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sabato 7 novembre 2009

Chat Siamois ..


Chat Siamois©Bianco/Ciou/Venusdea/Mc Productions

At last I can introduce the first book being issued this week for the label, more precisely on November 12th for the whole Europe : "Chat Siamois".


The book is made up of eighty pages, of a cherry red cloth fabric cover and a black glittering hot-press print.
The inside is pure Munchen 130 gr ( a beautiful and natural Swedish paper ) which most importantly is recycled paper !
 This is a manufacturing factor of my books which I particularly care of , since I am a fond ecologist.

It is being sold to the public at 24,50 euro.

In 2010, a second issue will be released with a figure ( art toyz) , but I’ll soon speak about this here on the blog.

Finalmente posso parlarvi del primo libro che uscirà questa settimana per la label, esattamente il 12 novembre in tutta europa : "Chat Siamois".
Il libro ha una ottantina di pagine, una copertina in tessuto rosso ciliegia, con una stampa a caldo nero brillante.
L'interno è puro Munchen 130 gr ( una carta naturale bellissima svedese ) ma soprattutto si tratta di carta riciclata !
Una fattore di fabbricazione dei miei libri a cui tengo molto, visto che sono una estrema ecologista.
Potete scoprire le prime pagine del libro , cliccando QUI.

Il prezzo al pubblico è di 24,50 euro.

Nel 2010, sarà prevista una seconda uscita,con una figurina ( un art toyz) ma ve ne parlero' presto qui sul blog.




© Ciou.Photo by J.Lesur

✚ So where to begin?
Well, by introducing the two authors:
Guillaume Bianco and Ciou.



Ciou is an artist I met in the distant 2001.
I discovered her works by chance at the Angouleme Festival. I wanted to buy one of her amazing paintings. And on Sunday, the day in which I was supposed to retrieve it, I couldn’t reach her at her stand because I had too many dedications to finish. And oops! I lost both the contact and the painting. I knew nothing about her. Not even her name. Impossible to find her again...

But two years later I ran into an exhibition by Ciou in the very city I live in!
 And there I found that very painting, which I was able to buy eventually! But this is not important. 
Because that was the starting point of a beautiful friendship between us which has lasted through the years up to today. I am an eager collector of her art (my house is full of them!) and for me it is dream-like to know that this all had a reason to happen and I it is really me the one to publish her first book! As if to say… we were destined to it, didn’t we? A fable in its own, in fact.

Just as the marvellous story by Guillaume Bianco , written just for her : "Emmy Hyacinthe Muffin".

Here above a beautiful picture obviously by
Julien Lesur ( amazing photographer, graphic artist of the book "Chat Siamois" and Ciou’s significant other ) as portrait of hers.

Da dove partire? Beh, presentandovi i due autori: Guillaume Bianco e Ciou.

Ciou è un artista che conosco dal lontano 2001.
L'ho scoperta per caso al Festival di Angouleme.Volevo comprare un suo incredibile quadro.
E la domenica, il giorno che dovevo andare a prenderlo,non ho potuta raggiungerla al suo stand, perchè avevo troppe dedicaces.E Op ! Perso contatto e il quadro.Non sapevo nulla, di lei.
Manco come si chiamava.Impossibile da ritrovare. Ma dopo 2 anni, scopro una expo di Ciou nella citta dove abito ! E ritrovo ancora li lo stesso pezzo, che finalmente compro ! Ma questo non è importante. Perchè da li è nata una bellissima amicizia con lei che si potrae negli anni sino a oggi.
Sono una vera collezionista dei suoi pezzi ( ne ho la casa piena ! ) e per me oggi è davvero un sogno sapere che tutto questo aveva una ragione e che sono io prorpio io a pubblicare il suo primo libro ! Come dire ....davvero il destino, eh? Una favola infatti, nel suo genere.
Come il racconto meraviglioso di Guillaume Bianco , scritto appositamente per lei : "Emmy Hyacinthe Muffin".

Qui sopra ovviamente una bellissima foto di Julien Lesur ( incredibile fotografo, grafico del libro "Chat Siamois" e compagno di Ciou ) che la ritrae.




© Bianco, photo by B.Canepa

And here a picture of the writer of "Chat Siamois": Guillaume Bianco. 
Shot at the "Highgate Cemetery" in London. 
If you want to know something more about him just visit his gorgeous blog. 
And if you love him already, well, starting in September up to Christmas a good 4 books of his are planned to be released: ECO , Billy Brouillard book#2 , Epictete and our "Chats Siamois". 
Almost a record, I should say…And I can’t decide which one is the best. Go and check them out, in fact…


E qui una foto dello scrittore di "Chat Siamois": Guillaume Bianco.
Scattata al cimitero di Londra a Highgate.
Se volete sapere qualcosa più si du lui, basta visitare il suo bellissimo blog.
E se lo amate, beh, già da questo settembre a Natale, sono previsti ben 4 suoi libri : ECO , Billy Brouillard book#2 , Epictete e il nostro "Chats Siamois".
Pressoché un record, direi... E sono uno più bello dell'altro.
Andateli a scoprire, infatti....


© Ciou

✚ Ciou is an artist that not only can express herself on paper and canvas, but is also an incredible inventor of dolls like this one. 
And today, because she is now famous (oh yes! We have to say this out loud!) she has no more time to do them and so I consider myself lucky to own a nice collection of her dolls. 



I couldn’t introduce you Ciou and not show you her beautiful microcosm as well, could I?

Ciou non è solo un artista che si esprime magnificamente su tela e su carta, ma anche una incredibile creatrice di pupazzi come questo.
E oggi, lei visto che è diventata famosa ( eh, si! Bisogna dirlo..) non ha più tempo per farli, e mi ritengo fortunatissima , quindi, di possedere una bella collezione delle sue dolls.

Non potevo presentarvi Ciou, senza farvi conoscere anche questo suo bellissimo microcosmo, no?



© Ciou

An octopus-god ! Isn’t it the funniest thing ever?

This one is part of my personal collection, as a matter of fact. And I am proud of it! ^__^


Un polpo-dio ! Ma non è divertentissimo?
Questo, fa parte della mia collezione personale, infatti.E ne sono ben felice ! ^__^





© Ciou and J/Mizuno. Expo "Bestial group show" Iguapop/Barcelone.

✚ And here you can see one of the many expos of this incredible artist.
On the left-hand side you can recognize the very talented
Junko Mizuno: another artist soon enough VENUSDEA of course.
What else can I shortly say about
Ciou : she’s an artist born in Toulose, currently living and working in Belgium. Her first expo was shown in NYC back in 2004.
 As of today she has had many expos, also in Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rome up to the United States, where she currently still has showcases. 


E qui una delle tantissime expo di questa incredibile artista.
A sinistra, potete riconoscere la talentuossima Junko Mizuno : un altra artista ben presto VENUSDEA ovviamente.
Che dire brevemente di Ciou : è una artista nata a Toulose che lavora e vive attualmente in Belgio.La sua prima expo risale al 2004 a NYC.
Oggi ne ha accumulate tantissime, passando da Paris, Berlino, Amsterdam,Roma sino agli States, dove continua a esporre.


© Ciou

✚ Her works are a sort of patchwork of pages taken from old books, ancient tapestries and acryl paint. I am personally a fan of one of her B/W pieces like the one you can admire here above. But I can’t really dismiss any part of this incredible artist, can I? 

Her world is an oniric and fabulous universe, but also a bit child-like. And very noir at the same time. Somewhat like Tim Burton, Lewis Carrol and Junko Mizuno, I would say.


Le sue opere sono come una sorta di collage di pagine di vecchi libri, tappezzerie antiche e pittura a acrilico.
Io personalmente sono una fan dei suo pezzi in B/N come quello che potete ammirare qui sopra.Ma non disdisco nulla di questa incredibile artista, eh?

Il suo mondo è universo onirico, favolistico , ma anche infantile .E allo stesso tempo molto noir.
Tra un Tim Burton, L.Carroll e Junko Mizuno, direi.




Chat Siamois©Bianco/Ciou/Venusdea/Mc Productions

"Chat Siamois" is her first book, in collaboration with Guillaume Bianco.
If you want to meet her to speak with her and have a dedication on your book, just have a look at the AGENDA on the left-hand side of this blog.

There are noted all the dates in which Ciou will be present until Christmas in the whole Europe, and there are also Guillaume’s dates too.
As you can see, there are some true exhibitions as well, with signing sessions for the book.

"Chat Siamois" è il suo primo libro, in collaborazione con Guillaume Bianco.
Se volete incontrarla per parlarle e avere una dedicaces sul libro, non fate altro che guardare l'AGENDA qui a sinistra del blog.
Ci sono tutte le date che Ciou farà da qui a Natale in tutta europa e anche le date di Guillaume.
Come potrete vedere ci saranno anche delle vere e proprie esposizioni, con seances di firma per il libro.


Chat Siamois©Bianco/Ciou/Venusdea/Mc Productions

For 2010 as of now there is just exhibition at the marvellous "Mondo Bizzarro" gallery in Rome, with another exhibition connected to this book itself and next April a beautiful expo is planned also at the "9 Art festival" too taking place in Aix en Provence ( France).
But I will tell you more in detail the dates and much more later on.

- And I don’t want to forget to thank Katia Zaccaria for the translations into English.

She is going to be my right “shoulder” on this blog. So, thank you…

Per l'anno 2010, per ora è prevista una expo alla magnifica galleria "Mondo Bizzarro" a Roma , con una esposizione legata proprio a questo libro e un'altra bellissima mostra sarà prevista a aprile al festival della "9 Art" anche a Aix en Provence. (Francia)
Ma vi diro' bene più avanti per le date e tanto altro.

- E non voglio dimenticare di ringraziare Katia Zaccaria, per la traduzione in inglese.
Sarà sempre lei la mia spalla destra infatti, su questo blog.Grazie, quindi...



lunedì 5 ottobre 2009

:: v e n u s d e a :: small teasing !

I start up the blog about V e n u s d e a at last.
And I’ve been thinking about what to tell you for three days now, how to make a debut with the first post.
And the fear that I could bore you wasn’t small at all, or the one to write too much in the post. Because many of you know me already, but many new readers (I hope!) don’t. So what to do next? Should I introduce myself?
Mumble… no, no, what a mistake it would’ve been!
The best way to celebrate the new blog is simply to show you the projects and the artwork of the great talented artists belonging to this project.

And the rest doesn’t matter…


Je mets finalement en ligne un nouveau blog : celui de V e n u s d e a .
Voilà désormais trois jours que je réfléchis à ce que je vais bien pouvoir vous dire , à comment je vais bien pouvoir débuter ce premier post.
La peur d'être ennuyeuse avec un post beaucoup trop long , est certes bien présente.
Grand nombre d'entre vous me connaissent déjà , mais les nouveaux visiteurs (qui vont je l'espère bientôt nous rejoindre) , non.
Alors que faire?Me présenter?...Mmmmhhh...Non , ce serait une erreur je crois.
Le meilleur moyen d'inaugurer ce blog est tout simplement de vous montrer les projets et les images des grands talents qui en font parti.Tout simplement.
Le reste compte peu.

Donc, sans rien ajouter de plus , (nous aurons tout le temps de le faire par la suite) , voici une partie des artistes et des avant premières mondiales absolues concernant les projets du label qui sortiront entre 2009 et 2010 .



::Mekaneko:: © Matteo De Longis/Venusdea/Mc Productions

The first one I feel the duty to speak about is MEKANEKO. This is for many reasons, but mainly because Matteo De Longis is the official graphic artist of the label and of this gorgeous blog. 
 So, given these premises, he’s the king of the first post! A small teaser on the most meka-cat existing, then !

This is the "Acid Black" version.

Le premier projet dont j'ai envie de vous parler est MEKANEKO .
Et ce pour de nombreuses raisons , mais dont la principale réside dans le fait que
Matteo De Longis est le graphiste officiel du label Venusdea , ainsi que de ce superbe blog!

Ici la version "Acid Black"




::Mekaneko:: © Matteo De Longis/Venusdea/Mc Productions

And here, a small preview of one of the great art work inside the "Mekaneko Booklet"

✚ Et ici , une petite avant première d'une des illustrations du " Booklet Mekaneko".





::Mekaneko:: © Matteo De Longis/Venusdea/Mc Productions

✚ The " White Pearl " version..

✚ Version " White Pearl "





Sabine ©Maya Mindou/Venusdea/Mc Productions

Another sneak preview: the SABINE project by Maya Mihindou.

✚ Une autre exclu absolue : SABINE par Maya Mihindou.





Sabine ©Maya Mindou/Venusdea/Mc Productions

Another image of this work which counts more than 200 pages + Art toyz

✚ Une image de cette oeuvre qui compte plus de 200 pages , accompagnée d' une incroyable figurine (Art toyz)






"Beautiful Nightmares" ©Nicoletta Ceccoli/Venusdea/Mc Productions

It’s a real honor for me to introduce, again for Venusdea, the Art Book "House of Beautiful Nightmares " by Nicoletta Ceccoli
I don’t want to add more…Just an image speaking for her!


✚ Je suis également très honorée de vous présenter , toujours pour Venusdea , l'Art Book "House of Beautiful Nightmares" de Nicoletta Ceccoli . Je n'ajouterai rien de plus...
Pour elle , il suffit d'une de ses images , et tout est dis!




"Ravina the Witch" © Junko Mizuno/Venusdea/Mc Productions

Another artist who doesn’t need an introduction: Junko Mizuno .

Her project is going to be called “Ravina the Witch” : a full colour print book + Art Toyz

✚ Une autre artiste qu'il est inutile de présenter : Junko Mizuno.
Son projet aura pour nom "Ravina the Witch". Il s'agit d'un livre en couleur + un Art Toyz




"Ravina the Witch" © Junko Mizuno/Venusdea/Mc Productions

And here, for the very first time, a sneak preview of the toyz enclosed in the book.
 Anyone guess of what it is?

✚ Et ici , toujours en exclu mondiale , une autre avant-première du son Toyz qui sera joint au livre.Devinez un peu ce que c'est?





MILKY © Lilidoll/Venusdea/Mc Productions

A project I personally care a lot about: MILKY for Lilidoll.
Here as well, let’s clear the way for just one beautiful image. This one will also be published as book plus Art Toyz.

Un projet auquel je tiens particulièrement : MILKY par Lilidoll.
Ici également , une magnifique image suffit pour nous en dire long sur son incroyable univers!
Le livre sera également accompagné d'une figurine aussi.




© Veronique Meignad/Venusdea/Mc Productions

One awesome image only for the talented Veronique Meignaud .
An eclectic artist in all her doings… Exceptional, I would say.


✚ Encore une image incroyable , cette fois - ci réalisée par la fantastique Veronique Meignaud . Cette artiste est vraiment très éclectique sur bien des points...
Je la trouve des plus exceptionnelles.




© Ciou

And at last, even if it deserves to be the second one after Mekaneko, the "first" book being issued for Venusdea starting next 12 November !
The title is going to be CHATS SIAMOIS and the artist making the illustrations is Ciou. I don’t want to disclose anything yet, because I will soon write a post dedicated to this project.

✚ Et enfin, un livre qui aurait mérité d'être en seconde position , juste après Mekaneko , le tout premier ouvrage de Venusdea qui sortira le 12 novembre prochain.
Il s'intitule CHATS SIAMOIS , l'artiste qui l'illustre est Ciou.
Je préfère ne pas trop vous en dire pour le moment , je consacrerai un post plus complet à cet effet.




Miss Carnage © Lostfish/Venusdea/Mc Productions

And to conclude, here another sneak preview: Venusdea is going to be the label publishing the Art Book " NEBULAE " by Lostfish.

✚ Pour conclure ce premier post , une dernière exclu : Venusdea sera le label qui le premier publiera l'Art Book " NEBULAE de Lostfish (tout comme celui de Nicoletta Ceccoli ).

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Many artists more are going to be a part of the label, obviously…
I will speak about them in my next posts.

The official list, in any case, is posted here aside.
And you can already read big names such as Benjamin Lacombe, Mark Verhaagen or Natalie Shau...


Il y aura , bien évidemment , beaucoup d'autres artistes qui suivront.
J'en parlerai très prochainement.
Sachez cependant que la liste officielle se trouve ici-même , dans la colonne de gauche...
Vous pouvez déjà y lire la présence d' artistes du calibre de Benjamin Lacombe, Mark Verhaagen ou Natalie Shau...

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Next time I’ll tell you more about what VENUSDEA is, how it was born and some history about the label’s logo.

Very last information: the Venusdea website is soon to be opened.

This blog is meant as a support to it, not to compete with it.
It’s the label as I see it, from the point of view of who created it and lives and feels it every day. It’s not a formal nor marketing blog. Here I would like to share with you all the richness of the projects.
It is going to be a web space devoted to their stories, to the artist’s lives, their artistic development, their expos, but most important you will know all the background stories of every issue. 
The so-called WIP, which on the website will not have space, needless to say. But most important, I hope there is going to be a real communication with you, exchange of ideas, interaction and what else. I would like it to be a playful, cultural space about the info on Venusdea current events.

For those who don’t know me, all the info is on my profile, or do visit my other blog, online since 2008.
You will also find information about another collection I manage : Métamorphose.

And letting everything else aside, I still remain a 100% artist, come what may!
And a woman… which is quite something
... ^__^



✚ La prochaine fois je vous expliquerai mieux ce qu'est VENUSDEA , son histoire , comment ce label est-il né , etc...
Une toute dernière chose : dans peu de temps , un site de VENUSDEA verra également le jour. Ce blog-ci en est un support , et non un "concurrent".
Il s'agit du label raconté par moi , qui l'ai pensé et qui le vis au quotidien.Ce n'est pas un blog formel ou marketting.Je voudrais , ici même , réussir à vous faire percevoir toute la richesse de chacun des projets.Ce sera un espace web dédié à leur histoire , à la vie des artistes , à leurs différents parcours , leurs expos , mais surtout vous pourrez tout savoir sur l'envers du décors de chaques titres...J'espère que cet espace sera un lieu de rencontre ludique , un vrai espace de communication , d'échanges et d'idées , un lieu culturel et amusant , regorgeant d'informations concernant l'actualité de la label.

Pour qui ne me connaît pas encore , toutes les informations me concernant sont sur mon profil , je vous invite donc à vous rendre sur mon blog, en ligne depuis la fin 2008.
Vous trouverez des informations sur l'autre collection que je dirige : Métamorphose.

A part ça , je reste pour ma part une artiste à 100% , et le serai toujours!
Et femme...Et ce n'est pas rien! ^__^
 
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