European International Book Art Biennale 2010<http://www.eibab.blogspot.com/www.dfewa.eu> European International Book Art Biennale I edition Romania August- September 2010
"We live in the 21st century, the century of technology, of computers and mass media, all of which are separating us and our children from the written word. In a few years, if this direction of our civilized world continues, books will disappear." Dorothea Fleiss The European International Book Art Biennale has been promoting and encouraging any unconventional attitudes about books. It deals with book-objects, book-installations, one-offs, author's books, artist's books, writer's books, experimental and limited editions, fine press books, etc. The core of the project is an exhibition composed of works selected in a competition and made by the artists invited by the organisers. After the premiere (which usually took place in Satu- Mare Art Museum) the exhibition is shown in many prestigious venues (art galleries and libraries) throughout Romania and abroad. Carefully and unconventionally designed catalogues containing colour pictures of exhibited items, artists' short biographies and opinions about their work, various essays and reviews, a lot of pieces of useful information valuable both for ordinary book lovers and those ones professionally dealing with books, are very important for promoting the idea of book art. The exhibition of the European International Book Art Biennale will take place in August 2010 at Museum of Art Satu- Mare Romania. Organisers of the festival: D. Fleiss & East West Artists e. V. Stuttgart, Museum of Art Satu- Mare, In cooperation with: Book Art Museum in Łódź, El NAFEZA , Cairo, Egypt,Polish Artist Union Book Art Section, Interart, Romania, HUNGARIAN ARTISTS SOCIETY OF BOOKS AS ART OBJECTS (HASBAO) Author and Curator of the European International BOOK ART BIENNALE: Dorothea Fleiss email: [email protected] Art Council and Organising Committee: Mary Shermann, USA, Viyé Diba, Senegal, Alicja Słowikowska , Jadwiga Tryzno, Janusz Tryzno, Radosław Nowakowski, Poland, Mohhamed Abdoulnaga, Egypt, Pataki Tibor, Hungary, Marisa Cortese, Italy *More details can be found at our website: http://www.dfewa.eu/ http://www.eibab.blogspot.com/*
