World-famous architect at the SACROEXPO

Mario Botta receives the Per Artem ad Deum Medal and gives a lecture in Targi Kielce

Evry Cathedral, designed by Mario Botta (Source: bussinesinsider.com)

Evry Cathedral, designed by Mario Botta (Source: bussinesinsider.com)

You love the church, because this is the place you can experience the creator. Upon entering a church building, you feel that you are in the centre of the world- once said Mario Botta – the Swiss architect . At the International Exhibition of Church Construction, Church Fittings and Furnishings and Religious SACROEXPO the artist will personally present his designs and projects. The architect is this year’s laureate of the Per Artem ad Deum Medal.

Mario Botta is one of the biggest names in world architecture. Botta is the representative of the neo-modernist regionalism, one of the Tessin architects known as the “four musketeers”. He is co-founder of the European architecture phenomenon of the late twentieth century, called “the Tessin flow”. Mario Botta started his architectural adventure when only 16 years old; then he developed the Genestrerio presbytery project . A few years later he designed the most beautiful church buildings whose form and dimensions have become exemplary owing to the fact that they offer incredibly personal space for church-goers. His buildings, at the times when church architecture often becomes a display of technical capabilities, are the sanctuaries of silence, recollection and prayer. His work serve as the proof that the church building is the heart of the city, regardless the religion; adds the artist. Among the examples of Mario Botta’s works there are: John the Baptist Church in Mogno, Cathedral of the Resurrection in Evry, Church of Santo Volto in Turin, the Chapel of Monte Tamaro and the Church of the Blessed Odoric in Pordenone. Stability and a patient quest are the characteristic feature of Botta’s architecture; he pursuit excellence because – as he says, each consecutive work is the most important one.Mario Botta has been presented with numerous awards and distinctions, including, Beton 85 Award, CICA, Massimo, International Award Architecture or the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage Europa Nostra . He is also the laureate of this year’s Per Artem ad Deum Medal; the Medal awarding ceremony will be held during the Targi Kielce’s SACROEXPO.

The other Per Artem Ad Deum 2014 Medal winner is Adam Bujak, an artist photographer.

Per Artem Ad Deum medal awarded to a notable person

 

Stanisław Rodziński

Stanisław Rodziński

The Chapter of the Medal of the Pontifical Council for Culture “Per Artem Ad Deum” after assessing the five leading candidates of this year’s edition decided to award the medal to Stanisław Rodziński – distinguished artist, painter and essayist. The Chapter justified it’s choice in a short but conclusive sentence, presenting the laurel to Stanisław Rodziński “for the shades of life which embody the quest for solace and reflection upon life’s transience”.

Stanisław Rodziński (born 1940) – painter and essayist. Dean of the Faculty of Painting of the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts (1993-1996) and Rector of this Academy (1996-2002). He has had several dozen individual exhibitions, and many collective exhibitions. He has received numerous awards and distinctions, including the Medal Komisji Edukacji Narodowej (Commission for National Education Medal) in 1993, and the Officers’ Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta in 1998. His work in painting, often landscape, is marked by dignity, monumentalism and muffled colours. He is the author of several volumes of essays, usually on subjects connected with the arts.

Other nominees of this year’s edition are:

  • Roman Berger – composer, Slovakia
  • Philip Gröning – director and documentary film maker, Germany
  • Antanas Kmieliauskas – fine artist, Lithuania
  • Józef Skrzek – multi-instrumentalist, Poland

 

World premiere of Ennio Morricone’s composition staged in Polish exhibition centre

Per Artem Ad Deum 2012

Ennio Morricone and Poznańskie Słowiki Choir were awarded by Per Artem ad Deum 2012 Medal

“Tra Cielo e Terra” – a cantata of a musical genius, Ennio Morricone performed in Targi Kielce (Poland) during the “Per Artem ad Deum” Medal presentation ceremony.

 

World premiere of a new version of Ennio Morricone’s “Tra Cielo e Terra” attended by the composer was held in Targi Kielce. The previous, Roman version of the cantata was altered. The composition staged during the presentation ceremony of the Pontifical Council for Culture Medal “Per Artem ad Deum” was a soundtracks selection from the two films which portrayed John Paul II and Karol Wojtyła. The composition premiere and the Medal presentation were held in front of the two-thousand audience.

 

– The music I write is associated with the religion and the Head of the Church John Paul II; owing to this fact I have been able to become familiar with this Great Pole. I came to realise that this man became the Pope and the Pope remained a man – said Morricone before his work was performed.

 

The artist appreciated the cantata performance of the Symphonic Orchestra of the Swietokrzyskie Philharmonic directed by Jacek Rogala and the Krakow Philharmonic Choir. The concert of the Poznan Nightingales Choir performing, inter alia, the compositions of Mikołaj Gomułka, Wacław of Szamotuły of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart brought the audience closer to the sacrum.

 

– Today’s programme is not a coincidence; as I was building the repertoire I reached for the works Professor Stuligrosz most liked to conduct – said the Poznan Nightingales Choir director Maciej Wieloch.


This is the concert of two dimensions. It represents the dialogue between religion and culture as well as the affiliations of the Holy See and Poland. This is the evening when the faith and music converge afresh in the name of John Paul II; this happens thanks to the fact that the music is dedicated to him – said the President of the Pontifical Council for Culture HE Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi during the ceremony.

 

The “Per Artem ad Deum” Medal is the accolade presented by Pontifical Council for Culture; the Council was created at the initiative of Pope John Paul II. The exceptional distinction is presented in Targi Kielce. This year’s Medal laureates are Ennio Morricone and † Stefan Stuligrosz.

 

The media sponsors of the Targi Kielce concert were RMF Classic, Interia.pl, TVP1 and Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily.

“Tra Cielo e Terra” – a cantata of a musical genius, Ennio Morricone performed in Targi Kielce (Poland) during the “Per Artem ad Deum” Medal presentation ceremony.

 

World premiere of a new version of Ennio Morricone’s “Tra Cielo e Terra” attended by the composer was held in Targi Kielce. The previous, Roman version of the cantata was altered. The composition staged during the presentation ceremony of the Pontifical Council for Culture Medal “Per Artem ad Deum” was a soundtracks selection from the two films which portrayed John Paul II and Karol Wojtyła. The composition premiere and the Medal presentation were held in front of the two-thousand audience.

 

– The music I write is associated with the religion and the Head of the Church John Paul II; owing to this fact I have been able to become familiar with this Great Pole. I came to realise that this man became the Pope and the Pope remained a man – said Morricone before his work was performed.

 

The artist appreciated the cantata performance of the Symphonic Orchestra of the Swietokrzyskie Philharmonic directed by Jacek Rogala and the Krakow Philharmonic Choir. The concert of the Poznan Nightingales Choir performing, inter alia, the compositions of Mikołaj Gomułka, Wacław of Szamotuły of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart brought the audience closer to the sacrum.

 

– Today’s programme is not a coincidence; as I was building the repertoire I reached for the works Professor Stuligrosz most liked to conduct – said the Poznan Nightingales Choir director Maciej Wieloch.


This is the concert of two dimensions. It represents the dialogue between religion and culture as well as the affiliations of the Holy See and Poland. This is the evening when the faith and music converge afresh in the name of John Paul II; this happens thanks to the fact that the music is dedicated to him – said the President of the Pontifical Council for Culture HE Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi during the ceremony.

 

The “Per Artem ad Deum” Medal is the accolade presented by Pontifical Council for Culture; the Council was created at the initiative of Pope John Paul II. The exceptional distinction is presented in Targi Kielce. This year’s Medal laureates are Ennio Morricone and † Stefan Stuligrosz.

 

The media sponsors of the Targi Kielce concert were RMF Classic, Interia.pl, TVP1 and Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily.