The Human Body

The Human Body was Alteria Art’s first initiative. It involved giving studio time to emerging artists to learn new techniques, an exhibition in London’s Mayfair and a talk in the studio where the works were created.

Alteria Art’s motive is to work closely with associated artists to create high quality limited edition prints that will be sold to support the Art Barter initiative.

In keeping with Art Barterʼs ethos, Alteria Art will involve both established and emerging talent from the international art scene encouraging a genuine appreciation of artistic values, far from market strategies and calculations.

For the inaugural set of editions,  a group of ten artists were commissioned to bring together a coherent collection of etchings, all of the same size, elaborating on the designated theme of “The Human Body”. Alteria Art provided all materials alongside the opportunity for the emerging artists to spend time learning the technique from a master print maker Ian Steadman in his studio.

The artists each offer their personal vision and individual insight on the subject, meditating on endless possibilities of interpretations. The Human Body tackled as the ultimate icon of human caducity; investigated as abstract form or sectioned in its different parts; depicted as humorous, grotesque and uncanny figures; illustrative and suggestive; the body as a source of pain, pleasure, fear and happiness; its physiology but also its spirituality.

Each print comes as an edition of 25 and will be available in the format of 20 exclusive box sets with five of each edition being sold as individual prints with no distinction in price between more recognised and ascending talent.

Alteria Art will enable young collectors a chance to acquire unique artworks and at the same time, more seasoned collectors will have the chance to discover emerging talent within the box sets that are certain to become desirable collectorʼs items.