The opening of "Faces of Africa - International Mail Art Project and Digital" took place August 28 at Villa Maria in Quiliano (Savona), and remained open until the end of September.
Leafing through the catalog, I've received in recent days, showed the keen interest which had artists working in the field of mail art participating in the project "Faces of Africa" \u200b\u200bto support the draft international health cooperation, "Mama you ngo" ( "Pregnant Woman" speaking sangha), consisting of - thanks to the Association Onlus "Savona in the heart of Africa" \u200b\u200b- in action in support of motherhood Central African Republic.
"Faces of Africa - International Mail Art Project and Digital" , was an initiative organized by the Art SACS - S Pazio A rt C ontemporanea S perimentale of Quiliano, in collaboration with the cooperation of the Province of Savona. Of this we have already mentioned in a post published previously.
The catalog, as I said, edited by Cristina Sosio and Renato Cerisola collects, in addition to several reviews, all images of works by artists who participated in the important project. The work of
Mail Art were received from:
Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, South Korea, Croatia, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, England , Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Uruguay, USA.
The work I am presenting - front and back - 18 x 12 cm
The works of Digital Art were received from:
Australia, Benin, Belarus, Brazil, Cuba, Finland, Germany, Greece, England, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Hungary, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Work of Art Video have come only from ' Italy.
So far participation of 315 artists worldwide for a total of 341 works.
"The show promotes Quiliano operation of high humanitarian - as stated Cecilia Chilosi , art historian, in his presentation effective - that combines well with the spirit of mail art, nevertheless, I like to imagine that through art we can make Postal an inverse operation in which Africa is the sender and the recipient we made not for Africa, but Africa, where the last to be able to choose the message to communicate because the eyes of Africa is once again ours, but his own eyes. "
The works can be enjoyed even in a traveling exhibition with related events of various kinds, at the following sites:
- Municipality of Altar November 2010;
- Exhibition Hall of the Province of Savona in December 2010;
- City of Vado Ligure January 2011;
- City of Spotorno March 2011;
- City of Noli May 2011;
- City of Bergeggi June 2011.
Ninni Uploaded - 18/10/2010
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