DANTE 700

Please see previous post for the Brighton exhibition I am exhibiting with...

here is the organiser's information about another project I am working on - I will add some images of work in progress nearer the time

 Dante: libri nuovi - new Dante inspired artists’ books. 

2021 is the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death, and earlier this year eight artists were invited to produce a new book each in response to the poet’s life and works. The approaches taken have been thought provoking and varied, and the books range from a contemporary version of a medieval altarpiece to the reworking of a manga of the Commedia. Some of the works have appositely simple structures whilst others are highly elaborate; they have been realised in photography, screen-printing, woodcut, digital and stencil relief printing. The participating artists are: Kate Bernstein, Ian Bottle, Prerna Chandiramani, Judy Goldhill, Sophie Loss, John McDowall, Carolyn Trant and Martín Vitaliti. The project is co-ordinated by the artist and researcher John McDowall and Rhiannon Daniels and Tristan Kay, academics in the Department of Italian at the University of Bristol. There will be a public launch of the books, with presentations by the artists on the 26th October. The evening will include a talk on the place of artists’ books in contemporary interpretations of Dante, and in relation to Elisabeth Tonnard’s In This Dark Wood. Following this event all the books will be on display in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Bristol until the 12th November. Further information and updates can be seen at 

https://dante.blogs.bristol.ac.uk