Intercontinental Biennial of Small Graphics 2021

Bienala Intercontinentala de Grafica Mica “Inter-Art”

Organized by / Organizată de
“Infer-Art” Foundation Aiud / Fundația “Inter-Art” Aiud
“Liviu Rebreanu” Multicultural Center Aiud / Centrul Multicultural “Liviu Rebreanu” Aiud

We should thank the”INTER-ART” Foundation Aiud/Romania, for having managed to organize the 8th edition of the “Inter-Art” Intercontinental Biennale of Small Graphics, Aiud, 2021. BIGMIA is one of the most important events in the international space that has in mind the creation of small graphics. Moreover, BIGMIA-8 was supposed to take place in 2020, but because of the pandemic it was postponed until 2021, as has happened with several cultural, scientic, sporting, etc. events around the world.

BIGMIA-8 gathers many plastic artists from dierent countries and generations but also with dierent styles. From well-known artists with outstanding careers to the emerging young artists who are beginning to become a landmark in ne art.

All creators are under the sign of an artistic convergence, of a community in which the image is fundamental and vital for the exercise of artistic language. The famous man of culture, Louis Hourticq mentioned at one point that “Plastic language does not know, like literature, linguistic borders; it passes easily over countries and centuries.” We will thank all artists from the various geographical meridians who have expressed their desire to participate in BIGMIA-8, and I ask them not to lose interest in the next editions. But the same interest must be in the extensive and elaborate program of the “INTER-ART” Foundation, the foundation having for several years, an agenda with a wealth of international projects and connections with thousands of artists of all nationalities.

Other thanks go to my fellow jury members, namely, the renowned visual artist and PhD, Mr. Dorel Gaine-Gerendi, the visual artist Ms. Anca Sas, but also Mrs. Elena Cristea, visual artist and secretary of the committee. And in particular, we thank Mr. Stefan Balog, visual artist and organizer of artistic events, constantly admiring him for all his energy and time, both in the service of culture and for his fellow guild colleagues. tefan Balog can be considered himself an “institution” of culture. He is an excellent cultural manager and can already be said to have given birth, for some time now, to the “ Inter-Art Aiud Phenomenon”. How the judging was carried out: The organizer forwarded to each member of the jury the images collected after all the creations entered the competition, without mentioning the names of the authors. So each image corresponded to one number. After a wide-ranging procedure of impartial evaluation according to the set of artistic criteria (originality, artistic conception, aesthetic value, contribution, technical rigour, etc.), a of 17 creations from a total number of 220 creations from 97 participating artists representing 33 countries. Each member of the jury, independent of each other, ranked the creations. Each creation acquired a specic score, then the total was calculated and thus the order of the prizes was nalized.

Unequivocally, the city of Aiud is part of number the list of signicant cities around the world that support and promote this artistic route – SMALL GRAPHICS.

Răzvan-Constantin CARATĂNASE
President of the jury

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Aiud, now, summer of 2021. The long journey of this edition of the Biennale of Small Graphics ends with the online meeting for the judging. An ending transformed into a celebration of joy, which brought the abnormality imposed by the still aggressive murmur of the pandemic that ravages the planet, to the elective normality of the joy of the three jurors and organizers meeting for art, passion, life and of course for the Small Graphics.

Small Graphics, seen and practiced, as excellence of thought and deed, where the thought can y in the vast amplitudes of freedom and creativity but where the deed invites to chosen and dicult attempts of the craftsman’s thoroughness, reciousness and perfection. Small Graphics loved, made and sent from the vast expanse of almost all continents of the planet. Small Graphics fullled in excellence, whether it is a celebration of harsh conditionings of the professionalism and craftsmanship of the territories of engraving, or it reveals itself in amazing approaches of new techniques and experiments, which of course did not make it easy to judge but oered this judging the delights of meeting with wonderful works, one more excellent than the other. So it is appropriate to thank the artists and the works they have made and conclude that: Small graphics generate great joy.

Ștefan-Dorel GĂINĂ-GERENDI
Jury member

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Being part of the jury for the 8’th edition of the “Inter-Art” Intercontinental Biennale of Small Graphics was a journey. Having so many works to analyze can easily become overwhelming, but I left aside my inner artist or preferences and I treated each and every work with cold rational thinking rst. After that the art works have to do their magic and charm the jury with any kind of stories that they were given by their creators.

Anca Sas
Jury member