The Great Book of Graphic Arts from the second half of the 20th

The Great Book of Graphic Arts from the second half of the 20th

Title of project: The Great Book of Graphic Arts from the second half of the
20th century
The aims of project:
A collection of the graphic oeuvre of artists from the second half of the 20th century
whose works have been not put into the social circulation.
Presentation of these arts currents which for various reasons had no chance to find
their place in the mainstream of the 20th century arts.
The idea lying behind our actions is to rescue from oblivion works and their authors
who were excluded because of geopolitical reasons, to rescue from oblivion the works which
were unluckily created too early or too late, to prevent what is nowadays often called
“exclusion” and what concerns spatial and time peripheries.
We want to find a place from which the graphic arts of the 21st century came and the
place it heads to because, as some critics say, the graphic arts is now on the edge (Richard
Noyce Printmaking on the Edge).
The main project’s steps:
1. The review and verification of the oeuvre in the field of the graphic arts from the
second half of the 20th century.
2. The selection of iconographic material taking into account:
a) time and spatial peripheries of the graphic arts from the second half of the 20th
century,
b) geopolitical exclusion (East European countries behind the Iron Curtain) and
aesthetic exclusion (the prevailing aesthetic doctrines which made it
impossible for other forms and meanings to be seen, as they were different
from those endorsed by culture and arts centres and their promoters –
gallerymen).
3. Collecting iconographic material to create the Great Book of Graphic Arts from the
Second Half of the 20th century in:
a) an analogue form – screen print of bibliophilic quality with signed graphics of
living artists,
b) a digital form – a publication in the form of a multimedia presentation,
c) the form of a website which will be a discussion forum concerning the future
of graphic arts; it will also present the output of research inquiries concerning
the problems of graphic arts in the second half of the 20th century,
d) an academic work being the result of the collected iconographic material in the
following fields:
• innovative research concerning material and technological issues,
• formal research penetrating the areas on the boundary between
graphic arts and other media.
Partners:
We are looking for partners representing Arts schools, foundations organising periodic
graphic arts exhibitions ect. from countries: Czech Republic, Italy, Germany
Contact:
Elzbieta Michalska
The Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz
64, Rewolucji 1905r., str. 90-222 Lodz, Poland
tel.: +48 42 631 58 32, fax.: +48 42 631 50 32
emial: [email protected], www.projects.pl