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17 July – 15 August 2012
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National Museum of Archaeology
Valletta
Republic Street
Valletta
17 July – 15 August 2012
17 July – 15 August 2012
Ovid
Metamorphoses
Monika Beisner
A portfolio of thirty-six giclèe prints
with signed title sheet
Printed on Hahnemühle PhotoRag 308gsm
Edition of 15
numbered in Roman numerals from I / XV to XV / XV
plus 2 artist’s proofs, 2 printer’s proofs and 1 exhibition proof
Paper size: 54.6 x 42.2 cm
Each print is available individually in a separate edition of 30
numbered 1 / 30 to 30 / 30
© Monika Beisner, 2010
For purchase enquiries please visit
www.prattcontemporaryart.co.uk/beisner
Monika Beisner works from language and stories, rhymes and poems,
and condenses them into glowing images: she materialises words in
rich colour and lively line, summoning onto the page the pictures that
form in her mind as she reads, and then passing these on as gifts to her
audience. “Illumination” – in both senses of the word – describes her art
more aptly than the term “illustration”: her pictures illuminate the stories
she tells, and they also resemble the jewel-like images found in medieval
and renaissance manuscripts.
Marina Warner, “Illuminating Stories”, from foreword to Dante’s “Divine
Comedy”, 2005 illustrated by Monika Beisner.
Monika Beisner was born in Germany, where she studied painting in
Braunschweig and Berlin. Fellowships allowed her to continue her studies
in New York and London, where she now lives. Her illustrations for
children’s books have earned her an international reputation and she has
exhibited worldwide. Her illustrations of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” have
been published in Germany and Italy. She has completed illustrations
for Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”. Her next step will be into the world of
“Gilgamesh”.
www.prattcontemporaryart.co.uk/beisner