 art museums in all Europe, Japan, Korea, China and USA… I had many “adventures” on the road with criminal persons, police and custom offices, sometimes I was driving and sleeping, sometime I had hallucinations, as the road was too long and I was driving 28 hours at once, and I was trying just to go with the car between the lights… in big speed. But, the God was with me, and He helped me from all dangerous situations. And dangerous situation were a lot.
My first journey abroad was in 1991, three years after I graduated the Vilnius Art Institute, to Norway for participation in Lithuanian art exhibition “Myter og Legender” dedicated for the “Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania” (February 16th, 1918). I and my wife Roberta, two young artists were included in such important art exhibition in Bergen between few important Lithuanian artists like Petras Repšys, Feliksas Jakubauskas, Vytautas Balčytis and other. And that happened less then a year after Lithuania declare Restoration of Independence on 11th March 1990… from Soviet Union. So, as were were free Country… for travelling in abroad we had to get special passport – Soviet foreign passport from Soviet Union… I found it:
It was strange journey. The fly was not straight Vilnius – Bergen, or Vilnius – Oslo, what would be natural, but Vilnius – Moscow – Oslo… and from Oslo by train to Bergen, and back the same way through Russia.
In Bergen we installed the Lithuanian art exhibition in Bryggens Museum. Official opening was on 16yh Febriuary 1991, on the Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania! Great!
Here are the photos from the catalogue of the exhibition.
The 100th my travel, although it is the “business” journey I wanted to make beautiful and interesting, and a little dangerous, like always.
More text and photos from the travel
© Photos: Kestutis Vasiliunas
© Artist’s Book Creators 2019
“8th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” – Exhibition in Vercelli
March 5, 2019 in Artists book, Events, Gallery by Web developer
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
Theme: Memento Mori
Time: 23 February – 10 March 2019
Location: Museo Leone, Vercelli, Italy
It was the first time when I took artist’s books for the exhibition not with my car, but in the 4 suitcases by airplain.
More 27 photos from the “8th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in Vercelli, in Museo Leone.
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”
In Cooperation with: Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy
Project Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
Coordinator for the Exhibition in Vercelli: Roberto Gianinetti
In Cooperation with:
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania;
IAKH: Globus Galerie + Edition Lebensretter, Leipzig, Germany;
ISIA, Urbino, Italy;
Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy;
“Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”, Venezia, Italy;
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, USA;
Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA.
Main Sponsor: Lithuanian Council for Culture
© Photos: Kestutis Vasiliunas
© Artist’s Book Creators 2019
8th Artist’s Book Triennial – Opening in Vercelli 2019
February 28, 2019 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
Theme: Memento Mori
Time: 23 February – 10 March 2019
Location: “Museo Leone” (Museum Leone), Vercelli, Italy
Opening Ceremony: 23rd February 2019, at 5.30 p.m. in “Museo Leone”
On the official opening of the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in Vercelli, in Museo Leone participated Mayor of Vercelli Mrs. Maura Forte, president of the Museo Leone Prof. Gianni Mentigazzi, Dr. Luca Brusotto, official persons from the government.
Many artists, friends, journalists, citizens of Vercelli and guests from other towns participated on the opening of the Exhibition in beautiful hall of Museo Leone. Few artist special arrived from abroad – Catherine Bolle from Switzerland & Margot Fagan from Canada.
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”
In Cooperation with: Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy
Project Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
Coordinator for the Exhibition in Vercelli: Roberto Gianinetti
In Cooperation with:
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania;
IAKH: Globus Galerie + Edition Lebensretter, Leipzig, Germany;
ISIA, Urbino, Italy;
Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy;
“Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”, Venezia, Italy;
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, USA;
Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA.
Main Sponsor: Lithuanian Council for Culture
Photos: Kestutis Vasiliunas, Orlando Monteleone & Printmaking Vercelli
© Artist’s Book Creators 2019
8th Artist’s Book Triennial in Vercelli 2019 – Articles in Italy
February 19, 2019 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
Theme: Memento Mori
Time: 23 February – 10 March 2019
Location: “Museo Leone” (Museum Leone), Vercelli, Italy
Address: Via Verdi 30, Vercelli, Italy
Opening Ceremony: 23rd February 2019, at 5.30 p.m. in “Museo Leone”
The newspaper “La Sesia” printed the article about the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in Museo Leone – “Ingegno, stile, creativita, abilita. Progetto non commerciale” (“Ingenuity, style, creativity, ability. Non-commercial project”).
Article in “La Sesia”
The newspaper “Notizia Oggi Vercelli” printed the article “Trentasette maestri per la Triennale di Vilnius” (“Thirty-seven masters for the Vilnius Triennial”).
Article in “Notizia Oggi Vercelli”
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”
In Cooperation with: Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy.
Project Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
Coordinator for the Exhibition in Vercelli: Roberto Gianinetti
In Cooperation with:
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania;
IAKH: Globus Galerie + Edition Lebensretter, Leipzig, Germany;
ISIA, Urbino, Italy;
Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy;
“Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”, Venezia, Italy;
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, USA;
Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA.
Main Sponsor: Lithuanian Council for Culture
© Artist’s Book Creators 2019
8th Artist’s Book Triennial in Reed Library at Fredonia in USA – Confirmed Time
February 19, 2019 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
in Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia
Theme: Memento Mori
Time: 4 November – 4 December 2019
Location: Reed Library at Fredonia, U.S.A.
The State University of New York at Fredonia (also known as SUNY Fredonia and Fredonia State College) is a liberal arts college in Fredonia, New York. The Fredonia campus, located in Chautauqua County was designed by prominent architects I.M. Pei and Henry N. Cobb in 1968.
It is nice to know that the Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia has the collection of manuscripts of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig (1881-1942). At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most popular writers in the world. Zweig was a passionate collector of manuscripts.
Stefan Zweig
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”
Project Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
Coordinator for the Exhibition in the Reed Library: Prof. Timothy Frerichs
In Cooperation with:
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania;
IAKH: Globus Galerie + Edition Lebensretter, Leipzig, Germany;
ISIA, Urbino, Italy;
Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy;
“Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”, Venezia, Italy;
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, USA;
Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA.
Main Sponsor: Lithuanian Council for Culture
© Artist’s Book Creators 2019
Edition Thurnhof – Letter to Friends and Artists
February 8, 2019 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Artist’s Book Fair in Hamburg 2019
Time: 16-17 February 2019
Location: Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg, Germany
Edition Thurnhof – Letter to Friends and Artists – Toni und Christa Kurz
More info: https://buchdruckkunst.com
8th Artist’s Books Triennial in Venezia 2019 – Artists Selected for the Exhibition
February 5, 2019 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist’s Books Triennial Vilnius 2018
Theme: Memento Mori
Time: 15 March – 13 April 2019
Location: Gallery “SG”, Scuola internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
This is the third time when the “International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius” will be exhibited in Venice. The first time when we showed “5th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2009” in Venice was in 2010. 40 artist’s books were presented in the gallery of the “Scuola Internazionale di Grafica” in Venice.
In 2012 we second time have made the exhibition of artist’s books in Venice. Here we exhibited 25 artist’s books from the “6th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2012”.
This time we selected 24 artist’s books from the “8th International Artist’s Books Triennial Vilnius 2018” for showing in Venice, in the Gallery “SG”. It will be the second place where we will show the “8th International Artist’s Books Triennial Vilnius 2018” in 2019. In 2018 the 8th Artist’s Book Triennial was exhibited in Leipzig Book Fair, in Germany, in the Festival “Urbino e le Citta del Libro” in Urbino, in Italy and in “The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania“ in Vilnius.
Artists selected for the Exhibition in Venezia:
Name, Surname, Country
Frances Breen, Austria
Diane Britt, USA
Andras Butak, Hungary
Loretta Cappanera, Italy
Yuko Ebina, Japan
Magdalena Cordero Echeverria, Chile
Roberta Feoli, Italy
Roberto Gianinetti, Italy
Kristin Gudbrandsdottir, Iceland
Nancy Hart, USA
Susanne Ruth Helweg, Denmark
Deirdre Kelly, Ireland
Koichi Kiyono, Japan
Marianne Laimer, Sweden
Silvia Lepore, Italy
Stephen Mumberson, England
Katriona S. W. Persson, Sweden
Margit Pfluegl, Austria
Migle Puzaite, Lithuania
Anna Snaedis Sigmarsdottir, Iceland
Motoko Tachikawa, Japan
Peter & Donna Thomas, USA
Celestina Vicevic, Croatia
Carola Willbrand, Germany
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”
In Cooperation with: Gallery SG & Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
Project Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
Coordinator for the Exhibition in Venice: Deirdre Kelly
In Cooperation with:
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania;
IAKH: Globus Galerie + Edition Lebensretter, Leipzig, Germany;
ISIA, Urbino, Italy;
Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy;
“Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”, Venezia, Italy;
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, USA;
Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA.
Main Sponsor of the Project: Lithuanian Council for Culture
© Artist’s Book Creators 2019
8th Artist’s Books Triennial in Vercelli – Article in the Italian Newspaper
January 28, 2019 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
“Torna la Triennale di Vilnius“ – “Vilnius Triennial is coming back“
8th International Artist’s Books Triennial Vilnius 2018
Theme: Memento Mori
Time: 23 February – 10 March 2019
Location: “Museo Leone” (Museum Leone), Vercelli, Italy
Address: Via Verdi 30, Vercelli, Italy
Opening Ceremony: 23rd February 2019, at 5.30 p.m. in “Museo Leone”
The newspaper “…” printed the first article about the “8th International Artist’s Books Triennial Vilnius 2018” in Vercelli, in Museo Leone in 2019.
Free translation of the article by curator Kestutis Vasiliunas:
“Vercelli. From 23rd of February till 10th of March 2019 town of Vercelli hosts the “8th International Artist’s Books Triennial”. The exhibition theme “Memento Mori”.
International jury selected 37 artist’s books which will be on display in prestigious exhibition spaces in Leipzig, Urbino, Vilnius, now in Vercelli, later in Galleria SG in Venice, in “Evanston Centre” in Illinois and in the “Reed Library” in United States in Fredonia. The first time Artist’s Book Triennial was exhibited in Museo Leone in 2015, and it had 800 visitors. In the exhibitions will be the artist’s books from all the world: from Japan, Denmark, USA, Italy, Germany, Austria, Island, Chile, Ireland, Scotland, Holland, Sweden, England, Switzerland, Canada and Lithuania.
In the official website (artistsbook.lt): the statement of the Triennial in Vilnius: “…project 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”.
Project are sponsored by “Lithuanian Council for Culture”, curator Kestutis Vasiliunas in collaboration with an artist from Vercelli Roberto Gianinetti. This collaboration puts Vercelli at the centre of the art routes”.
Yes, the “8th International Artist’s Books Triennial Vilnius 2018” will be exhibited in Museo Leone, and it will be the second time when “International Artist’s Books Triennial Vilnius” will be exhibited here in Vercelli, in beautiful Italian town. For that we are thankful to our friends in Italia, to the director of the Museo Leone Dr. Luca Brusotto and to an artist Roberto Gianinetti.
In 2015 the “7th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2015” was exhibited in “Museo Leone” in Vercelli.
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”
In Cooperation with: Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy.
Project Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
Coordinator for the Exhibition in Vercelli: Roberto Gianinetti
In Cooperation with:
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania;
IAKH: Globus Galerie + Edition Lebensretter, Leipzig, Germany;
ISIA, Urbino, Italy;
Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy;
“Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”, Venezia, Italy;
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, USA;
Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA.
Main Sponsor: Lithuanian Council for Culture
© Artist’s Book Creators 2019
Final Exams in Musashino Art University
January 18, 2019 in Artists book, Events, New Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Time: 15th of January 2019
Location: Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas from Graphic Departments / Vilnius Academy of Arts was invited to participate in the Final Exams in the Department of Painting / Printmaking in Musashino Art University.
It is one of the best art universities in Japan and also in the world for printmaking, where studied and worked as professors many famous artists. Musashino Art University was founded as a private Teikoku Art School in 1929. In 1948 the name was changed to Musashino Art School, but officially designated as a University in 1962. Currently, MAU is one of the leading art institutes in Japan, with over 4,500 students and 2,000 correspondence students. Modern and beautiful Musashino Art University Museum & Library connected with nature was designed by Sou Fujimoto Architects in 2010.
Students’ art works in the Final Exams in the Department of Printmaking were very interesting and high quality. Students create different art projects and installation using printmaking technologies, big size of prints, space and art objects.
Main Sponsor of the Travel to Japan: Erasmus Program
© Photos: Kestutis Vasiliunas
© Photos: Musashino Art University
© Artist’s Book Creators Community
Second Travel to Musashino Art University in Tokyo
January 13, 2019 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Almost after one year I again arrived to Tokyo, to Japan. In April 2018 I have been here with the lectures on artist’s books by the invitation of Tokyo University of the Arts. Last time I also visited Musashino Art University in Tokyo, where we were discussing about the opportunity for more close collaboration in the education programs.
By the exchange programs professor Toshiya Takahama from the Musashino Art University in December 2018 gave the lectures and made the printmaking workshop in Vilnius Academy of Arts.
This time, by the invitation of Musashino Art University, I arrived with my wife Roberta to participate in the final exams of students in Printmaking Department of Musashino Art University, to see the art works of students during the exams and in the gallery of the University, to visit museums and galleries in Tokyo, and to meet old art friends.
Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas
Main Sponsor of the Travel to Japan: Erasmus Program
© Photos: Kestutis Vasiliunas
© Artist’s Book Creators Community
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2019!
December 24, 2018 in Artists book, Events, Gallery by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Dear Friends,
Thank You for one more year together!
Love! Faith! Peace!
Merry Christmas!
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Kestutis Vasiliunas
Chief of the Circle “Bokartas”
Curator of the Triennials
Workshop of Prof. Toshiya Takahama in Graphic Art Department, Vilnius 2018
December 13, 2018 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Printing on a Gips Cubes and Installing it in the Exhibition
Time: 7-10 December 2018
Location: Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania
Prof. Toshiya Takahama from the Musashino Art University, from Tokyo arrived in Vilnius to give lectures and to lead the printmaking workshop ‘Making copperplate print(intaglio) printed on plaster cubes’.
Toshiya Takahama. ‘The Ochiishi Plan’
Prof. Toshiya Takahama wrote: “Generally, copperplate work is printed on paper and framed, and then displayed on a wall in a museum, gallery, or house, in such a careful way as to be protected from any deterioration, such as yellowing, tearing, or molding. This is the ordinary way of being of copperplate prints..” But artists are not ordinary people, especially if you are not “traditional” or commercial artist. So Prof. Toshiya Takahama during his workshop was trying to explain and to learn how to think in printmaking way, in printmaking concept, how using printmaking technologies to create art and art installation.
In the Printmaking Workshop
9 students from the Graphic Art Department, Vilnius Academy of Arts were selected for the printmaking workshop: Paulė, Ieva, Joelis, Augustina, Gintarė, Justė, Julija, Laima ir Gertrūda.
Students made the lunch for the professors and himself in ‘traditional Lithuanian style’ in the Vilnius Academy of Arts.
After the workshop students had to learn how to install the printed cubes in the exhibition of Prof. Toshiya Takahama in the Gallery of Vilnius Academy of Arts “5 Malūnai”.
Coordinator of the Workshop – Prof. Kęstutis Vasiliūnas
Project was supported by International Relations Office, Vilnius Academy of Arts: Mrs. Ieva Skaurone and Mr. Vygintas Orlovas
© Photo: Kestutis Vasiliunas
© Artist’s Book Creators Community
Lectures & Workshop of Prof. Toshiya Takahama in Graphic Art Department
December 7, 2018 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Time: 7-10 December 2018
Location: Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania
Prof. Toshiya Takahama from the Musashino Art University, from Tokyo, Japan arrived in Vilnius. He came at the invitation of the Graphic Art Department, Vilnius Academy of Arts. Here Prof. Toshiya Takahama will gave the public lecture ‘The Ochiishi Plan: Rotting Copperplate Prints’ and will lead the workshop ‘Making copperplate print(intaglio) printed on plaster cubes’ for the students.
Prof. Toshiya Takahama ‘The Ochiishi Plan”, Japan
“Generally, copperplate work is printed on paper and framed, and then displayed on a wall in a museum, gallery, or house, in such a careful way as to be protected from any deterioration, such as yellowing, tearing, or molding. This is the ordinary way of being of copperplate prints. The copperplate print works have been made for being in the exact opposite way, in which the course of deterioration, or the process of weathering and rotting, as such consists of a part of being of the work.” rašė Prof. Toshiya Takahama apie savo instaliacinį projektą “The Ochiishi Plan: Rotting Copperplate Prints”. – Prof. Toshiya Takahama.
From 4 to 10 of December in the Gallery of Vilnius Academy of Arts “5 Malūnai” opened the Solo Exhibition of Prof. Toshiya Takahama.
Prof. Toshiya Takahama – on the lecture in the Graphic Art Department, in Vilnius
Prof. Toshiya Takahama studied Printmaking at Musashino Art University. In 1997 participated in the program ‘Artist in Residency’ on Awaji Island. Since 1998 he was sponsored by ‘The Japan Foundation’, ‘Pola Art Foundation’ and ‘the API fellowship program of the Nippon Foundation’ and continued to study and create in Bangkok, Thailand. Now he is Professor in the Musashino Art University, in Tokyo, Japan.
Project was supported by International Relations Office, Vilnius Academy of Arts: Mrs. Ieva Skaurone and Mr. Vygintas Orlovas
© Photo: Kestutis Vasiliunas
© Artist’s Book Creators Community
Artist’s Books of Yun Hyong-keun
November 22, 2018 in Artists book, Events by Web developer
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul
Artist’s Books & Abstract Paintings of Yun Hyong-keun
During our visit in Korea, in the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul we have seen several good exhibitions, like “Civilisation: The Way We Live Now” – large-scale international photography exhibition with 300 works; “Choijeonghwa – Blooming Matrix”; “Korea Artist Prize 2018”, and others. But one exhibition was absolutely fantastic – Retrospective of Yun Hyong-keun. In the separate spaces were exhibited few artist’s books of Yun Hyong-keun with several small paintings on the paper, and sixty wonderful abstract paintings.
Artist’s books of of Yun Hyong-keun
Maybe someone would say that it was simple the sketchbook of an artist, with whom I disagree. If we would look with such an attitude on artists’ creation, we would have to say that artist’s books made by Dieter Roth also are simple diaries, William Blake – small publisher, the famous artist’s book of Paul Gauguin “Noa Noa” – the simply diary from Tahiti, artist’s book of Pierre Bonnard “Parallèlement” printed by Ambroise Vollard in 1900 – book of nice illustrations… What about Yves Klein “Yves Peintures”, published by Éditions Dilecta in 1954 or Josef Albers “Formulation: Articulation” published by Harry N. Abrams in 1972.
Yun Hyong-keun in 1973
Yun Hyong-keun (1928-2007), after many year in the prisons and exile, was amongst the leading figures of the Korean Dansaekhwa art movement. “Inspired by nature, his paintings combine a palette of umber and ultramarine to create rectilinear compositions, reminiscent of traditional ink-wash paintings.” wrote Simon Lee.
Yun Hyong-keun painting from the exhibition in Seoul
The brilliant artist Yun Hyong-keun was born in 1928 in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, in Korea. He lives in tragic periods of Korean history, many year have been in different prisons, escaped from executing by firing squad, again was ‘discovered’ and sent to Seodaemun Prison.
Exhibition of Yun Hyong-keun in Seoul
Kestutis Vasiliunas
More text & 18 photos from the exhibition of Yun Hyong-keun
© Photos: 2Cent.
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Artist’s Books of Dieter Roth in Torino 2018
October 25, 2018 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Dieter Roth. “Le pagine“
At the Fiera Libro Arte Torino / FLAT
Time: 2–4 November 2018
Location: La Centrale, Nuvola Lavazza, Turin, Italia
Curator: Elena Volpato
We can’t stay in silence when such wonderful artist like Dieter Roth is exhibited in the Art Book Fair, in Torino. And it is a pity – only for 3 days…
“FLAT marks the twentieth anniversary of the death of Dieter Roth, a leading figure in the history of artists’ books. The exhibition presents over one hundred of his books and the entire corpus of his handwritten diaries, testifying to the importance of a work that continues to represent an inexhaustible source of inspiration for contemporary artists. The exhibition will explore Roth’s development over a number of periods in which he refashioned books as a form of expression and as an opportunity for research, from his earliest works in the second half of the 1950s, associated with international optical art. It will then examine how he then reacted to, or more often forestalled in his disenchantment some of the more typical aspects of pop art, followed by the long period when conceptual art held sway, right up until the huge number of Copybooks produced in the 1980s and 1990s.” – text from the http://www.flatartbookfair.com/en/mostra/
German-born Swiss artist Dieter Roth (1930-1998), best known for his artist’s books, prints, sculptures, and works made of found materials, including rotting food stuffs. We should say that he was a pioneer of contemporary artist’s book. Dieter Roth created also installations, music installations and from 1980 he often created very big installation in collaboration with his son Björn and other artists.
Dieter Roth. Installation in Hamburger Bahnhof
- Artist’s books in Hamburger Bahnhof
- Artist’s books in Hamburger Bahnhof
- Artist’s books installation in Hamburger Bahnhof
Here in Hamburger Bahnhof Dieter Roth was introduced very widely: artist’s books, small installation, drawings, music projects, very big installations…
- Installation in Hamburger Bahnhof
- Installation in Hamburger Bahnhof
- Installation in Hamburger Bahnhof
Dieter Roth. Object
Dieter Roth. Installation in Hamburger Bahnhof in 2015
Jean Tinguely, installation in the Museum Tinguely in 2013
Kestutis Vasiliunas
© Photos: Kestutis Vasiliunas
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8th International Artist’s Book Triennial in Vilnius – Closed
September 26, 2018 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
“8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in Vilnius – Closed
Theme: Memento Mori
Time: 19 July – 23 September 2018
Location: The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
The “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in Vilnius is closed. 8th Artist’s Book Triennial had a great success, we had many visitors in all days. Artists from Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Japan, France, Sweden, Greece, Scotland and Norway have been arrived for the opening of the 8th International Artist’s Book Triennial in Vilnius.
It was the first time when artist’s books from the 8th Artist’s Book Triennial were on displayed at the National Library at the same exhibition space alongside the library’s old documents and the old printed books associated with the topic “Memento Mori”.
The 8th Artist’s Book Triennial in Vilnius is closed. But that is not the end of the 8th Triennial. We think and work for showing the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in another art spaces, in another countries. In March 8 – April 13, 2019 we plane to show the Triennial in the Gallery SG in Venezia, in Italy. In May 2019 – to show 8th Artist’s Book Triennial in Museo Leone, in Vercelli, Italy. And in the Summer 2019 in U.S.A.
Dear Artists, we say many thanks for Your participation in our Projects, in our Artist’s Book Triennial.
Kestutis Vasiliunas
Curator of the Project
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”
In Cooperation with:
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania;
IAKH: Globus Galerie + Edition Lebensretter, Leipzig, Germany;
ISIA, Urbino, Italy;
Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy;
“Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”, Venezia, Italy;
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, USA;
Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA.
Main Sponsor: Lithuanian Council for Culture
© Artist’s Book Creators 2018
Artist’s Book Workshop for the Students
September 25, 2018 in Artists book, Events by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Artist’s Book Workshop for the Students
Lithuanian mythological stories: Interpretation on the theme “Memento Mori“
Time: 21 September 2018
Location: The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania
Conductors of the workshop: teacher, artist’s book creator Roberta Vasiliuniene & art critic Jurgita Sprindziuniene.
Organiser of the artist’s book workshop: Circle “Bokartas” in collaboration with The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania.
This is the second stage of the educational project for students from the schools – creation of an artist’s book from printed linocut, based on the collage principle.
In the beginning Jurgita Sprindziuniene gave a lecture for the students in the exhibition of the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” about what is an “artist’s book”, styles and method of creation of it.
During the artist’s book workshop students, using collage technique had to create double page for interpretation the text from the Lithuanian mythological stories.
In the project participated 11 students from the Vilnius Justinas Vienozinskis Art School Naujoji Vilnia branch & Tuskulenai Gymnasium, & Uzupis Gymnasium, Vilnius.
The last stage of the project will be in the Vilnius Justinas Vienozinskis Art School Naujoji Vilnia branch where students will has to connect all double pages with wooden cover in one artist’s book in accordion style.
More 30 photos from the artist’s book workshop
Main sponsor of the Project: Lithuanian Council for Culture
Information sponsor: http://artistsbook.lt/abc-news/
© Photos: Kestutis Vasiliunas
© Artist’s Book Creators 2018
