IEEB 4 CONCEPT:

IEEB presents a useful reflection on the current situation of graphic arts with an accent on experiment in the image multiplying techniques and also on the innovation of graphic expression and its place in contemporary times.

Following the process of the previous editions, IEEB will present works of serial art made by mechanical, digital reproduction, classic but re-contextualized printing techniques, computer based technologies, video interventions linked to the printing process, printed objects, book objects, installations or video actions/performances of new ways of printing, multiplying, deteriorating or modifying images.

Seriality and reproducibility are key notions.

Woodcut, metal printing techniques, linocut, serigraphy and so on will receive a special attention only when connected to a conceptual, experimental discourse, with substance and ideas.

We promote and sustain the experiment in printmaking, new printing solutions and techniques, the dialogue with the three-dimensional or with the creation of objects through printmaking techniques, serial works, installations with the use of engraving and/or engraved objects. Combinatory techniques, unconventional supports, objects and ready-mades with print interventions, engraving collages, digital prints and other possible printing methods, approaching engraving three-dimensionally, process video-recordings form concept to printed result are all encouraged.

OBJECTIVES:

To experiment where there seemed to be nothing more to develop / To encourage printing and multiplying processes / To innovate / To promote contemporary printmaking / To expand the
circle of contemporary art public / To think in perspective / To have no boundaries in creation /
To dialogue / To support the substance of contemporary artistic discourse.

PERIOD:
November 20th, 2010 – January 30th, 2011

CURATORS:

The 4th edition of the Biennial has the privilege of welcoming two important curators, from Austria and Poland, Eva Moseneder and Marta Raczek, responsable with the selection of artists, taking into account the relation between technique and concept, tradition and innovation with the accent on experiment.
Eva Möseneder is an important name in the field of engraving, an artist and remarkable technician coming from the well-known medium of the city of Salzburg, concentrated around the printmaking studio TraklHouse. Marta Raczek is vice-president of the International Printmaking Triennial in Krakow, active curator and art historian, interested in the problematic of contemporary art theories and practices. This curatorial formula is actually based on this particular relation between tradition and experiment, both curators having different experiences and connections to the field of printmaking, but whose interests meet the unifying concept of the Biennial focused on promoting the contemporary dimension of engraving.
For the parallel exhibition Romanian Printmaking Experiment from the ‘80s, the Romanian curator Adrian Guta, important art critic and historian, took the challenge of selecting relevant Romanian artists, active in the 80s, who included in their works experimental printmaking solutions. This exhibition has the purpose of recovering and encouraging the Romanian experiment in graphic art, and also making it better known to the local and international public.

SPACES:

The "Brancovan Palaces" Cultural Center, Mogosoaia

Atelier 030202 – contemporary art space

Anaid Art Gallery

TEAM:

Ciprian Ciuclea - Biennial Director ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Olivia Nitis - Consultant Curator ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Cosmina Tanase – Public Relations Consultant
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Nicoleta Apostol - Project Assistant (volunteer) ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

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