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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
4623 km through Poland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic and again Poland 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…
Again local road. But when you cross the highway no. A4 and you start to move 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. It was a little cold…
It was snowing and raining. But was fantastic nice.
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… 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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
8th Artist’s Book Triennial in Vilnius – Photographic glimpses
September 21, 2018 in Artists book, Events, Gallery by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Fragments
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
Theme: Memento Mori
Time: 19 July – 23 September 2018
Location: The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
The 8th Artist’s Book Triennial in Vilnius going to the end. Soon we will close the Exhibition in Vilnius, what is very sad, and will start to prepare the catalogue. The next space where we plane to show the 8th Artist’s Book Triennial is Venezia in 2019.
Today, beautiful and sunny autumn day, I have visited our Triennial again and have made few photos, fragments from the Exhibition. Glasses, glasses, glasses… and wonderful artist’s books and old books together in white space. Wonderful collaboration.
Curator Kestutis Vasiliunas
More 21 photos from the Exhibition
The Main Sponsor of the Project: Lithuanian Council for Culture
© Photo: Kestutis Vasiliunas
© Circle “Bokartas”, Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th Artist’s Book Triennial in Vilnius – On this Side of the Unknown
September 17, 2018 in Artists book, Events, Gallery by Kestutis Vasiliunas
On this Side of the Unknown
by Jurgita Sprindžiūnienė
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
Theme: Memento Mori
Time: 19 July – 23 September 2018
Location: The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Since July 19th, the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” exposition is open in Lithuanian National Martynas Mažvydas Library exhibition hall, in Vilnius. The triennial is an international project, started in 1997 and thanks to the consistent efforts of its curator Kęstutis Vasiliūnas it has developed to a significant event, annually expected in various cities of the world. Only a part of the selected books was brought to the exhibition in Vilnius. The whole collection will be demonstrated in the triennial expositions in various countries in the period of the next two years. Part of the selected works has already been demonstrated in Leipzig Book Fair and in Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro” (“Urbino and Towns of the Books”) in Urbino, Italy. In 2019, expositions of the triennial will be arranged in “SG” gallery in Venice, “Museo Leone” in Vercelli, Italy, “Evanston Art Center” in Evanston and “Fredonia State University” in USA.
The name of the triennial Memento Mori and its exposition in the particular space of Lithuanian National Library created a special possibility to complement modern exhibits with some antique editions and thus to increase educational value of the event. Therefore artist’s books can be viewed together with books of the libraries repository of the 16th-19th century on the topic of death: ars morendi (art of dying) tractates, funeral sermons, mournful missals. A large enough number of the visitors came to the opening of the exhibition, thus witnessing, that the artist’s book has become recognized by the people as an interesting area of interdisciplinary creation. It also has value for those interested with historical editions. As a whole of the old and the new, it represents succession of thoughts of our predecessors and its spread today. Ancient tractates are not simply lying near the modern exhibits but they are also living within them as many of the authors have infused the ancient texts and symbols into their books, realizing new metaphors of the words and images.
The Main Sponsor of the Project: Lithuanian Council for Culture
© Text: Jurgita Sprindžiūnienė
© Photo: Kęstutis Vasiliūnas
© Circle “Bokartas”, Kęstutis Vasiliūnas
Bernardinai-lt: Thoughts about the 8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
September 10, 2018 in Artists book, Events, Gallery by Kestutis Vasiliunas
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Jurgita Sprindžiūnienė
“Artist’s Book Triennial. Thoughts on death about life”
Bernardinai.lt
Main Sponsor of the Project: Lithuanian Council for Culture
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Photos from 8th Artist’s Book Triennial in Vilnius
August 30, 2018 in Artists book, Events, Gallery by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
Theme: “Memento Mori“
Time: 19 July – 23 September 2018
Location: The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
In Vilnius we look on the contemporary “artist’s books” through the old printed books from the collection of the National Library of Lithuania
Please, press the photo for seeing more 40 photos from the Triennial in Vilnius
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas” in cooperation with The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania
Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
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 Citta del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Citta 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
Dailininko knygos kuratorius LRT laidoje “Ryto allegro”
August 30, 2018 in Artists book, Events, Gallery by Kestutis Vasiliunas
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Curator of the 8th Artist’s Book Triennial on Lithuanian Radio “Ryto Allegro”
Dailininko knygos kuratorius Kęstutis Vasiliūnas LRT laidoje “Ryto allegro”
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
Theme: “Memento Mori“
Time: 19 July – 23 September 2018
Location: The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania
We were talking about “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in the Lithuanian Radio “Ryto allegro”.
Apie “8-ąją Vilnius tarptautinę dailininko knygos trienalę” kalbėjomės LRT laidoje “Ryto allegro”. 2018-07-19.
„Ryto allegro“: apie dailininko knygą kaip meno žanrą
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”
Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
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 Citt? del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Citt? 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
Opening of the 8th Artist’s Book Triennial in Vilnius 2018
July 23, 2018 in Artists book, Events, Gallery by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
Theme: “Memento Mori“
Time: 19 July – 23 September 2018
Location: The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania
On 19th of July we opened the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018″ in The Martynas Mazvydas National Library in Vilnius.
For the opening in Vilnius arrived some artist’s book creators, participants of the 8th Artist’s Book Triennial: Yuko Wada from Japan, Hanne Matthiesen from Denmark, Irma Tonteri from Finland, Motoko Tachikawa from France, David Faithfull from Scotland, Maria Schina from Greece, Lene Bennike from Denmark, Rene Haljasmae from Estonia, Dalia Lopez Madrona from Sweden, art critic and book write Vilborg S. Hovet from Norway and friends.
During the opening of the Artist’s Book Exhibition the Maestro Eugenijus Kanevicius was playing jazz.
The opening of the 8th Artist’s Book Triennial in Vilnius attended about 150 people.
More 30 photos from the opening of the Triennial
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”
Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
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 Citta del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Citta 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: Agota Afra
© Artist’s Book Creators 2018
8th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018 – Installing the Exhibition
July 16, 2018 in Artists book, Events, Gallery by Kestutis Vasiliunas
Installing the Artist’s Book Triennial in Vilnius
Theme: “Memento Mori“
Opening at 6 p.m., 19th of July 2018
Time: 19 July – 23 September 2018
Location: The Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania
Address: Gedimino ave. 51, Vilnius
Now come the time to install the Artist’s Book Triennial in Vilnius!
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”
Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
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
Information sponsor: http://artistsbook.lt/abc-news/
© Photos: Agota Afra
© Artist’s Book Creators 2018
8th Artist’s Book Triennial in Vilnius 2018 – Poster of the Exhibition
July 13, 2018 in Artists book, Events, Gallery by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
Theme: “Memento Mori“
Time: 19 July – 23 September 2018
Location: The Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania
Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”
Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
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 Citta del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
“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
Information sponsor: http://artistsbook.lt/abc-news/
© Artist’s Book Creators 2018
8-oji Vilniaus tarptautinė dailininko knygos trienalė 2018 – Pranešimas spaudai
July 13, 2018 in Artists book, Events, Gallery by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8-oji Vilniaus tarptautinė dailininko knygos trienalė 2018
„Memento Mori“
2018 m. liepos 19 d. – rugsėjo 23 d.
Lietuvos nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka
Projekto organizatorius – „Bokartas“
Kuratorius – Kęstutis Vasiliūnas
Parodos atidarymas liepos 19 d. 18 val.
„8-oji Vilniaus tarptautinė dailininko knygos trienalė 2018“ yra tęstinis tarptautinis edukacinis projektas. Šio projekto parodos yra tarp svarbiausių „dailininko knygos“ parodų ne tik Europoje, bet ir pasaulyje. Trienalė aktuali jos dalyviams ir žiūrovams dėl kelių priežasčių – pirmiausia dėl labai aukštos eksponatų kokybės, taip pat dėl augančio visuotinio susidomėjimo „dailininko knyga“ kaip tarpdisciplininiu menu, kurį gali kurti visų sričių menininkai, studentai ir net vaikai.
„Dailininko knyga“ – tai idėjos įkūnijimas ir konceptualiu, ir amato lygmeniu. „Dailininko knygos trienalė“ yra idėjų bankas grafiniams dizaineriams, knygų įrišėjams, tipografams, konceptualaus ir instaliatyvaus meno kūrėjams, dėstytojams ir studentams. Tai unikalus nekomercinis projektas, kuriame taikoma griežta kūrinių atranka, sulaukiantis daug dėmesio ir iš menininkų, ir iš muziejų, galerijų ar universitetų. Per 21 trienalės veiklos metus „dailininko knygos“ buvo eksponuotos ne tik Vilniuje, bet ir Leipcige, Frankfurte, Hamburge, Rheine (Vokietijoje), Lilyje (Prancūzijoje), Silkeborge (Danijoje), Venecijoje, Verčelyje (Italijoje), Seule (Pietų Korėjoje), Halmstade (Švedijoje), Zalcburge (Austrijoje). Į trienalės parodas buvo atrinkti 838 menininkai iš 65 šalių.
„8-oji Vilniaus tarptautinė dailininko knygos trienalė 2018“ šiais metais jau buvo eksponuota Leipcigo knygų mugėje ir knygos meno festivalyje „Urbino e le Città del Libro“ Urbine, Italijoje. Po parodos Vilniuje, Nacionalinėje bibliotekoje, 2019 metais „8-oji dailininko knygos trienalė“ bus eksponuojama galerijoje „SG“ Venecijoje ir „Museo Leone“ Verčelyje, Italijoje, „Evanston Art Center“ Evanstone ir „Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia“ JAV.
Tarptautinis žiuri pagrindinį prizą skyrė menininkei iš Čilės Magdalenai Cordero Echeverriai.
Nacionalinėje bibliotekoje „dailininko knygos“ bus eksponuojamos kartu su senaisiais bibliotekos dokumentais „Memento Mori“ tema. Tai unikalus projektas, kuriame pirmą kartą pateikiamos senosios spausdintinės ir šiuolaikinės „dailininko knygos“ vienoje ekspozicinėje erdvėje.
„Tarptautinės dailininko knygos trienalės“ periodiškai organizuojamos nuo 1997 metų. Skirtingos ir provokacinės trienalės temos skatina menininkus neapsiriboti individualiais išgyvenimais ir nuotaikomis ir, atmetus „gražios“ knygos sampratą (ir net jos paiešką) kaip snobišką ir komercinę, konceptualiai apmąstyti temą. Knyga kaip slapčiausia menininko fantazija, kaip neparašyta poema ar nesukurtas filmas, knyga-objektas priešpriešinama funkcionaliai, iliustruotai, gražiai įrištai ir ant gero popieriaus atspausdintai knygai. „Dailininko knygose“ nerasime įprasto informatyvaus teksto ir paveikslėlių. Jos pačios savo pavidalu byloja apie menininką ir mus supantį pasaulį. Jos kalba mums keisčiausiomis formomis ir meninėmis priemonėmis, laike ir uždarai atviroje erdvėje.
Šių metų parodos tema – „Memento Mori“ – turėjo paskatinti menininkus susimąstyti ne apie artėjančią mirtį, kuri medžiaginėje plotmėje neišvengiama, bet apie gyvenimą. Apie žmogų, kuris yra nemirtingas, kuriam žemiškas „miegas“ yra tiktai atvertos durys į amžinybę, į amžiną gyvenimą Džiaugsme. Kuriam net sunki mirtis ar prievartinė žūtis, baisiausias teroro aktas gali tapti kankinystės ir šventumo keliu į dangų. Tačiau kiek daug yra tokių, kurie „jau dabar yra mirę“ savo noru, nors ir vaikšto tarp mūsų lyg gyvieji. Tai ko jie dar vis bijo? Ko jie klykia ir verkia, bėga ir skundžiasi dėl aplink juos šmėžuojančios mirties, jeigu jie patys yra mirties vaikai? Nuo ko jie bėga? Nuo nebūties, nes tik šis trumpalaikis gyvenimas jiems yra būtis? O kas gi tokio gąsdinančio nebūtyje, jeigu joje (už jos?) nėra Amžinybės su palaima arba amžina kančia? Juk kiekvienas „gaus tai, kuo tikėjo“. Ar turi prasmę tas bėgimas nuo mirties, jeigu jis laikinai ir įmanomas, prailginant savo egzistenciją viena kita diena, jeigu vis tiek judi į nebūtį nuo pat gimimo akimirkos? Tad nebūkime mirusieji, einantys į tamsų kapą. Būkime šviesos vaikai, laukiantys amžinojo Džiaugsmo.
Projekto partneris: Lietuvos nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka
Pagrindinis projekto rėmėjas – Lietuvos kultūros taryba
Informacinis rėmėjas – http://artistsbook.lt/abc-news/
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8th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018 – Press Release
July 13, 2018 in Artists book, Events, Gallery by Kestutis Vasiliunas
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
“Memento Mori”
Time: 19 July – 23 September 2018
Location: The Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania
Opening of the Exhibition: 19 July at 6 p.m.
Project organizer: Circle “Bokartas“
Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
The “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” is a continuous international educational project. The exhibitions held as part of this project are among the most important “Artist’s Books” exhibitions both in Europe and globally. The Triennial is relevant for both its participants and visitors for several reasons: primarily due to the particularly high level of quality of exhibits and also due to the increasing popularity of the “artist’s book” as an interdisciplinary art which can be pursued by all kinds of artists, students and even children.
The “artist’s book” is an embodiment of an idea on a conceptual and a craft level. The “Artist’s Book Triennial” serves as a bank of ideas for graphic designers, book binders, typographers, conceptual and installation artists, as well as lecturers and students. It is a unique non-commercial project which employs strict criteria for selecting works of art and which receives a lot of attention from artists, museums, galleries and universities. During the 21 year of the triennial history, the artist’s books have been displayed not only in Vilnius but also in Leipzig, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Rheine (Germany), Lille (France), Silkeborg (Denmark), Venice, Vercelli (Italy), Seoul (South Korea), Halmstad (Sweden), and Salzburg (Austria). A total of 838 artists from 65 countries have been selected to participate in the triennial exhibitions.
Earlier this year the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” has already been held in the Leipzig Book Fair and in the book art festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro” in Urbino, Italy. Following the exhibition at the National Library in Vilnius, in 2019, the “8th Artist’s Book Triennial” will be held at the SG Gallery in Venice and the Museo Leone in Vercelli, Italy, at Evanston Art Centre and Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, in the U.S.
The international grand jury panel awarded the Main Prize to the artist Magdalena Cordero Echeverria from Chile.
The artist’s books will be displayed at the National Library alongside the library’s old documents associated with the topic “Memento Mori”. It is a unique project since the old printed books and the modern artist’s books are for the first time presented at the same exhibition space.
International artist’s books triennials have been periodically held since 1997. A variety of thought-provoking topics of these triennials encourage artists to transcend their individual experiences and moods and to reflect on the topic in conceptual terms rejecting the concept of the “beautiful” book (and even the search for it) as arrogant and commercial. A book as the artist’s innermost fantasy, as an unwritten poem or a film never created, a book-object stands in sharp contrast to the functional, illustrated, well-bound book printed on fine paper. We will not find any informative texts or pictures in the artist’s books. They themselves are a reflection of the artist and the surrounding world. They speak to us in strangest forms and means of expression, across time and in a closed yet open space.
This year the exhibition revolves around the topic “Memento Mori”. Rather than delving into reflections about the approaching death which is unavoidable in the material dimension, this topic was expected to encourage artists to reflect on life. On a human being who is immortal and to whom the earthly “sleep” serves as a door to eternity, to the eternal life in Joy. To whom even a torturous death or cruel loss of life or the most horrible terror attack may become a path of martyrdom and holiness leading to heaven. However, there are plenty of those who are already willingly “dead” although they are still walking among the living. So what is it that they are still afraid of? Why are they screaming and crying, running and complaining about the death surrounding them if they themselves are the children of death? What are they running from? Are they running from the nothingness because for them, only this temporary life counts as being? But what is so terrible about nothingness if it there is no Eternity and the blissfulness or suffering in it (beyond it?). After all, everyone will “get what they believed in”. Is running from death meaningful even if this fleeting pursuit can be achieved for a short moment by extending your existence a day or two, knowing that you are still moving towards nothingness from the day you are born? So let us not be the dead headed to a dark grave. Let us be the children of light who are waiting for the eternal Joy.
In Cooperation with: The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Main sponsor of the Project: Lithuanian Council for Culture
Information sponsor: http://artistsbook.lt/abc-news/
Translating to English by: The Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania
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