Group exhibition at Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY

BAU - Contenitore di Cultura Contemporanea

Michael has been selected as a participant in the new portfolio collection of art prints from Italy: BAU - a "container of contemporary culture." which will be presented in NYC for the first time in an exhibition at Kentler International Drawing Space in Brooklyn on Ocober 14 and 15, 2023. (Exhibition details below.)


The non-profit organization BAU, from Viareggio, Italy, publishes a collection of limited edition artworks that is distributed to various museums, galleries, libraries, and academic institutions around the world. Curators select participating artists who then each contribute a series of 120 signed and numbered artworks to be distributed and included in the 120 total boxes/portfolios.
 
The current edition (Number 18 of the series) is put together in a boxed portfolio and includes a book about the project. There are a total of 67 participating artists from Italy and New York in this current edition.
 
Some of the institutions that receive and collect BAU portfolios in their permanent collections include:
 
  • Tate Modern Library, London, UK
  • MART, Rovereto, Italy
  • Museo del Novecento, Milan, Italy
  • Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, Milan, Italy
  • Bibliotheque Kandinsky of the Center Pompidou, Paris, France.
  • Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library of Yale University, New Haven, CT

 
BAU - Number 18
October 14 & 15, 2023
Opening reception: Saturday October 14, 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Open to the publice Saturday & Sunday October 14 & 15, 12:00 to 5:00 pm
 
Kentler International Drawing Space
353 Van Brunt Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
+1 (718) 875-2098
 
For more information, please visit KentlerGallery.org
 
 
For Michael's contribution to BAU 18, he created a series of monoprints that were based on one of his drawings. This pencil and grease pencil drawing was scanned and Indigo printed onto Mohawk Superfine paper and then Michael used watercolor to paint on top of each one making each print a unique work of art.
 
Print details:
 
Untitled (Monoprint), 2021
Indigo print and watercolor on Mohawk Superfine 100 pound paper.
11 x 8 1/2 in
27.9 x 21.6 cm
SIgned and numbered edition of 120
October 14, 2023
of 34