The young Italian illustrators on display in Mexico and China
The exhibition Italian Excellence. The New Generation of Italian Children’s Illustrators is continuing its international tour.
This is the third edition of a promotional project conceived by Bologna Children’s Book Fair and Emilia-Romagna Region and curated by Cooperativa Giannino Stoppani/Accademia Drosselmeier, that is now shared by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), in the certainty that illustration may enrich the portrait of Italian creativity in the world with a new chapter.
This third survey of the Italian panorama of children’s illustrations is reserved for young and most promising Italian illustrators, after the previous two edition presenting works by renowned illustrators. The twenty young artists here on display are aged between 23 and 35 and were selected focusing on the quality of their drawing, the originality of content, the poetic vision and the ability in interpreting the classics and producing new and surprising proposals for the publishing world.
After the first stage abroad in Romania, in Bucharest, the exhibition is ongoing in Mexico, in Saltillo (Coahuila), as part of the Feria Internacional del Libro de Coahuila (September 16-26), in which Italy is the guest Country.
It is presented in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Mexico City, which is also programming further dates in the country.
In the meanwhile, it will arrive in China, as part of “Road to 2002 – Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism” – the integrated promotion initiatives proposed by the Consulate General of Italy in Chongqing in conjunction with the Embassy of Italy in Beijing and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) in view of the 2022 Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism.
From September 23 to October 3, the exhibition is set in Dujiangyan (in the Yangtianwo Square, the famous square with the "Selfie Panda" sculpture), organized by the Consulate in collaboration with the Dujiangyan (Chengdu) authorities.
The Vice Consul of Italy in Chongqing, Mrs Adriana Lori, will attend the opening ceremony and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair Exhibition Manager, Mrs Elena Pasoli, will send a video message.
Then, from November 14 to December 13, the exhibition will be in Chengdu, the capital of the province of Sichuan, where is organized in collaboration with the authorities of the Tianfu New Area (Chengdu) – the ultra-modern district where it will be set.
