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The VI International Biennial of Contemporary Graphic Art in Novosibirsk
Dates and duration: 11 September – 15 November 2009
Venue: the Novosibirsk State Art Museum.
Opening: at 15:00 on the 11th September, 2009.
Organizers of the project are the Culture Department of the Novosibirsk Region and the Novosibirsk State Art Museum (NSAM).
The Organizing Committee, conducting the preparation of the Biennial consists of
Segrey Dubrovin – Director of the museum (NSAM),
Olga Shabalina – Coordinator of the Biennial (NSAM),
Andrey Martinov – Curator-consultant of the Biennial,
Vladimir Nazansky - Curator-consultant of the Biennial,
Svetlana Golikov, Nataliya Diundick, Sergey Tihanov – Members of the Biennial Organizing Committee (NSAM).
The
Organizing Committee of the Biennial carries out the preparation of the
festival in close connection with curators, representing different
rejoins of Russia as well as other countries participating in the
event.
The Biennial will consists of curators’ projects,
formed on national or regional principles; free competition and some
art events besides the main competition.
A contest program
will be formed from the free competition works, chosen in a two-stage
selection, and from projects prepared by curators from other rejoins
and countries.
An out-of-competition program will consists of
an exhibition of artwork by the previous Biennial’s winners and also of
some twentieth century artists’ graphic works, presented as curators’
projects.
The works, chosen according to the two-stage selection, will be exhibited in the exhibition halls of the museum.
A
specially invited independent international Jury will evaluate selected
works and nominate winners in the following Categories:
• Original Graphics: drawing, water-color, gouache, pastel, Indian ink, charcoal, tempera on paper, acryl on paper, etc.
•
Traditional Technologies of Printed Graphics: engraving, etching,
dry-point, mezzo-tinto, aquatint, xylograph, lithography, dotted line,
linography, etc.
• New Technologies of Printed Graphics: serigraphy, digital print, computer print, etc.
The members of the Jury are:
Lynne Allen, USA
Leonid Bazanov, Russia
Sue Gollifer, Great Britain
David_ Kidd, Canada
Seung Yeon Kim, Korea
The winner in each Category will receive a Prize and a 1000 Euro Bonus.
The Grand Prize of the Biennial is 2000 Euro.
The works awarded by the Grand Prize and Prizes will remain in the collection of the Novosibirsk State Art Museum.
In
addition, Diplomas of Honor for “Originality of Creative Conception”
and for “Plastic Expressiveness” as well as the “Prize of Spectators’
Sympathies” will be awarded.
The Grand Prize Laureate will
receive the right for his/her personal exhibition in the
out-of-competition program of the VII Biennial.
The Laureates of the VI Biennial can participate in the VII Biennial without any payment.
Conditions of Participation in the Biennial
Graphic
works have to be owned by the participants and made during the years
2007 – 2009. They should be selected by the curators in the artists’
own countries or sent directly by the artists and selected by the Art
Council in Novosibirsk (the list of curators’ names will be published
on the Biennial website
http://nsartmuseum. ru/).
The
preferable formats of works are defined by the following frame sizes:
70_90, 60_80, 40_60, 80_100 cm. The minimum size is 30_40 cm.
The process of works selection for the Biennial consists of two stages:
Stage 1:
CD-ROMs
with images of the works in digital form (T1FF 300 dpi, CMYK, 18 cm on
the long side) or photographs (not less than 10x15 cm) have to be sent
to the Organizing Committee of the Biennial before 30 April 2009.
In
addition, Resume of the artist and Description of the works (title,
year of creation, dimensions, technique, sender’s address, telephone
number and fax, E-mail address) have to be provided.
Titles of the works must correspond to the titles of the files.
The
number of the offered images cannot exceed six. Diptych and triptych in
this case will be considered as two works and three works.
Address: Russia, 630007, Novosibirsk, Krasnyi Prospect 5,
the Novosibirsk State Art Museum, the Biennial Organizing Committee.
Please, notice that all sent materials (CD or photographs) are not given back.
Not
more than three works from the presented works will be selected by the
Art Council of the Biennial for participation in the exhibition.
Artists, whose works are accepted, will receive personal invitations for participation in the Biennial before 15 May 2009.
The full list of the participants will be published on the website
http://nsartmuseum. ru/.
Stage 2:
Artists,
whose works are selected for participation, will be invited to transfer
the money payment (1700 rubles for the Russian Federation citizens or
50 Euro for foreign participants) before 15 May 2009 and to send the
works at the artists’ own expense to the above address before 30 June
2009.
Banking information for payment will be sent to the participants and published on the website.
The
works are to be sent without mounting. Name of the artist, full title,
year of creation, dimensions and techniques have to be written on the
other side of every work in accordance with the provided example.
Small size works (up to 60 x 40 cm) should be sent in a flat strict envelope, works of a larger size – in a barrel.
Please, notice that Organizers of the Biennial are not responsible for any damage of the works during their transportation.
One artist cannot be represented by more than three works in the exposition and one work in the catalog.
The artists invited for participation in the Biennial will receive the catalog free of charge.
If the Biennial does not take place, all the payments will be given back to the artists.
In special cases the Organizing Committee can change the conditions of participation in the Biennial.
Giving the works back to the participants will be carried out by the Organizing Committee in 2009 – 2010.
Venue: The Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia
Address: 630007, Russia, Novosibirsk, Krasnyi Prospect 5, The Novosibirsk State Art Museum.
Website:
http://nsartmuseum. ruContacts of the Organizing Committee Members:
Mr. Sergey M. Dubrovin – Director of The Novosibirsk State Art Museum;
Tel: 007 383 2229419
Fax: 007 383 2222267
Ms. Olga Shabalina – Coordinator of the Biennial;
Tel: 007 383 2233516,
Email: olga.shaballina@mail.ru
Mr. Andrey Martinov – Curator-consultant of the Biennial;
Email:martynov_andrey@inbox.ru
Mr. Vladimir Nazansky - Curator-consultant of the Biennial ;
Email:nkg99@ngs.ru
Ms. Svetlana Golikova – Member of the Organizing Committee;
Tel: 007 383 2236315
Ms. Nataly Diundick - Member of the Organizing Committee;
Tel: 007 383 2235331
Email: fineartmuseum@yandex.ru
Mr. Sergey Tihanov - Member of the Organizing Committee;
Tel: 007 383 2234225
Email:novosibirskartmuseum@yandex.ru