Today in the Manege opens salon prints. Presented by artists from St. Petersburg, Moscow, France, Italy and Sweden

From May 28 to June 6 in Manege "(St. Petersburg, St. Isaac's Square., 1) will be held salon prints" Amateur Prints ».

This is a subtle and technically complex art has a long history. As the most traditional and at the same time the most democratic art form, print does not lose its relevance and in every age finds a new application. This printed graphics completely affordable kind of fine art.

Salon is held for the fourth time this year represents artists from St. Petersburg, Moscow, France, Italy and Sweden.

project started in 2006. The organizers set themselves the task to present the work schedules of the highest artistic level. Following tradition, the "Amateur Prints - 2010" consists of several sections: works from private collections, author projects Masters prints and participating organizations. The exhibition shows how prints made in classic printing technique and artistic experiments - works created with the latest technology.

All projects will present members of St. Petersburg: gallery-project "Neva Tower, etching workshop "Art-Craft", St. Petersburg studio prints, studio hand print B & F. Among the 80 participants salon - such famous names Petersburg as W. Zvontsov, B. Wilner, B. Brodsky, A. Zinshteyn, AB Zabirohin , M. Karasik , and many others.

This year's Salon will scale works of masters of European school schedules. Artists from Italy (Florence Center graphic culture Il Bisonte), Sweden (Swedish Association of engravers, founded in 1910) and France (Association of cultural programs in the field of contemporary art) St Petersburg demonstrate their prints. An interesting collection of old Bohemian prints will present the Moscow House Charts behalf DA Rovinsky. Italian gallery PETINA 'will put on the inside of the famous artists from Italy, Germany and Spain, including prints by Salvador Dali, Kurt Mayr Mengen and Salvatore Fiume. Petersburg Gallery Vadim Zverev also shows Italian collection - prints by Giovanni Volpato and Luigi Fabri. Among the best engravers of Italy Volpato, together with his pupil Fabry participated in creating the magnificent edition of prints from all works of Raphael, located in the Vatican. Individual sheets of this edition and will be displayed in the exhibition.

This year the exhibit will lithography Militsa Sergeyevna Charnyetski creativity which was formed under the influence of the famous masters of the Petersburg school Vedernikov and Lapshin . The artist rightfully occupies a worthy place in the history of domestic schedules XX century.

In Show "Amateur Prints" on the second floor of the Manege, an exhibition of book graphics from the collection of publisher "Vita Nova", dedicated to 10-year anniversary of the publishing house. The exhibition - more than 500 works 55 leading contemporary artists: Mikhail Shemyakin , Alexander Florenski, Michael Gavrichkova, Yuri Lukshina , Sergei Alimov, Edward Kochergina. A wide range of artistic techniques in the books publisher: lithography Boris Zabirohina (winner of the prestigious international award - "Golden Apple" International Biennale of Illustrations Bratislava), etchings by Yuri Vashchenko recognized in Britain, one of the best illustrations for Carroll, monotype Valery Babanov, overglaze painting porcelain art director of the Imperial Porcelain Factory Sergei Rusakov, Powder Technology (ground coffee, glass, photo), laureate of the Man Book Svetlana Filippova and many other graphic methods.

May 28, the opening day, will start an interactive project Felix Volosenkova and Yuri Shtapakov. Within eight hours of artists with audience participation will create a portrait of the inventor of printing by Johann Gutenberg - on a large canvas 8 x 6 meters will be done a portrait, made up of separate parts. May 29, this portrait will be placed under the arches Antechamber Manege.

The weekend also includes master classes for children and adults, where visitors can try their hand as a printer and learned the power of color and black and white monotype, dry point and open press.

May 30 St. Petersburg artist Mikhail Karasik will lecture in book art. Yesterday and today ».

Interactive Graphic Program IV Salon Amateur Prints» :

28 May
16:00 - opening of the salon "Amateur prints and exhibition book graphics" Vita Nova ", an interactive project" Guttenberg - XXI »;

May 29
14:00-18:00 - Master Class Yuri Shtapakov on b /monotyping;
16:00-19:00 - Home Printing Workshop;

May 30
14:00-18:00 - master class of George Shtapakov on color monotyping;
16:00 - lecture by Mikhail Karasik "Book artist. Yesterday and today »;

June 5
14:00-18:00 - Master Class Yuri Shtapakov" Drypoint »;
16:00-19:00 - Home Printing Workshop;

June 6
14:00-18:00 - master class of George Shtapakov to color open press.

Source: be-in.ru