THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL TRIENNIAL OF SMALL GRAPHIC FORMS

The 16th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms – Łódź 2017 
at the City Art Gallery in Łódź, Poland
22 July – 03 September, 2017
Opening 22nd June 2017 at 6 pm
The curator of the exhibition: Elżbieta Fuchs

The International Triennial of Small Forms of Graphic Art, Poland – Lodz is an exhibition presenting graphic work of contemporary artists from dozens of countries worldwide. It is one of the oldest recurrent events dedicated to the field of printmaking art. The tradition started in 1979, the Triennial exposition is held in the historical building of the Art Nouveau villa designed by Gustaw Landau-Gutenteger.

I am so grateful that two of my etchings were accepted and have been shown at this amazing event. It is a great honor and pleasure for me!

Windsock 2. Etching & aquatint. 9x10cm, 2016

Dublin Castle. Photopolymer intaglio etching (Photo etching), plate size 7x14 cm, 2016

The Certificate and Catalogue

The Catalogue of the Small Graphic Forms 

Like in the previous editions, the artists sent their graphics made in the last three years. The works are often inspired by the avant-garde tradition in art, among others Expressionism, Surrealism or Geometric Abstraction, and sometimes they reflect a unique character of cultures and the history of particular countries. In the 16th edition of the Triennial we feature the works of artists who have taken part in the exhibition nearly since the very first edition in 1979, as well as those who have debuted here. The representatives of the young generation of artists are the ones who search for new technical solutions and experiment with combining a variety of graphic techniques.

Artistic graphic art attracts those who are able to transform the matter of the graphic plate into an image that preserves the observed beauty yet they can also create the intuition of beauty in the metaphysical sense. The small graphic form, hardly spectacular in its scale, is a form of expression where artists inscribe all their experience.

In 2017, according to the statute of the Triennial, the entries for the exhibition must be prints from graphic plates with the format of 12 x 15 cm, made in the so called ‘traditional techniques’.
632 artists from 53 countries sent 2099 works. The jury qualified 914 graphics of 384 artists from 47 countries, among others from Argentina, Belgium, Belarus, Brazil, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Greece, Spain, Holland, India, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Germany, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Hungary, Great Britain or Italy.