Etch handprinted on paper, edition of 8
32 × 22.4 cm, 2025
After living at the foot of Mount Etna for four months in 2022 and returning whenever he has time, Gustave Demoen is very familiar with the volcano and the art scene in Catania. Yet he still feels like a tourist there, scouring all the tourist shops in search of new postcards of the Etna. This has resulted in a collection of more than 350 postcards.
For Rifugio 25, he created an image of this Etna postcard collection, from which he selected 24 different types of typography. Some are more grotesque, others more serene, just as Mount Etna itself can be.
Etch made for ‘Rifugio 25’, an exhibtion at FLOW Catania & Rifugio Galvarina curated by Etna Art & Research Center.