- SILKSCREEN
- ETCHING
- WOODCUT
- TYPOGRAPHY
- LINOCUT
- HAND-MADE PAPER
Pré
Nian press has been publishing artists' books for twenty years.
Their editions are found in national libraries and private collections
in many parts of the world.
-Workshops:
Two courses of five days open to five persons interested in etching,
typography and silkscreen practices: July
27- August 1 and August 4-8. 2004 Accomodations possible
Accomodations possible.
Write or call Bertrand Bracaval :
Editions
Le Pré Nian
Retaud, 44530 GUENROUET - FRANCE
Tel/fax: 00 (33) 2 40 87 70 40
mail : pre-nian@wanadoo.fr
or
for groups starting from UK:
Inquire
Alistair Paterson
email: prism.atic@virgin.net
NO PROFIT ASSOCIATIONS, A NEW WAY TO PROMOTE ART?
In a thesis for the Diplôme des Hautes Etudes de Pratiques Sociales, Maine University, Le Mans, France, the painter and publisher Bertrand Bracaval tries to explain how the art market has changed during this century, since the time when art dealers were able to promote unknown artists until the last twenty years during which more and more artists have been creating their own forms of circulation.
Comparing the case of Picasso, Chagall, etc. who came to Paris and found
dealers to help them, and later the influence of museums and institutions
spreading official art, the author recalls the example of Russian avant-garde
painters who were the pioneers in making and circulating artists’
books. He shows how art galleries and museums cannot embrace the totality
of living art. The wave of self-publishing, even on a very small scale,
has produced a large number of private presses in all fields and created
new conceptions of printing, either with ancient hand presses or by computer,
reflecting various sensibilities which would otherwise have been long
forgotten. Starting from the fact that, in the media era, you have to
be already known to be trusted, he endeavors to analyze this movement
which has given rise to book fairs in numerous countries, and has obviously
become a matter of debate.
The links between the artists, writers, different editions and studios contribute to another relationship in the art world, and even if many creators still preserve necessary solitude, many also join forms of associations to manage their activities. This aspect introduces the question of the possibility for artists to change mentalities in art, and thus their own destiny. He concludes that the situation with information technology, fax, internet and so on is moving into a state that prevailed in the past, when no market existed and direct contacts were possible.