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Published on the 1st of each month
Issue 219
May, 2017.
International recognition... Congratulations to Chewton artist Jan Palethorpe whose 33 Ways to Wrap Christo travels around the globe... Jan was a prizewinner in the 6th Guanlan International Print Biennial China As Jan explains, “Last year I made a book of etchings (drypoints) all printed in my Chewton studio, Primrose Press. The 33 images illustrated a poem I wrote honouring the two environmental artists Jeanne Claude and Christo Yavachev - known simply as ‘Christo’. The book was bound by George Matoulas from the State Library in Victoria and is an edition of 7 with 2 artist proofs. I exhibited the work at Woodbine Gallery in Malmsbury last year and also showed it at Lessedra Gallery in Sofia, Bulgaria where Christo was born. The book has been selected as one of the 13 prize winners in the Guanlan International Print Biennial.
There were more than 700 entries to the award so I am greatly honoured to receive recognition, amongst so many outstanding printmakers around the world. I have been invited to attend the opening ceremony, followed by a banquet, art forum and several days of festivity as well as a visit to the industrial estate in Shenzhen! Many of the images from the book can be viewed on my website with a sound track composed by Bruce Armstrong. The poem is recited by James Evans.” The Guanlan International Print Biennial has been held every two years since 2007. It is an international academic exchange activity, permanently held in the Guanlan Original Printmaking Base, jointly organized by Chinese Artists Association, the Shenzhen Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Management Committee of Longhua District, and People’s Government of Bao’an District, Guanlan, China. For more information and a video of the prizewinning book accompanied by James Evans reciting the poem, go to Jan’s website: www.janpalethorpe.com
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