ITALY
Italy goes to Mexico
Mexico, November
23, 2002 - During the big Segunda Bienal
Internacional del Justo Medio , Estado de Quintana Roo, Mexico
was an exhibition of five Italian cartoonists representing their
country's humorous art. The show was organized by the Italian
International Festival of Graphic Humour (represented by the director
Julio Lubetkin) and the cultural association
Lo scrigno dell’arte. The cartoonists were: Massimo
Bucchi, Lucio Trojano, Giuliano Rossetti, Lido Contemori, and
Marco De Angelis. Every artist had ten works
on show about some themes of our time such as pollution, modified
food, and television .
Real food for thought
Città di Castellos, Italy,
November 16, 2002 - This year a lot
of Italian cartoonists went to Città di Castello, a fine
ancient town in the center of Italy, famous for the precious truffle
and other gastronomic products. Every edition of “Love of
truffle” is dedicated to a theme with the truffle as the
principal subject. The exhibition, held in the first days of November
has three awarded artists: 1st prize went to Renzo Barbarossa,
2nd to Aldo Bortolotti, and 3rd to Carlo
Sterpone.
Festival of International Political Satire
Forte dei Marmi, Italy, October 11, 2002 -
The 30th Forte dei Marmi Festival of International Political Satire
was the most important Italian meeting for this genre of graphic
humour. Among the categories represented were newspaper and magazine
editorial cartoons, television, radio, and literature. This year's
theme was "When information walks arm in arm with power"
- relations between the media and political or economical power.
Among the many Italian works exhibited, were the creations of Altan,
Giannelli, Contemori, Maramotti, Origone, Staino, De Angelis, Krancic,
Bruna, Rebori, Minoggio, Migneco, Isca, Skiaffino, Ardito,
and Bortolotti. But this year the most interesting
initiative was the exhibition of some “champions” of
European satire. Fifteen shows were dedicated to some of the best
known satirical artists/cartoonists of the European Union, for the
30th birthday of the Political Satire Prize. They were: Jean
Veenenbos (Austria), Serdu (Belgium),
Jens Hage (Denmark), Adam Korpak
(Finland), Pancho (France), Kruger
(Germany), Steve Bell (Great Britain), Stathis
(Greece), Martyn Turner (Ireland), Giannelli
(Italy), Balaban (Luxembourg), Tom Janseen
(Holland), Antonio (Portugal), Maximo
(Spain), and Riber Hansson (Sweden). A special
edition of the prize was awarded to all invited “Euro-artists”
for their fine work.
Riso Latino
Rome, Italy, August 21, 2002 -
Just as last year, the important Festival Latino Americando
held in Milan, Italy, has a section of graphic humor, the 2nd
Exhibition of Latino-American Graphic Humor, Riso Latino.
The theme of this year is The Soccer World Cup, 2002 . (I
Mondiali di Calcio, 2002). The organizer of the exhibition,
the Italian-Uruguayan Julio Lubetkin offers 100 cartoons
by 66 professional satirical artist/cartoonists representing Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Some of the participating artists, in random order, are: Kemchs,
Krhan, Crist, Maicas, Aetos, Yayo,
Leslie, Ghap, Casalas, Tabare, Jerez,
Carlucho, Ajubel, Amorin, Pancho, Pilozo,
Zaballos, and Turcios. The exhibition is supported
by UNIHG (Union Iberoamericana de Humoristas Graphicos) and has
the collaboration of Fanofunny, the Chocarreros magazine
and the cultural association Lo Scrigno dell'Arte. The Festival
Latino Americando is all about the cultural traditions of Central
and South America and is expected to be visited by over 700.000
people.
Mad
cow?
Foligno, Italy, August 18, 2002
- The 12th HUMOURfest, held in Foligno, in the heart of Italy, had
the theme: Mad cow? The question mark offered the participating cartoonists
lots of possibilities for original ideas about the ongoing contoversy. This
year's winner was Ross Thomson, from Great Britain. The second and
third prizes went to Xia Dachuan (China) and Ivan Velikov Kutuzov
(Bulgaria). The jury assigned honorable mentions to Dalponte, Frattolillo,
Kosobukin, Maddalena-Pecoraro, Ochakovsky, and Marampon
Ricciotti.
 A traveling
festival
Rome, Italy, August 2, 2002
- The 5th International Festival of Graphic
Humor (www.festivalhumorgrafico.com) turns out to be a big success in
Italy. The original exhibition was held in a suburb of Rome, while a traveling
show takes turn in the towns of Ciampino, Nemi, Genzano, Ariccia, Rocca
di Papa and Velletri. They are all historic sites with lots of tourists,
with large numbers of people visiting the exhibitions between April to September.
This year's theme ("A safe smile in defense of the right to eat
and laugh safely") produced lots of ideas about genetically modified
food, pollution, etc. The organizer, Julio Lubetkin, created one
(in fact many) of the best professional exhibitions in Italy. Two hundred
cartoonists from 37 countries had participated in the festival. This year
the poster and the catalogue cover were illustrated by the work of Marco
De Angelis. Some of the better known participating cartoonists were:
Quino, Isaac, Ajubel, Kosobukin, Altan,
Bucchi, Trojano, Palomo, Pancho, Skiaffino,
Isca, Contemori, Bruna, Mangosi, Tabare,
Effat, Kemchs, Basol, Klas, Luczynski,
and Lauzan.
 The oldest cartoon festival has
hit a snag
Bordighera, Italy, July12, 2002 -
Once again, just as in the last two years, the glorious Salone
dell'Umorismo of Bordighera, won't be held. Economic, political,
and administrative problems stopped the oldest festival, that for 52 years
was one of the most respected around the world. Founder Cesare Perfetto
ran into a myriad of difficulties with the local government of Bordighera,
a town that is also famous for its flowery coast (Riviera dei
fiori) and of the wonderful region of Liguria, near the French border
and the Cote d'Azur. The politicians have new ideas and projects,
very far from the spirit of the exhibition and are not willing to provide
adequate support anymore. Perfetto is now waiting for better times, looking
around for sponsors and considering other possible places for the competition.
The Saloon temporarily moved to Sanremo from 1993 to 1996, then returned
to Bordighera only to encounter more problems. Now, the first festival of
its kind, whose Golden Palm award has been held in the highest esteem by
the international cartooning community, is forced to stay on an extended
break.
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