On February 8 at 7pm, “Artists And Masterpieces Of Illustration: 50 Illustrators Exhibitions 1967/2016” is set to open at the Laboratorio Formentini per l’Editoria in Milan. The exhibition is brought to you through the partnership of Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Mimaster Illustrazione, Officine Buena Vista and Laboratorio Formentini and will be open in Milan from February 8 to March 1st 2017. It will then get back on tour, stopping in Poland and China among the destinations
The exhibition, curated by Paola Vassalli, gave birth to the book published by Corraini Edizioni. The exhibition’s first opening dates back to last year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair, as it celebrated the 50th Illustrators Exhibition. Through its workds on display, the exhibition looks back over the Illustrators Exhibition history that makes Bologna the meeting point for excellence in arts, publishing and illustration
You will have the opportunity to watch live books and drawings by Bruno Munari, Altan, Quentin Blake, Beatrice Alemagna, Eric Carle, Chiara Carrer, Yan Nascimbene and many more.
To the number of artists taking part in it – ten representing each decade – the Bologna Children’s Book Fair has been a springboard for all creatie people to join the international children’s and teen’s illustration community. Among those, Philip Giordano, winner of the 2012 International Award for Illustration, will hold a three-day workshop on illustrated books. (Click here for further info about the workshop: wwwmimasterillustrazione.com)
Philip Giordano is an Italian artist based in Japan. His books get published worldwide, and his works have been awarded many prestigious prizes: New York’ s Society Of Illustrators, White Ravens, Figure Future, Illustrarte.
The inauguration with be attended by Elena Pasoli, Exhibition Manager of Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Paola Vassalli, curator of the exhibition and Philip Giordano, illustrator.
«Fifty years of exhibitions at the Bologna Children's Book Fair! The Art of Illustration has illuminated the dark walls of our souls, often revealing images of great beauty, proving that "literary art" had had its rightful place from Antiquity to the Renaissance through to the chatter of the internet.» Etienne Delessert (Pinter, illustrator and publisher, has influenced Graphic Art worldwide and created some of the most significant picture books of the last fifty years.)