The Rules of the International Small Engraving Salon Carbunari 2009
(The eleven edition)
The eleven edition of the International Small Engraving Salon is
organized by Mr. Victor Florean, the president of the cultural
foundation of contemporary art "Florean Museum". "Florean
Museum" is a foundation which sustains and finances all forms of
contemporary art. These actions of global culture as definition are not
seeking to create or sustain a certain international movement. They
can be defined as an act of reflection of a creating world. They are
those actions which demonstrate that today's art remains one of the
freest mind areas in the society.
Article 1
The eleven edition of the International Small Engraving Salon
Carbunari 2009 is a contest with prizes, and it promotes and sustains
the classic printing techniques of engraving.
The contest is theme free, in order to allow the artists to choose
that specific sector of creation that he or she considers to be most
representative for himself or herself. In order to allow the jury an
objective judgement, each artist will present five works of small
engraving. The longest side of the engraving will not exceed 17 cm.
The dimension refers to the image.
Serigraphy, photo, drawing, computer-art are not accepted.
On the back of the engravings will be written (legible) in pencil:
• the artist’s name and address;
• the title;
• the technique;
• the dimensions;
• the year.
Each engraving will be signed by the artist on the front side and
will include the classic details: copy, title, signature.
Article 2
The engravings will be sent by mail in proper package. The
works, together with the artists' CV must be sent to the organizers
until the 20th of April 2009 at the following address:
MUZEUL FLOREAN
P.O. BOX 1 Of. Postal Of. 9
430510 BAIA MARE
MARAMURES
ROMANIA
The vernisage of the International Small Engraving Salon 2009
will take place on the 27th of June 2009, at 12:00 o’clock in the
rooms of FLOREAN MUSEUM
Article 3
The contest has three prizes:
• the first prize in the value of US$ 1,500 (one thousand five
hundred U.S. dollars);
• the second prize in the value of US$ 1,000 (one thousand U.S.
dollars);
• and the third prize consisting in US$ 500 (five hundred U.S.
dollars).
The jury is formed by: PAVEL SUSARA, art critic, president of the
jury, VICTOR FLOREAN, the president of Florean Museum, MIRCEA
BOCHIS, painter, sculptor and engraver, the curator of the
International Small Engraving Salon Carbunari. Also, the winners of
the three prizes of the International Small Engraving Salon Carbunari
2008 are invited to take part of the jury for this year's edition of the
Salon.
The winning artists of each edition of the Salon are always invited
to be members of the jury for the next edition of the International
Small Engraving Salon Carbunari. This practice has become a tradition
of the salons organized by Florean Museum.
The prizes of the winners of the tenth edition of the International
Small Engraving Salon (2008) will be handed by Mr. Victor Florean,
the president of Florean Museum, at the vernisage of the eleven edition
of the Salon. The awarded artists of the previous edition of the salon
will have a group exhibition in Baia Mare and they are offered an
eight days trip to Baia Mare.
The organizers reserve the right to give other prizes or awards and
to organize personal exhibitions for the selected artists. For further
details, the organizers will contact each artist separately.
Article 4
All the works sent by the artists will be published on Internet, to
the site of FLOREAN MUSEUM: www.cmc.ro. The organizing
committee has chosen to publish the exhibition on Internet so that the
access to be worldwide. The tenth edition of the International Small
Engraving Salon will be on internet for ever. The exhibition can be
visited at http://www.cmc.ro.The organizers reserve the right to edit a
compact disc and a catalogue with the exhibition of the International
Small Engraving Salon 2009.
Article 5
The international Small Engraving Salon Carbunari 2009 will be
exposed in the most important centres from Romania and abroad.
The works sent by the artists to the Salon will complete Florean
Museum's collection of contemporary art, which is conceived as an
open workshop for the study of the contemporary engraving in the
world.
The basic conception of Florean Museum is the two ways of
communication: from the museum to the artist and from the artist to
the museum.
The works sent by the artists become the property of the Florean
Museum. These works will constitute the base for continuing the
artistic dialogue through organizing group exhibitions according to
artistic affinities. Each exhibition organized will be presented on
Internet at the specified address.
Article 6
The organizers reserve the right to make reproductions of the
works in order to edit the publications of the Salon or in any other
purpose.
The artists who participate must accept all the conditions of the
Rules of the International Small Engraving Salon Carbunari 2009. The
engravings sent by the artists for the participation at the International
Small Engraving Salon constitutes the acceptance of the conditions
stipulated in the present Rules. For further information, please contact
the curator of the exhibition:
e-mail: mirceabochis@adslexpress.ro
Mircea Bochis
Curator of the International Small Engraving Salon Carbunari
February 2009
