ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>BABELE arte libri eventi - Firenze - rivenditore autorizzato FMR</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"/> <style type="text/css"> body,td,th { font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 12px; color: #eb690b; } body { background-color: #000000; margin-left :0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:10px; padding-left:0px; padding-right:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:10px; height:100%; } a:link { color: #eb690b; text-decoration: none; } a:visited { text-decoration: none; color: #eb690b; } a:hover { text-decoration: underline; } a:active { text-decoration: none; } .img_a { border:none; } .header { position: inherit; width: 100%; margin-top:25px; height:25px; z-index:2; } .corpo { position: inherit; width: 100%; z-index:1; } .footer { position: inherit; width: 100%; z-index:3; } .titolievidenziati { color: #FFFF99; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="header"> <table style="width:650px; height:25px; text-align:center; margin:auto;" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td> <strong><a href="../eng.htm">HOME</a></strong> </td> <td> <strong><a href="artisti.htm">ART</a></strong> </td> <td> <strong><a href="editori.htm">BOOKS</a></strong> </td> <td> <strong><a href="eventi.htm">EVENTS</a></strong> </td> <td> <strong><a href="chisiamo.htm">ABOUT US</a></strong> </td> <td> <a href="mailto:babele@babelefirenze.com"><strong>CONTACT US</strong></a> </td> <td> <a href="../ita/chisiamo.htm">Italian version</a> </td> </tr> </table> <hr size="1" width="90%" noshade > </div> <div class="corpo"> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <table style="text-align:justify; margin:auto;"> <tr> <td style="text-align:left; color: #FFFF99; font-weight: bold;"> BABELE - Rare books and art boutique <br /> <br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:600px; text-align:left;"> <i> In the heart of Florence, facing the "Croce al Trebbio", nestled between<br /> Piazza Santa Maria Novella and Via Tornabuoni, lies Babele, an unusual<br /> Art and Book boutique. Opened in 1978 as the bookshop of the publisher<br /> Franco Maria Ricci, since 1991 it has been managed by Laura Accordi Gattai.<br /> With time, the little shop has acquired the stature of a veritable tower<br /> of initiatives, enclosing various genres of artistic excellence, from the<br /> sophisticated FMR publications to art books signed by the author, micropublishing, objects d'art and cards, graphics, canvases, small sculptures, sketches, brilliant drawings by illustrators and communications artists and still more,<br /> discovered and presented for the pleasure of the curious connoisseur, designed to<br /> provide unique and uncommon experiences.<br /> All the objects are displayed in the small but perfectly arranged space of the boutique, in what appears to be casual disarray, like precious heirlooms<br /> with intimate stories to tell, the very antithesis of the museum-like stillness of many modern art galleries.<br /> Here, emotions are the thing, a special world with an almost magical atmosphere,<br /> far from the daily hubbub. Good music, perhaps a few words with an artist or<br /> author who has just dropped by, surrounded by "so many things one doesn't know<br /> where to look": a happy, pressure-free shopping experience.<br /> Here, people don't buy to satisfy a need, but to make their wishes come true.<br /> </i> <blockquote> <br /><br /> <strong class="titolievidenziati">Major events and shows:</strong><br /><br /><br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>Big Christmas party</strong> - December 21, 1991</span> - Group poetry reading featuring political figures and entertainers.<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>The Bestiary</strong> - March 21, 1992 </span>- Exhibit of paintings and drawings <br />by Maria Teresa Faini.<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>Prevert or 'the love'</strong> - September 25, 1992 </span> - Presentation of the Art volume <br />by Paolo Calamai.<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>The loves of Zeus</strong> - November 28, 1992</span> - Presentation of the Art volume <br />by David Russell and Vittoria Pozzi.<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>Old girls</strong> - December 5, 1992</span> - Exhibit of "True Fakes", drawn from 19th century American folk art,<br /> by Silvano Chellini.<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>Florilegia</strong> - November 6, 1993</span> - Exhibit of flower collages in Cibacopy, <br />by Elena Marietti.<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>"Mother-quarry"</strong> - January 22, 1994 </span> - Presentation of Poem-sculptures in pietra serena<br />by Riccardo Nannini and Massimo Mori<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>Surfaces of the soul</strong> - May 26, 1994</span> - Personal exhibit <br />by Patrizia Zingaretti (mixed-media works on wood and canvas).<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>Between night and day</strong> - December 3, 1994 </span> - Personal exhibit <br />by Patrizio Gervasoni (works with various techniques).<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>Nine lives for a cat</strong> - February 18, 1995</span> - Presentation of Art volume <br />by Sophie Fatus.<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>The lucky animals</strong> - December 2, 1995 </span>- Personal exhibit <br /> by Bernadette Kam Fu Lee (graphic works).<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>Between art and games</strong> - December 7, 1996</span> - Personal exhibit <br /> by Osvaldo Menegazzi, painter, publisher and collector of Tarots cards and ancient card games.<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>Margin notes</strong> - April 15, 2000</span>- Personal exhibit <br />by Fernando Cucci (paintings and sculptures).<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>Variations on a theme</strong> - May 26, 2000</span> - Personal exhibit by Marta Luppi (paintings)<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>Animals menagerie</strong> - October 21, 2000</span> - Exhibit of engravings, paintings and collages <br /> by Romola Bellandi, Giovanna Di Marco and Sophie Fatus.<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>Illustrious words</strong> - October 20, 2001</span> - Personal exhibit by Caroline Gallois (engravings, paintings and graphic works). <br /><br /> Since 2001, production, collection and distribution in Italy of art volumes "I quaderni di Babele", unique items, made with different techniques like embroidery, painting , collage.<br /><br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>Light memories</strong> - November 16, 2002 </span> - Personal exhibit of paintings <br />by Gianna Scoino.<br /><br /> Since 2002, presentation of NUAGES publishings and collaboration with the well-known homonymous Milan gallery.<br /><br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>Scratches, mistakes, cut-outs </strong> - November 29, 2003</span> - Personal exhibit by Emanuele Luzzati<br /> (etchings ed aquatints made by the Genoa born artist, in collaboration with Alfredo Meconi from 1982 to 2003) and presentation of the catalo1gue.<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>Child hood dreams </strong> - May 8, 2004</span> - Personal exhibit<br />by Alberto Bryk (graphic works).<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>"Femineus" </strong>- November 27, 2004</span> - Exhibit of watercolors, engravings, pastels, oils and collages by Altan, Cemak, Costantini, Crepax, De Carlo, Fatus, Folon, Glaser, Luzzati, Matticchio, Mattotti, Perini, Prett, Rapaccini and others. Presentation of the catalogue  Femineus published by Babele in 500 copies numbered and signed.<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>Books at a nail and 'mirabilia'</strong> - November 27, 2005</span> - Papers, sheets and memories narrated by the ancient operating approach of art craftsmen. Presentation of publishing brand company UNALUNA. Meeting with the publishers, with Renaisssance inspired music and buffet.<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>Lele's fantastic world </strong>- December 4, 2005</span> - Personal exhibit by Emanuele Luzzati (pastels, collages,books and engravings). Projection of short films by Master Luzzati that received Oscar nominations.<br /> <span class="titolievidenziati"><strong>Sea Earth sea: marines of Tuscany and beyond </strong>- June 21, 2006 </span>- Exhibit of watercolors, engravings, oils and collages <br />by Romola Bellandi, Giovanna Di Marco, Caroline Gallois, Patrizio Gervasoni. </blockquote> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="footer" style="text-align:center"> <img class="img_a" alt="" src="images/home_fmr_en.gif"/> <br /> <hr size="1" width="580px" noshade > <span style="color:White" >via delle Belle Donne, 41/r&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;50123 Firenze&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;tel/fax +39 055 283312&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><a href="mailto:babele@babelefirenze.com">babele@babelefirenze.com</a> </div> </body> </html>