ExhibitionsKeisei Kobayashi, Maurice Pasternak, Evan Summer

7th of March 2017.

Opening March 16,
Keisei Kobayashi, Maurice Pasternak, Evan Summer
three artists selected by the Leonardo Sciascia Award, amateur d’estampes – VIII edition 2015-2016

Il Bisonte Gallery, Via San Niccolò, 24rosso, Florence
The exhibition will remain open until 13 April 2017
with the following opening hours: Monday-Friday 9/13 and 15/19, Saturday by appointment, Sunday closed
Tel. 055 2342585 – email: gallery@ilbisonte.it – ​​vecchio.ilbisonte.it

KEISEI KOBAYASHI
Japanese woodcutter, Keisei Kobayashi is a professor emeritus at Tama art University.
he has exhibited in solo and biennial exhibitions all over the world, receiving numerous prizes and awards. His works are part of collections such as the British Museum; royal academy of arts (UK); Washington State University (USa); The national Museum of Modern art, Tokyo; national Museum of art, osaka; osaka contemporary art center (Japan), and numerous others.

MAURICE PASTERNAK
Lives and works in Brussels. since 1975 he has exhibited in solo exhibitions in Belgium, Great Britain,
USa, France, Japan, Luxembourg, China. since 1967 he has taken part in biennial and triennial courses in Italy, Germany, France, Great Britain, Canada, Switzerland, Norway, Spain, Poland, USA, Egypt, China, India, Ireland and Taiwan.
His works have been acquired from important collections, such as the Prints and Drawings Department of Brussels and Liège, the National Bank of Belgium, the Museum of Krakow, the Museum of Modern Art in Taipei, the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm, the new orleans Museum of art, the University Museum and collection
of Alberta, Canada and the Birzeit University Museum in Ramallah, Palestine.

EVAN SUMMER
American artist specialized in copper engraving and collagrafia.
He is professor of art at Kutztown University, in the US, where he has been teaching engraving since 1984.
Much of his work is represented by timeless landscapes, often depicting architectural and geometric forms. describes real landscapes, adding its own elements drawn from memories and fantasies. the concepts of loneliness, isolation and fear are emphasized by the absence of human elements.
he has participated in biennials and awards all over the world. his work has been exhibited in more than two hundred group and invitation-only exhibitions in krakow, Taipei, Beijing, Tokyo, Guanlan (china), Fredrikstad (norway), in russia, italy, Bulgaria and in countless locations in the USA.