09/11/2025
Silent presences
Printing the lithograph Mute presences in red and black by MARIA VALLI, photographs in the studio by ALESSIO ZANFARDINO
02/08/2025
2024 2025 - summary
It's time to summarize the publishing ventures and other initiatives that have been successful over the past two years. 1) Carlo Mattioli folder: philological reconstruction, based on the rediscovered mock-up, of the folder designed but never produced by Dino Zuffi, which was intended to contain a poem by Bernardo Bertolucci and unpublished lithographs by the artist, also rediscovered but already printed, recognized as authentic and unpublished by the Carlo Mattioli Foundation. On the cover is a lithograph by ISABELLA BRANELLA portraying the artist. This publishing venture was conceived at the initiative of Marco Fiori, president of ALI, and is summarized in its entirety in the association's Notebook No. 9 (among the numerous contributions, also A (almost) disappeared lithographic technique by A. N. Manfredi - see Anthology https://www.laboratoriofratellimanfredi.it/content/antologia.aspx). 2) Woodcut and Chalcography Course - Traditional Graphic Techniques, between October and December 2024, nine meetings with students from the Paolo Toschi Art School in Parma, at the school's Graphic Design Lab, to learn about the history and practical application of woodcut and chalcography techniques. A small catalog showcases the exciting results. 3) STEM Courses for Lithography, between January and April 2025, two series of meetings with students from the Paolo Toschi Art School in the Graphic Design Lab, which has stones and a lithographic press, to learn about the chemistry of lithography and try out the printing technique. Catalogs of the completed works are currently being prepared. 4) In press: A game of mirrors, six unpublished poems by six poets accompanied by six graphic works by ALI artists, respectively Eliza Macadan, Paolo Ruffilli, Christine Lacan, Stefano Vincieri, Anna Maria Dadomo, Paolo Maccari with Edoardo Fontana (woodcut), Michele Stragliati (linocut), Emanuele Convento (chalcography), Annamaria Stanghellini (chalcography), Sonia De Franceschi (lithography), Maria Valli (lithography). With an introduction by Marzio Dall'Acqua, published by ALI and Laboratorio F.lli Manfredi. 5) Arrived in April, along with a set of large stones, a new Bollito lithographic press for 70x100 cm sheet lithographs, restored by A. Paolini, a famous manufacturer of chalcographic presses. It awaits its proper home and operation in the workshop.