Two interesting opportunities enhance the seventh edition of the PREMIO COMBAT PRIZE: one artist residence under 35 for two months in Belgrade and one artist residence for 45 days without age limits in Florence within the Special Prizes section, created in order to promote an international exchange of experience between artists, curators and the coordinators of each residential program.
Belgrade artist in residence
The residence in Belgrade falls under the Italian-Serb cultural interchange known as Belgrade artist in residence, characterized by a rich program of visiting studio, working sessions, meetings and moment of discussion with curators and experts from the international artistic scene. The project aims to share opinions and to spread a knowledge of all the different art approaches, which belong to the Belgrade sparkling atmosphere. At the end of this experience, the resident artist will be able to put his/her artworks on public display in the capital city.
Florence artist in residence
The artist residence in Florence at the prestigious Foundation Il Bisonte for the study of printmaking represents an important opportunity to experiment and acquire new knowledge inside a cultural context whose laboratories have been animated by artists like Annigoni, Calder, Moore, Picasso, Maccari, Severini and Sutherland. Il Bisonte is a school of Specialization in Graphic Arts and, at the same time, a cultural centre, printery and gallery, and in its tradition there is the effort to keep the historical printing techniques alive. At the end of the residence, the artist will realise a graphic edition in accordance with Foundation Il Bisonte and Blob ART Cultural Association.
Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori will promote the winner artist of the Fattori Contemporaneo Prize within its 2017 planned activities through a personal exhibition and the publication of a catalogue.
