International Small Engraving Salon Carbunari 2012

International Small Engraving Salon Carbunari 2012

(The fourteenth edition)

The Rules of the International Small Engraving Salon Carbunari 2012
(The fourteenth edition)
The fourteenth edition of the International Small Engraving Salon is
organized by Mr. Victor Florean, the president of the cultural foundation
of contemporary art "Florean Museum". "Florean Museum" is a
foundation which sustains and finances all forms of contemporary art.
These actions of global culture as definition are not seeking to create or
sustain a certain international movement. They can be defined as an act
of reflection of a creating world. They are those actions which
demonstrate that today's art remains one of the freest mind areas in the
society.
Article 1
The fourteenth edition of the International Small Engraving Salon
Carbunari 2012 is a contest with prizes, and it promotes and sustains the
classic printing techniques of engraving.
The contest is theme free, in order to allow the artists to choose that
specific sector of creation that he or she considers to be most
representative for himself or herself. In order to allow the jury an
objective judgement, each artist will present five works of small
engraving.
The longest side of the engraving will not exceed 17 cm. The
dimension refers to the image.
Serigraphy, photo, drawing, computer-art are not accepted.
On the back of the engravings will be written (legible) in pencil:
• the artist’s name and address;
• the title;
• the technique;
• the dimensions;
• the year.
Each engraving will be signed by the artist on the front side and will
include the classic details: copy, title, signature.
Article 2
The engravings will be sent by mail in proper package. The works,
together with the artists' CV must be sent to the organizers until the 9th of
March 2012 (the postal stamp) at the following address:
MUZEUL FLOREAN
P.O. BOX 1 Of. Postal Of. 9
430510 BAIA MARE
MARAMURES
ROMANIA
The opening of the International Small Engraving Salon 2012 will take
place on the 12th of May 2012, at 12:00 o’clock in the rooms of
FLOREAN MUSEUM
Article 3
The contest has three prizes:
• the first prize in the value of US$ 1,500 (one thousand five
hundred U.S. dollars);
• the second prize in the value of US$ 1,000 (one thousand U.S.
dollars);
• and the third prize consisting in US$ 500 (five hundred U.S.
dollars).
The jury is formed by: PAVEL SUSARA, art critic, president of the jury,
VICTOR FLOREAN, the president of Florean Museum, MIRCEA
BOCHIS, painter, sculptor and engraver, the curator of the International
Small Engraving Salon Carbunari. Also, the winners of the three prizes
of the International Small Engraving Salon Carbunari 2010 are invited to
take part of the jury for this year's edition of the Salon.
The winning artists of each edition of the Salon are always invited to be
members of the jury for the next edition of the International Small
Engraving Salon Carbunari. This practice has become a tradition of the
salons organized by Florean Museum.
The prizes of the winners of the previous edition of the International
Small Engraving Salon (2010) will be handed by Mr. Victor Florean, the
president of Florean Museum, at the vernisage of the fourteenth edition
of the Salon. The awarded artists of the previous edition of the salon will
have a group exhibition in Baia Mare and they are offered a seven days
trip to Baia Mare.
The organizers reserve the right to give other prizes or awards and to
organize personal exhibitions for the selected artists. For further details,
the organizers will contact each artist separately.
Article 4
All the works sent by the artists will be published on Internet, to the site
of FLOREAN MUSEUM: www.cmc.ro. The organizing committee has
chosen to publish the exhibition on Internet so that the access to be
worldwide.
The fourteenth edition of the International Small Engraving Salon will be
on internet for ever. The exhibition can be visited at http://www.cmc.ro.
The organizers reserve the right to edit a compact disc and a catalogue
with the exhibition of the International Small Engraving Salon 2012.
Article 5
The international Small Engraving Salon Carbunari 2012 will be
exposed in the most important centres from Romania and abroad.
The works sent by the artists to the Salon will complete Florean
Museum's collection of contemporary art, which is conceived as an open
workshop for the study of the contemporary engraving in the world.
The basic conception of Florean Museum is the two ways of
communication: from the museum to the artist and from the artist to the
museum.
The works sent by the artists become the property of the Florean
Museum. These works will constitute the base for continuing the artistic
dialogue through organizing group exhibitions according to artistic
affinities. Each exhibition organized will be presented on Internet at the
specified address.
Article 6
The organizers reserve the right to make reproductions of the works in
order to edit the publications of the Salon or in any other purpose.
The artists who participate must accept all the conditions of the Rules of
the International Small Engraving Salon Carbunari 2012. The engravings
send by the artists for the participation at the International Small
Engraving Salon constitutes the acceptance of the conditions stipulated
in the present Rules. For further information, please contact the curator
of the exhibition:
e-mail: mirceabochis@adslexpress.ro
MIRCEA BOCHIS

Curator of the International Small Engraving Salon Carbunari
http://muzeulflorean.mm.ro/florean_museum/index.php