concursos, exposições, curiosidades... sobre arte
escolhidos por MARIA PINTO
(Maria Regina Pinto Pereira)

http://maregina-arte.blogspot.com/

sábado, 2 de julho de 2011

a meiji-era treasure


A MEIJI-ERA TREASURE TROVE ...

One day in the summer of 2010, I got a call from friend Shingo Ueda, who has been working in recent years as a dealer of used books and prints. (He is also a proficient printer himself, but doesn't find much time for that activity recently, as his business activities have expanded so much.) The phone call was to let me know about something he had just purchased at an auction. This wasn't a public auction such as eBay or Yahoo, but one open only to professional dealers in the field. He was quite excited about what he had picked up, and thought that I would be interested. He was right.
It wasn't an old book, or a special woodblock print. The 'item' he had purchased was a bulk lot of old carved woodblocks. As far as he could tell, they seemed to date from the mid-late Meiji period. The blocks were arranged in shallow tray-like boxes, and there were a lot of them - more than 30 trays, each containing a couple of dozen blocks.
I went over to his place to have a look, and we studied them together. They are mostly of the type that would have been used in book and magazine publishing. Many of them have written notations on the back or side that indicate which magazine they were used in - and many of the most popular magazines of the day seem to be represented. These blocks are too small to have been used for the kuchi-e prints which were inserted in such magazines, but would instead have been used within page layouts. Many of them are 'type-high', and also are cut in irregular shapes, indicating that they were used (and adapted) to fit on a page together with the text type.
The quality of the carving varies greatly; some are as finely carved as the best kuchi-e, others are pretty rough. And as for the content, it is all over the map - far and away the largest group of blocks are clearly illustrations for the story which they must have accompanied, while others are more decorative, including title page designs, and small 'filler' images that must have been used to pad out white space in the magazine pages.
Study of the blocks shows that they were used in a number of different ways. Many of them have been brushed with sumi pigment, indicating that they were printed in the traditional way with a baren. Others have had an oil-based pigment rolled on, and would have presumably been printed in a press, setup together with metal type. Still others show no evidence of being printed at all, but do have traces of a silvery graphite powder. These blocks would have been used to make electrotypes, which would have done the actual production printing.
This collection of blocks is a tremendous resource, and although Ueda-san purchased them with the intention of selling them off, one by one, I convinced him to hold off on that plan, for at least a while. I think this 'collection' should be kept intact, as it provides an excellent window into both the carving techniques, and the printing production methods of that era. Not to mention that they are just so cool! (Although I do admit that this is the viewpoint of a carver ...)
There are far too many blocks here for us to be able to show you them all. As time permits, I'll be printing some of them in batches and posting the results here, but I have to warn you that this is going to be a very long process ...
To start off, here is a sample block, along with an impression pulled from it. Can you tell what the image represents?


Até 1/2 kg, do grupo Aluga-se



Grupo Aluga-se
Abertura: 7 de julho
A FCBadesc abre no dia 7 de julho, às 19h, a exposição Até 1/2 kg, do grupo Aluga-se, de São Paulo.
A exposição estará aberta ao público até dia 15 de setembro de 2011.

Ao todo, 71 participantes irão expor seus trabalhos. O projeto propõe criar uma mostra que remeta à idéia de uma coleção. Cada artista envia sua obra em um envelope de Sedex com até meio kilo que também deve conter um manual de instruções e um kit de montagem.

Os integrantes do Aluga-se realizam encontros semanais em um estúdio para discutir seus projetos, que visam a itinerância e a interação com artistas locais. Os envelopes também serão expostos e após o encerramento da exposição devem ser devolvidos. Eles são parte dos documentos que comprovam a itinerância do grupo, que pretende construir uma cartografia dos lugares por onde as obras viajam.

A idéia é ocupar inteiramente as paredes do Espaço Fernando Beck, criando uma reunião de objetos. Assim, os organizadores têm total autonomia na disposição das obras, levando em consideração o pensamento de acúmulo, variedade e diversidade.

Postcard Art Competition & Exhibition (PACE 2011)


Postcard Art Competition & Exhibition (PACE 2011)

This biennial juried exhibition celebrates the postcard as art and as visual document. The 2011competition is now accepting entries. Download the prospectus. Entries are due on July 11, 2011.

The Postcard Art Exhibition will be on display at the Lake County Discovery Museum in the fall of 2011. The exhibition showcases 36 finalists. The top 12 award winners each receive a cash award and printed copies of the postcard made from their design. Twenty-four merit award winners are also included in the exhibition.

The PACE 2011 is supported by media sponsor, The Daily Herald.

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About the Jurors
Doug Travis is a prolific artist living and working in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended Herron School of Art, Columbia College Chicago and UNLV. He has lectured and conducted workshops in letterpress and bookbinding, and worked as a photographer for the state of Indiana. One of his primary studies of work is creating original postcards. He has won numerous awards for his work, including awards from past PACE exhibitions.


Ron Testa has been making photographs since 1962. He holds a BFA and MFA in photography and he has served as a photographer for the Cleveland Museum of Art, U.S. Navy and Field Museum. In addition, he has taught photography around the country, and his photos have been shown in national and international exhibitions and published in many books and magazines. His work is represented in the permanent collections of a number of high profile museums, including The Museum of Modern Art in New York.

About the Curt Teich Postcard Archives
The Curt Teich Postcard Archives is the nation’s most significant publicly-held collection of postcards and related materials. The collection is held by the Lake County Discovery Museum, Wauconda, Illinois.

“Fauna Marinha: Águas-Vivas, Lulas, Polvos, Estrelas-do-Mar”


A Associação Brasileira de Artistas Plásticos de Colagem – ABAPC,

o Museu Brasileiro de Escultura – MuBE e

os Correios

convidam para

o lançamento do selo
Fauna Marinha: Águas-Vivas, Lulas, Polvos, Estrelas-do-Mar

e

a abertura da instalação coletiva

Símbolos

Artistas:
Ana Geraldes, Anapana, Angela Stefanelli, Art Jahba, Bia Black, Celestino Morari, Chris Flaksbaum, Cristina André, Dinah Ribeiro, Ema Vieytes, Emerson Bianchin, Eugenio Yokoyama, Fernando Durão, Gabi Neves, Heliana Turchino, Heloisa Zanaga, Hui Yuan Io Feng, Iná Uehara, Ivan Mariotti, Kimico Tomikawa, Laura Carpigiani, Laura Sakiko, Ligia de Sá, Luis Castañon, Luiz Cavalli, Manoel Fonseca, Marcelo Correia, Maria Eloisa Monteiro, Maria Ines Vanz, Marina Prado, Marinês Takano, Mary Rondas, Nanci Marconi, Nicole Urbanus, Oneida Ono, Patricia Cicarelli, Ramon Tavares, Regina Franco, Sebastiana Otaviano, Silvana Gualda, Solange F. Correia, Telma Ramos, Terezinha Casale

Esculturores: Cássio Glen Hamilthon, Luis Bayón Torres, Margarita Farré, Milton Mota, Nino Millán, Paulino Lazur, Rogério Cyrillo

Curadoria do Projeto: Luís Bayón Torres
Coordenação: Matheus Hass
Curadoria do evento: Robert Richard
Produção: Arquivo ABAPC

Abertura e lançamento: 2 de julho de 2011, 9h às 11h
Visitação: 4 a 30 de julho de 2011, segunda-feira a sexta-feira, 9h às 17h 
Local: Prédio Histórico dos Correios
Endereço: Av. São João, s/n – Mezanino – Vale do Anhangabaú – São Paulo

1ER MINIPRINT OM GRAN PREMIO KOLAR


ORIGINAL MULTIPLE Arte Grabado, única galería de arte dedicada exclusivamente a exhibir y comercializar obras originales de Grabado y Arte Impreso en Argentina, invita a todas/os las/os artistas de América Latina a participar de la primer edición del concurso MINIPRINT OM –Gran Premio Kolar- 2011, otorgado por Prensas Kolar Argentina, a realizarse en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires en el mes de Octubre.
MISIÓN
1-Incentivar la comercialización de obras originales de grabado y arte impreso en el mercado del arte local e internacional.
2-Reflejar y difundir la diversidad cultural de América Latina.
3-Promover y estimular el desarrollo de artistas latinomericanos.
4-Propiciar el intercambio local, nacional e internacional entre agentes culturales del área pública y privada.
Descargar  Reglamento AQUI (NOTA, el reglamento subido inicialmente llamado “MiniprintOM2011″ tiene un error en el Nro de cuenta para depositar (nro de cuenta es 182/311190/2), el archivo correcto es ” 1MiniprintOM2011″ . Disculpe las molestias ocasionadas.

Diálogos: um olhar sobre a Escola de Xilografia do Horto


Diálogos:
um olhar sobre a Escola de xilografia do Horto

exposição de xilogravuras 

Abertura dia 10 de julho às 10h 
Exposição de 12 de julho a 21 de agosto de 2011



Museu Florestal Octavio Vecchi

Rua do Horto, 931 - Horto Florestal - São Paulo - SP – Brasil

Tel.: 11 - 2231 8555 - Ramais 2063 e 2053



Terça à Sexta das 9h às 12h e das 13h30 às 16h30 e

Domingo das 10h às 15h30,

por cuidados técnicos em dias chuvosos o Museu não abre.




Estarão expostas estampas produzidas a partir de 417 matrizes 
do acervo do Museu Florestal Octavio Vecchi e 
um diálogo dessas matrizes da década de 40 com 15 artistas

ARTISTAS PARTICIPANTES
André de Miranda
Cleber Alexsander
Cleiri Cardoso
Florian Foerster
Francisco Maringelli
Georgina Torres
Gilberto Tomé
Luciano Ogura
Maria Pinto
Maura de Andrade
Márcio Pannunzio
Miriam Zegrer
Sérgio Antunes Kal
Ulysses Bôscolo
Yili Rojas

Idealização e coordenação
Maria Pinto e Maura de Andrade

Curadoria
Maria Pinto,
Maura de Andrade e
Roselaine Barros Machado

Textos Assinados

Claudio Mubarac e

Marco Buti.



Impressão das matrizes

 da Escola de Xilografia do Horto

Maria Pinto e Maura de Andrade
  
Comentário Gráfico
Evandro Carlos Jardim


design gráfico do livro
Gilberto Tomé
Fonte Design

design gráfico do Convite
e cartaz da entrada
Sérgio Antunes Kal
Sapien Design

Agradecimento à equipe do
Museu Florestal Octavio Vecchi

Diretor do Instituto Florestal
Rodrigo Antonio Braga Moraes Victor

Diretora do SCTC
Priscila Weingartner

Equipe do Museu Florestal

Chefe do Museu
Roselaine Barros Machado

Robinson Dias da Silva
Manoel Pereira dos Santos
Naiany Christini Marins Ribeiro de Moraes
Karine Conti de Souza
Fabianne Gomes Miranda
Janaina Ap.Teles dos Santos
Bruno de Morais Almoinha
Luan Barbosa de Almeida
Marta Gabriel Prado
Josefa Batista de Moura

mais informações visite o blog do projeto
  
convite
arte - Sapien Design
fotografia - Karime Rubez
xilogravura - Maura de Andrade



quinta-feira, 30 de junho de 2011

Exposicoes Suzana Azevedo e Projeto Mata Vida no Museu Murillo La Greca



Vinde, vinde
Moços e velhos
Vinde todos, apreciar
Como isso é bom,
Como isso é belo.
Como isso é bom,
É bom demais.

Olhai, olhai,
Admirai
Como isso é bom,
É bom demais.

Venham todos ver a beleza dessas gravuras e artefatos que estarao expostos 
no Museu Murillo La Greca, de 03 a 31 de julho!!!