FEBRUARY 17, 2010: NATIONAL DAY OF THE CAT

17 - 26 February 2010

exhibition-event & film review

PAPER CATS

from Sylvester, Tom and Garfield to Puss in Boots, from Pablo Neruda to Gustav Dor , from movie posters to origami, from comics to cartoons, from bookplates to stickers, from stamps to poetry, up to illustration: a cattery of paper that celebrates the myth of the most loved feline ever!

ATELIER GLUCK ART

Via Cristoforo Gluck, 45 - Milan FREE ENTRANCE
Info: 331/9963519 - www.ateliergluckarte.org

Now affirmed anniversary, the day of February 17 For over ten years celebrated as the National Cat Day at the behest of the most important feline associations. The exhibition PAPER CATS intends to pay homage to this nice occasion by offering the public an interesting journey through the most disparate graphic (and other) representations of the feline most loved by man. From the graphics of the twentieth century to the engravings of Gustav Dor , up to cartoons, comics, stamps and film posters, the exhibition offers a fascinating excursus that leads the visitor to the discovery of famous cats such as Silvestro, Tom , Felix, the Cheshire Cat, Garfield but also of their more blasonated cousins ​​who came from the feathers of Neruda, Elliot, Saba and Montale. In short, a real original and fun paper cattery!

Since ancient times, with mixed fortunes, the cat has been at the side of Man. Revered as a god by the ancient Egyptians for his ability to keep mice away from granaries, persecuted in the Middle Ages as the incarnation of the Devil, studied by scientists, sung by poets, drawn by artists, immortalized by directors, told by writers, loved or hated by men of power, today he enjoys blissfully and slyly the role of pet par excellence that he won by fighting paw to paw with Fido. A journey over thousands of years witnessed by the innumerable graphic representations with which Man wanted to pay homage to this discreet travel companion, especially during the twentieth century, making him the protagonist of successful cartoon and comic series, posters, works of art and very refined graphic elaborations. This is the path chosen by the Atelier Gluck Arte Association to say `` thank you '' on the day dedicated to him ... thanks for always being there and thanks for having entertained tens of generations!

Thanks to the collaboration of important collectors willing to lend their wonders, the exhibition guarantees a truly unique journey. It starts from one collection of 100 ex-libris all with a cat theme that lead the visitor by the hand into the fascinating world of twentieth century graphics. They are small pieces of paper that bibliophiles, usually great cat lovers, love to paste inside their volumes to personalize and catalog them. They are small wonders, often specially commissioned to famous or unknown artists, which speak of two loves and two passions, one for cats and one for reading. On display 100 specimens from the collection of Andrea Tomasetig made with the most disparate techniques (chalcography, xylography, lithography), coming from all parts of the world and dating back to all the decades of the twentieth century, from the classic liberty of the first decades to the we contemporaries. And since every sheet of paper needs a pen to live, here is a tribute due to poetry.

Four Nobel cats are sung in the exhibition: The name of the cats by Thomas Stearns Eliot, Ode to the cat by Pablo Neruda, Of a lost cat by Eugenio Montale, Cat in an empty apartment by Wislawa Szymborska, poems written by authors who have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature (in 1948, 1971, 1975 and 1996 respectively). There are also cats sung by other poets such as Gianni Rodari, Charles Baudelaire, Cesare Pavese and Umberto Saba.

Paper kittens are also those that peep out from the notched edges of the over 300 stamps on display, specimens issued by the post offices of all the countries of the world, representing the most widespread breeds, the rarest ones and even some famous cats. Among the truly valuable pieces we must remember the Italian stamp issued in 1974 to celebrate the anniversary of Petrarch, on which appears the Poet with the inseparable cat at his feet, the one issued in France in 1963 to honor the first cat sent in the space aboard a rocket, as well as a very rare example of the stamp issued in Spain in 1930 to commemorate Charles Augustus Lindbergh's Atlantic crossing, where the pilot's lucky cat appears crouched in a corner. Thanks to the collaboration of the site www.catsonstamps.net by Gianni and Laura Settimo, here for the first time on display a real gallery of philatelic cats never seen before!

Paper cats par excellence are those who hunt paper mice in the comics And in the cartoons. Thanks to the collaboration of the Franco Fossati Foundation, books, tables and illustrations will be exhibited that tell the more than centennial history of comics cats. Suffice it to say that the mythical black cat Felix, the first cat to be transformed into a cartoon, turns 91 this year and that the surreal comics starring Krazy Kat, the black cat who falls in love with the mouse Ignazio every time this one takes it in brick, blows out the hundredth candle. Here's why how Felix was chosen as the symbol of the exhibition, the dean of the cats in comics and cartoons present in the exhibition in different shapes: from a large costume that reproduces him at man's height to the books, from the first very rare cartoons made available by the Fondazione Cineteca Italiana together with other precious cat gems, up to the figurines and gadgets. All the most famous cats of comics and the big screen will be lined up to serve as a worthy court to King Felix: Silvestro, Tom, Garfield, Fritz, Felix, Krazy Kat, Isidoro, Bucky, the Aristocats, Lucifer, Si and Am, Figaro , the Cheshire Cat, Oliver and many more! Also on display are beautiful 3D figurines that reproduce them in their nicest expressions made available by the Surprese e Dintorni shop in Milan. To the mythical cats of the Disney House, in collaboration with the Walt Disney Company, it will be dedicated on the day of Sunday February 21 a review of animated cats not to be missed: Oliver and Company(1988), Oliver Twist's poetic cat-like transposition, The Aristocats (1970), a classic that certainly needs no introduction and the latest arrival Bolt-A four-legged hero (2008), the story of an actor dog who discovers real life thanks to the car of an extraordinary and energetic kitten. Three masterpieces recently returned to the general public in the magic of high definition on DVD and Blu-ray disc. He then returns to the comics to find that too Diabolik has had to do with cats: thanks to the collaboration with Astorina, here on display tables taken from three different stories in which the famous thief in tights is face-to-face with cats of different types: mechanical robots built by him to distract ferocious guard dogs, a cat with an emerald eye and ... the others are surprised! The characters by Sergio Bonelli Editore could not be missing: here it is Dylan Dog, Gaea and Julia in unusual cat company. Who then forgot about Oscar the Supertelegattone that animated the theme song of the program Superclassifica Show ? The historic production house De Mas and Partners makes available the original material created in the Eighties precisely to create that historic theme, which will be possible to see thanks to the full version loaned by the Fondazione Cineteca Italiana. And since even the big cats that stand out on movie posters are `` paper cats '', here is a Catgallery of original posters and photo envelopes loaned by Il Cinema Dipinto by Elia Vitale: from The Aristocats to Shrek , from A cat from outer space to FBI Operation Cat , from Tom & Jerryand La Gabbianella e il Gatto at Oliver & Company and many other cinema classics in which cat appears as the protagonist and as a simple extra. All posters that the public can buy after the exhibition.

In short, a very long journey of paper and ink that starts from ancient Egypt with a tribute due to the cat goddess Bastet, perhaps the first graphic cat to be reproduced with a certain continuity, up to the very nice Puss in Boots, co-star hit of the animated saga of Shrek, passing through all the cats mentioned above. Monographic panels are dedicated to each of them that tell their story and events. To discover that Tom was censored because he smoked in a cartoon, that Silvestro was the testimonial for a well-known brand of tomato sauce, that the Siamese are the most protagonist breed in cartoons and films and many other curiosities. Speaking of Puss in Boots ... this is the first cat protagonist of a story of its own, released from the pen of Giovanni Francesco Straparola in the XNUMXth century and then reinterpreted by Charles Perrault and the Grimm brothers. His adventures were illustrated in the XNUMXth century by the great Gustav Dor , of whom some precious reproductions of his magnificent engravings will be exhibited: for the first time the cat stands on two legs and takes on an anthropomorphic appearance. Here is the great-grandfather of all the cartoon cats that will follow! In order to make this tribute even more significant, the collaboration of the Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera was requested, which indicated six students of the scenography school who, due to their creative path, proved to be particularly suitable for giving away as many works. to inspire this cute character by reinterpreting him in a creative and absolutely original way. And then again the beautiful origami cats that came out of Luisa Canovi's Paper Factory, a nice collection of stickers from the Franco Dassisti archive and ... many surprises to be discovered on display!

Sunday 21 February 2010

WI ANIMATED CATS

film review in collaboration with Walt Disney Company

11.00 am Oliver & Company
15.00 pm The Aristocats
17.30 Bolt. A four-legged hero
films currently available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc Cat festival in music with Laura Susan and the little singers of the Anghelion Green Choir
free admission with reservations required at number 331/9963519

The exhibition, curated by Enrico Ercole, is organized by the Atelier Gluck Arte Association, with the participation as media sponsor of Argos, Gatto Magazine and Il Mio Gatto, the three main periodicals in the sector. We thank Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera, Almax Manichini, Argos, Astorina, Bic Licensing, Il Cinema Dipinto, Franco Dassisti, De Mas and Partners, Sandro Dossi, Fondazione Cineteca Italiana, Franco Fossati Foundation, Gatto Magazine, for the indispensable collaboration. My Cat, Ericka Olaya Andrade, Paper Factory, Sergio Bonelli Editore, Surprises and Surroundings, Andrea Tomasetig, Walt Disney Company, www.catsonstamps.net

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