FabrianoInAcquarello 2018

429 Pages·2017·28.68 MB·Italian

After graduating at the Liceo Artistico, he woked for some years for the pottery company
Aurelio Pedrazzini
Richard Ginori, directing the department of ceramic decoration. From 1960, he pursued
Milan July 29th, 1927 / September 30th, 2017
his activity as a freelance professionist in the field of ceramic decoration. In the meanwhile
he studied oil painting and started his artistic carrier with his wife Anna Pavesi who also
become watercolor Master artist.
In 1966 Aurelio and Anna organized their first painting exhibition at the Centro Culturale
Artistico di Milano, the first of a long list in Italy and abroad.
In 1974, Aurelio Pedrazzini was in the group of Italian watercolorist who founded the
Associazione Italiana Acquarellisti (AIA).
He participated as a founder member to various international congresses of watercolor
painting associations in many countries: Denmark, Finland, Belgium, Iceland and
Sweeden, than in Bilbao and Lilancà in Spain, Dallas in Texas, in the Water Museum of
Saint Petersburg in Russia, in the Museo Nacional de la Acuarela in Messico. He remained
onorary member of AIA Association until 2017.
In 1975 he was asked by the Naradowe Museun of Cracovia in Poland for an oil painting
and a watercolor painting by his wife – these works are located in permanency at the aisle
dedicated to foreign art.
From 1987 up to 1998, upon request of the Municipality of Milan, he taught drawing and
oil painting in the lecture rooms of the subway Lambrate. After his wife’s death in 1995,
he dedicated himself entirely to improve his watercolor technique while maintaining his
activity as a teacher at the Center “Fai da te” in Milano and in the head office of CRAL in
Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele in Milan Municipality.
From 1995 up to 1999 he made a series of didactic books titled “Becoming Artists”
describing various painting techniques: oil, watercolor, acrylic and pastel. These books
were published by Fabbri Editori and are still distributed in art color stores.
From 2003 up to 2009, he held courses in watercolor and drawing and oil at the Cultural
Center “Accademia del tempo libero” at the Istituto Gonzaga in Milan.
In 2010 he was invited in Fabriano at first edition of “Marche d’Acqua” and
“FabrianoInAcquarello”, there he started a friendly deep relation with the Fabriano
art community and contributed with much effort to grow watercolor local and
international culture.
In 2011 he was invited by the City of Fabriano to present a watercolor solo exhibit in the
“Museo della carta e della filigrana di Fabriano”.
In 2014 FabrianoInAcquarello edition Aurelio presented “Tinte Unite” the book on Aurelio
Pedrazzini and Anna Pavesi professional artistic biography.
Aurelio Pedrazzini with a sweet but strong personality, a firm consideration for traditional
watercolor technique on paper and a deep respect for any Art development and any Artist
in the world, was for Fabriano major referent point. FabrianoInAcquarello 2018 is therefore
dedicated to his Art and friendship, in the hope that the many Artists who met him in past
edition will join Fabriano and Aurelio’s family in the effort to tribute him the greeting he
deserves.
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A volte abbiamo bisogno di vedere la nostra città con gli occhi di uno Sometimes we need to see our city through the eyes of a “ foreigner”.
“straniero”. Ne abbiamo bisogno perché troppo spesso la diamo per scontata We need it because too often we take it as a obvious commonplace and
e non ci accorgiamo di vivere in una città unica al mondo. Durante i giorni we do not realize we live in a city that is unique in the world. During the
di FabrianoInAcquarello abbiamo la possibilità unica di poter vedere i FabrianoInAcquarello dates we have the single possibility to see the
nostri monumenti, i nostri scorci, le cose che quotidianamente guardiamo architectures, the views and all the usual places we watch every day passing by
distrattamente passando senza vederle realmente, attraverso i colpi di pennello without really seeing them, through the brush strokes done by the international
di artisti provenienti da tutto il mondo. artists coming from all over the world.
Per alcuni giorni il centro di Fabriano rallenta i suoi ritmi e possiamo tuffarci For a few days the Fabriano town center slows down its rhythms and we can
tra i colori degli acquarellisti che hanno eletto, di fatto, Fabriano la capitale dive into the artists colors who have elected, in fact, Fabriano the world capital
mondiale dell’acquarello. Sono giorni nei quali l’arte si respira visitando le of watercolor. Durino these days art can be breathed by visiting the exhibitions
esposizioni o semplicemente camminando per il centro storico. Un foglio di or even by walking through the historic town center. A sheet of paper on an
carta su un cavalletto o su un appoggio di fortuna, un pennello e una tavolozza easel or lied on a random shelf, a brush, a color palette, this is all that is needed
di colori, sono tutto ciò che occorre per annullare differenze di cultura e to cancel differences in culture and in geographical location of any artist, it is a
provenienza degli artisti che lanciano così un segnale forte e chiaro: l’arte è in strong and clear sign: art is able to represent the universal language and to unite
grado di rappresentare un linguaggio universale e di unire i popoli. peoples.
A noi il compito di accogliere gli artisti nel migliore dei modi per farli We are responsible for welcoming the artists in the best possible way to
sentire, anche a Fabriano, cittadini del mondo. make them feel, in Fabriano, citizens of the world.
Gabriele Santarelli Gabriele Santarelli
Sindaco di Fabriano Mayor of Fabriano
with: with:
Ilaria Venanzoni Ilaria Venanzoni
Assessore al Turismo e Cultura Tourism and Culture head Concillor
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Technical support of
with
Mecella Luigi
Mastro cartaio
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2018 nineth edition of FabrianoInAcquarello
close a long journey with the intent to open a new frontier
“FabrianoInAcquarello” is the Watercolour International Convention held in That time our goal was to join in the event the world communities, still we found
Fabriano, the italian city in Marche Region, that gave birth to European paper in 1276. the job was even more complicated because in the many incredible great countries, the
The convention was starter in 2010, when the first edition was organized with an communities were divided in millions small groups sorrounded by solitary artists and the
elite of italiani artists. FabrianoInAcquarello has then grown exponentially to became job was not just a matter of organizing a welcome for different cultures.
international meeting point of watermedia painting on paper and focus place of
comparative competences for more than 70 international art communities. To be coherent with our philosophy we tried our best to make a more open
aggregation than any other watercolor meeting had precedently had.
FabrianoInAcquarello was born in conjunction and to support the “Marche d’Acqua In the years we understood our convention was becaming the base for development
Prize” held in Fabriano every two years, the meeting is however organized with the format of a wide community. Again we felt the community we would recognize in should have
of a no-compeitive annual international convention with a range of collateral and been founded on reciprocity, on positive moods, it should have had a character of not
preparatory events that take place during the whole year in the city of Fabriano as well competitive behavior. We wished a community able of professional attitudes, respect,
as in many other cities of the world. able of learning from tradition, from past experience and from differences – but most of
all we wished a community able to built a future.
FabrianoInAcquarello involves an international artistic community and is intended The journey was long and a longer road we still have to face to brake the many
to be an appointment to meet artists, collectors, professionals, students, the public hamper constituted by bureaucracy and business matters - these actually constitute the
and those people interested in watermedia painting, without any difference. barrear against the real passion for painting and they inhibit the free high intellects that is
It has therefore became in the years an event that is an annual opportunity for necesssary to persuit Art.
discussion and motivation to learn water paint technique and creativity. The intent is to
offer every year a program of performances and artistic relationship work-times where This year in the catalogue we present 1.438 watercolorist - they only are a little
the artists are encouraged to cooperate, or to observe each other’s skills, in the shared part over the big number we have met and that we follow by the social networks. Our
activities. FabrianoInAcquarello pursues also individual artistic enhancement of the Community has its – less or more - solid fondation constituted by the Masters, the past
major international Masters, by recognizing the value of each Artist in his personal style and actual Leaders, the country representatives and by the many cultural differences that
and in the relation to the organizations he belongs. we have learned to be aware of and that make us be the strong and powerful minds.
Our Community has a wide skill and I feel a huge heart for which we, as artists,
FabrianoInAcquarello 2018 is meant to follow more strongly the setting of a have the honour to be testimonials of a world where no culture can take over the others,
convention with: because all are humanity treasures. Our community can be the base for a new start.
- no competition and no flags For nine FabrianoInAcquarello editions our Community hase been talking about this
- mutual support and sharing of experience in common passion matters, it is now time to begin a new journey. We must start to focus on ART.
- opening to participation of all artists in the world because is our belief that
ART BELONGS TO EVERYBODY Art is the higher value. Art is a bigger aim than painting and than relations, it
is criticism withouth competition. Art is admiration of beauty, of action painting, of
expression, of concepts, of man history, of new. Art has never had barriers, not personal,
not inter-personal, not professional, not geographical - it would not be possible.
Art will be our link: water, pigments and paper are the beloved media to open the
Dear Watercolorist heart, Art is the aim that can make all the creative mind to be part of the project where no
in 2010 we started FabrianoInAcquarello in the intent to merge together a large one is excluded, no one is different, in a higher value of human history where respect and
community that we felt was already very powerfull in creativity and technical skills, but tolerance we do not need to talk any more about because they are obvious.
very fragmented. We thought watercolorist would deserve an international convention: We believe in Art: Art deserve all our respect.
not a fair dedicated to business, but a time to phisically meet and match, to personally
improve in attitude and competence. Dear Artist,
never forget that life blessed us with the big gift of beeing artist.
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I believe this is the new topic to focus on for next FabrianoInAcquarello future frontiere.
To better explain what I mean I will use the incrdible poem of the greek poet
Konstantin Kavafis “Ithaca” that I love so much.
The long journey, legendary Ulysses did to reach the island of Ithaca, is the allegory
of any important matter which every man makes through life. Ithaca symbolizes the
reason and at the same time the goal of the long journey, Ulysses and Ithaca are in
complete symbiosis. We are Ulysses and ITHACA is ART
“...When you leave for Ithaca,
may your journey be long
and full of adventures and knowledge.
Do not be afraid of Laestrigones, Cyclopes
or furious Poseidon;
you won’t come across them on your way
if you don’t carry them in your soul,
if your soul does not put them in front of your steps.
I hope your road is long.
May there be many a summer morning,
and may ports for the first time seen
bring you great joy.
May you stop at Phoenician marts,
to purchase there the best of wares,
mother-of-pearl and coral, amber, ebony,
hedonic perfumes of all sorts;
may you go to various Egyptian towns
and learn from a people with so much to teach.
Don’t lose sight of Ithaca,
for that’s your destination.
But take your time;
better that the journey lasts many a year
and that your boat only drops anchor on the island
when you have grown rich
with what you learned on the way.
Don’t expect Ithaca to give you many riches.
Ithaca has already given you a fine voyage;
without Ithaca you would never have parted.
Ithaca gave you everything and can give you no more.
If in the end you think that Ithaca is poor,
don’t think that she has cheated you.
Because you have grown wise and lived an intense life,
and that’s the meaning of Ithaca.”
Art gave you everything and can give you no more.
If in the end you think that Art is poor,
don’t think that she has cheated you.
Because you have grown wise and lived an intense life,
and that’s the meaning of Art.”
This is the meaning of ART
InArte / Anna Massinissa
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FabrianoInAcquarello from 2017 is
The International Watercolor Museum
Even if it is only a statup it is the first Museum completely dedicated to the
contemporary international watercolor and it is located in Fabriano, Italy, the place
where this pictorial technique matches up with the paper making tradition, which is
the main local excellence since the thirteenth century.
For over a decade this City in the Marche region hinterland has organized many
international events dedicated to the world of water painting and has hosted a large
number of contemporary artists and masters, who now acknowledge this territory as
the potential capital of Aquarello.
The Museum was thus born as a testimony to an artistic experience of international
relations and aesthetic reciprocity, by applying Relational Art to events in which
masters and artists share projects and experiences, apply the technique and overwhelm
it, giving the painting the role of interpretative language to better connect every
culture.
The Municipal Administration, together with the InArte team, who has handled the
project, placed the museum in the prestigious location of the Bishop’s Palace, one of the
historic buildings overlooking the famous Piazza del Comune.
The exhibition halls host a collection of over 750 artworks. A very interesting
collection with traditional watercolor together with innovative paintings and also
pictorial applications from international schools, a collection that will grow in the future
thanks to new collaborations with other countries around the world.
The museum aims to be the container of the works that bear witness to the art of
contemporary watercolor, but also a place of activity through temporary exhibitions,
many workshops, technique demostrations, conferences for the Waterpaint world,
so that it might achieve the right artistic visibility and grow in technique and
contamination towards a future that will hopefully be less traditional, very interesting
and, finally, innovative.
The Collection of the “International Watercolor Museum” is the trace road that the
international contemporary watercolor artists, along with the major masters in the
world, have drawn in the past years of watercolor performances in our city.
Since 2006 Fabriano has welcome hundreds of artists from all continents. They first
came to trace the roots of the artistic paper manufactury, then have discovered and
painted the beauty of the places in the international language of Art.
The “Museum” is therefore a starting point, since it is intended to be a place that can
welcome future watercolorists and reap future tracks. The “Museum” is dedicated to all
the masters and contemporary artists, fans, visitors - to all those who appreciate the
transparency of the natural pigment traced on paper.
It is unique in the world and celebrates the whole world , in the hope that painting, in
its unique and international language with no barriers, will be the seed of knowledge,
reciprocity and peace.
www.internationalwatercolormuseum.com
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Italy
Leader:
Giovanni Balzarani, Angelo Gorlini, Massimiliano Iocco, Anna Massinissa, Gabriele Mazzara
Community Representative:
Igor Sava
Emanuela Albertella Grazia Coccolini Nicola Lecca Natus Rodriguez Tajan
Giovanna Alotti Luciano Colucci Marina Legovini Giovanni Marco Sassu
Roberto Andreoli Elia Cosimi Leonardo Locchi Elisabetta Semeria
Igli Arapi Domenico Di Meco Pierantonio Lorini Davide Siddi
Alessandra Arecco Vali Kura Dimroci Donatella Luciani Angela Simula
Lucia Aresi Fausta d’Ubaldo Sergio Macchioli Francesca Sisti
Nadia Belardi Fausto Duca Federica Maffezzoni Tatiana Smirnova
Marianne Bevilacqua Simonetta Enei Lorena Massa Andrea Sole Costa
Luigina Bo Gianni Fabbri Alessandra Menicucci Maria Nives Stocco
Sonia Bomben Felice Feltracco Luigi Meregalli Fausto Sutera
Elena Brazzale Christian Flores Saavvedra Antonella Michelini Silvano Tacus
Claudio Castiglioni Tito Fornasiero Maria Luisa Montanari Paolo Tagliasacchi
Anna Castiglioni Fernanda Freddo Gabriella Morbin Ida Tentolini
Roberta Catanzano Vittoria Galotto Fabrizio Musa Pietro Tracca
Carmine Cerbone Luisa Gibellini Luigi Onofri Giuseppina Vecchi
Elio Cerchiara Angelo Gilardoni Pier Luigi Orlandi Lucia Zamburlini
Simonetta Chierici Elena Grablevskaia Pozzi Ferruccio Pagani Roberto Zangarelli
Veronica Ciabattoni Daniela Grignani Rosella Passeri Sonia Zolfanelli
Massimo Ciavarella Vladimir Khasiev Rosalba Perucchini
Raffaele Ciccaleni Uttam Kumar Karmaker Davide Mario Platania
Luigi Cioli Rita La Monica Tiziana Presti
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Giovanni Angelo Gorlini Massimiliano
Balzarani Italy Iocco
Italy Italy
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