Romania – The third edition of “Italian Excellence” debuts abroad
Bucharest is the first stage of the third edition of Italian Excellence – the international exhibition on the Italian panorama of children’s illustrations promoted by Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Emilia-Romagna Region, and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI).
While the two previous editions display works by renowned Italian illustrators, this third exhibition is dedicated to young and most promising illustrators aged between 23 and 35.
After the online preview at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Italian Excellence. The New Generation of Italian Children’s Illustrators is now presented in Bucharest by the Embassy of Italy in Romania and the Italian Cultural Institute in Bucharest, with the support of the Bucharest Municipality Sector 1.
The chosen location is a unique set: the Nicolae Iorga Park, at the heart of one of the liveliest districts in the city, a green space visited both by children and young people – the natural audience of the exhibition – and by citizens searching for quiet and relaxing moments.
Opened on July 8, the exhibition will run until September 12 .
On display, the works by twenty young Italian illustrators: Giacomo Agnello Modica, Andrea Antinori, Michael Bardeggia, Beatrice Cerocchi, Marianna Coppo, Francesca Corso, Cecilia Ferri, Chiara Ficarelli, Marta Pantaleo, Giulia Pastorino, Irene Penazzi, Alice Piaggio, Camilla Pintonato, Michelangelo Rossato, Veronica Ruffato, Lorenzo Sangió, Francesca Sanna, Luca Tagliafico, Giulia Tomai, Veronica Truttero.
Sometimes their works go beyond the traditional confines of a book and cover whole walls or become posters; sometimes they can be found in magazines or are self-published on the web. One artist has been shortlisted for the “Kate Greenaway Medal”; many are among those selected for the Illustrators Exhibition of Bologna Children’s Book Fair; others have just started out in the challenging world of children’s publishing.
The authors use different techniques – manual, digital or mixed –, all of them were selected focusing on the quality of drawing, the originality of content, the poetic vision and the ability in interpreting the classics – from fairy tales to Dante – and producing new and surprising proposals for the publishing world.
The exhibition is curated by Giannino Stoppani Cooperativa/Accademia Drosselmeier and is promoted abroad by Emilia-Romagna Region and MAECI.