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Alicia Candiani's work has been awarded 1st Prize of the International Print Network (IPN), in Oldenburg, Germany A collection of works from the "Continents" series will be exhibited at the Horst-Janssen Museum from February 28 to April 11, 2010. The award recognizes the career and work of this artist in the field of research with new media and its association with the oldest techniques of printmaking, as well as the conceptual content of the series investigating contemporary migration and relocation processes. The International Print Network (IPN) project is a cooperation launched in 2006 between the SMTG Krakow, Wiener Künstlerhaus and Horst-Janssen-Museum Oldenburg. The collaborative effort involves the joint organization and execution of graphic arts exhibitions featuring current international work, as well as the associated competitions, support programs and publications. In recent years the graphic arts have served as the nexus of various media currents in photography, graphic design, and digital and other new print processes. Worlds of images old and new have become interlaced with one another, allowing a varied, open discourse within the contemporary printmaking fields to shape the current situation. Based on its history, tradition and significance for the cultural, intellectual and democratic development in Europe, printmaking technology has resumed its role as a centre of interdisciplinary research interest, particularly for questions related to the technical conditions of reproducible images, their dissemination and with it their societal function.


Horst Janssen is one of the most distinguished German artists in drawing and graphic arts. He grew up in Oldenburg. In 1992, Oldenburg offered him the honorable citizenship award and in November 2000, the City of Oldenburg inaugurated the Horst-Janssen-Museum in honor to the artist. The museum acts as an encounter with his work and his personality by showing so many forms and themes addressed by the artist in his work: landscape, erotism, portraits, still-life, drawings, graphics, prints, illustrations, posters and books. + INFO