O.p.l.a. 2.0 – 20 Years Of Artists’ Books For Children

“The artist’s book is a secret treasure chest… open it and you can play with the words, signs and colours of the world.” It was born twenty years ago at the Merano Civic Library, OPLA (Oasis For Artistic Books): an archive designed to preserve, catalog and make available artist’s books for scholars, lovers, or just curious. After ‘Children’s Corner’, OPLA 20 years of children’s art books, a review of children’s books created by artists like Gilberti, Gill, Mirò, Boetti and many others; all these selected editions can be found at the OPLA archive, the most nowaday complete Italian collection on this subject.