RONALD LIBIN PASSED AWAY
With deep sorrow, we announce you that on April 1 at the age of 78, our friend, a prominent Belgian cartoonist, former President-General of FECO Ronald Libin, left us forever due to a heart attack.
Rest in peace, dear friend!
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More about Ronald Libin’s life and work of art can be found on his Cartoon Gallery profile: http://www.cartoongallery.eu/englishversion/gallery/belgium/ronald-libin/
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* Source: Noela Declerck (BE), Laco Torma (SK)
SLOVAK-NORWEGIAN PROJECT “BRAINWASHING”
Joint Slovak-Norwegian project “Brainwashing” continued with exhibitions in the capital of Norway Oslo and also in the picturesque town of Drobak, about 30 km away from Oslo, within the current event “Festival of Light”.
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Poster of the exhibition “Brainwashing”
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The exhibition collections of cartoon humor presented the attitude of the authors not only from Slovakia and Norway, but from all over the world to this constantly topical theme. Of course, there were also world-renowned authors whose works could have been admired by visitors of the Presov Brain Sneezing Gallery.
The exhibition in Oslo was inaugurated by H.E. Denisa Frelichova, Slovak Ambassador to Norway. She also supported the opening of the exhibition in Drobak and promised assistance in presenting Slovak culture and strengthening the cultural partnership of both countries.
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Grand opening of the exhibition in Oslo: Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the Kingdom of Norway H.E. Denisa Frelichova and the Norwegian galerist Firuz Kutal
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Opening of the exhibition in Drobak: Project Coordinator Peter Razus, simultaneous translation Magdalena Razusova
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In addition to both exhibitions, there were prepared for visitors discussions about the Slovak cartoon humor, in which Slovak cartoonists Bobo Pernecky and Karol Cizmazia presented their artwork. Very interesting and attractive to the public were exterior installation of cartoons on the wall of the Norwegian Cartoon Humor Gallery in Drobak as well as the evening projection of cartoons on the walls of adjacent buildings.
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Presentation of the artworks of Slovak cartoonist Bobo Pernecky
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Magdalena Razusova during an interview about the artwork of Karol Cizmazia
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As a part of the “Festival of Light” in Drobak, exhibition works were projected on the wall of the opposite building
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“An important contribution of this international cooperation is not only the implementation of one project, but the systematic cooperation that has existed since 2016 and continues to prepare other projects aimed at developing a bilateral partnership in the areas of community culture, audience education and creative industry. An interesting idea is the communication of art with the viewer “without words” and therefore in the next project we will focus on provocation in the form of performance art, where dramaturgy prepares, in addition to cartoon humor, street theater or unusual musical groups”, characterized the project coordinator Peter Razus.
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Working meeting with Norwegian friends focused on the preparation of further joint projects – left to right: Kjersti Lillebø – Head of department of MiA / Museums in Akershus; Cecilie Øien – Director of MiA / Museums in Akershus; Karol Cizmazia, Bobo Pernecky – Slovak cartoonists; Lars Aurtande – Norwegian artist, curator; Arifur Rahman – cartoonist; Bianca Boege – curator; Magdalena Razusova – interpreter; Peter Razus – coordinator of Slovak-Norwegian project
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Slovak town of Presov has creative potential in the activities of independent cultural centers, but also in independent inspirational events such as “Alternative Quotient”, the sculpture symposium “Honor to work” or “Night at the Castle”, which together with those interested in culture want to involve PRERAG into the following activities. Both institutions aim to support cultural communities in carrying out artistic experiments, engaging activists in dramaturgy, production and publicity, increasing attendance of events and, above all, informing and educating the audience.
Peter RAZUS, the Project Coordinator
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„The ‘Brainwashing’ project is supported by the ACF – Slovakia program, funded by the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021. The program is administered by the Ekopolis Foundation in partnership with the Open Society Foundation Bratislava and the Carpathian Foundation“.
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* Text and photo: Peter Razus (SK)
“100 YEARS OF CARICATURE IN EL UNIVERSAL” IN FABRICA DEL HUMOR
On Thursday, October 18, the exhibition “A Hundred Years of Caricature in El Universal” will be inaugurated in the Humor Factory, Alcala de Henares, Spain.
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Invitation to the exhibition “100 YEARS OF CARICATURE IN EL UNIVERSAL”
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The sample consists of a total of 75 pieces, of which 60 are originals, while the rest are similar copies made by the Design Department of El Universal.
In short, the exhibition collects a small sample of the thousands of cartoons published during the period of 100 years of existence that the newspaper has: almost all the Mexican humorists of the 20th century have left their mark on this newspaper, making it possible that in the exhibition “Hundred years of caricature in El Universal” are briefly represented these artists who drew and portrayed the history of the country.
The inauguration will take place at 12:00, and will be open to the public until November 18.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday from 12 to 14 and from 18 to 20. Sundays and holidays: 12 to 14. Mondays closed.
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* Source: Instituto Quevedo de las Artes del Humor
PRAGUE SPRING IN LONDON
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Until September 2, 2018, fans of cartoons and history from around the world can see a remarkable exhibition of period cartoons by Czech and British artists at the Gallery of the Czech Centre in London, United Kingdom.
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Address:
Gallery of the Czech Centre London, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, W8 4QY, UK.
Opening hours: Mon – Fri 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
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The text for the exhibition was written by the most renowned contemporary Czech theorist, critic and cartoon historian Ivan Hanousek who also participated in the preparation of the exhibition.
In London on our 1968
That an exhibition about the Prague Spring was inaugurated in London at the Czech Centre is perhaps not surprising to anyone … but that it will be an exhibition of Czech and British cartoons, especially from the remarkable Russian invasion into the heart of Europe? That’s almost shocking!
Here is brief information about the exhibition entitled “Make Love, not war, or we will kill you”; Prague Spring 1968 in cartoons.
MAKE LOVE NOT WAR OR WE’LL KILL YOU…
“Fifty years have passed since the Soviet invasion, which suppressed Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia.
The Czech Centre of London returns to the events of August 1968 through the work of British and Czech cartoonists, who often interpreted the period of politics with black humor”, says the head of the London Czech Centre Tereza Porybna.
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As informed Mrs. Terezie Vitkova from the London’s Czech Centre:
“The vernissage was successful and the interest persists. I am pleased to say that, apart from visitors with a personal relationship to 1968, a younger, inquiring audience with a sincere interest in caricatures is coming to the gallery daily. We are very happy with the show and have managed to reach out to a wide range of people that your text speaks. Below I attach photos from the opening, perhaps I will also bring you pleasure from the exhibition, which we meet here in the Czech Center in London.”
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- For more detailed information on the exhibition, see e-GAG 2018/8 at this link: http://www.cartoongallery.eu/kniznica/casopisy/e-gag/
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* Source: Ivan Hanousek (CZ)
EUROPE OF CARTOONISTS
On the occasion of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and under the auspices of the European Commission and the German and French Embassies, the International Cartoon Exhibition named “EUROPE OF CARTOONISTS” has been officially inaugurated on 20 June 2018 at the House of Europe in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Venue of the exhibition – The House of Europe in Sofia, Bulgaria
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The exhibition brings works by cartoonists and caricaturists from the countries associated in the European Union and their witty reflections on European events. The exhibition includes: Belgium (Pierre Kroll, Nicolas Vadot), Croatia, Czech Republic (Pavel Reisenauer), Denmark (Niels Bo Bojesen, Jens Hage), France, Holland, Ireland (Martyn Turner), Latvia (Gatis Sluka), Germany (Klaus Stuttmann), Poland (Marcin Bondarowicz, Zbigniew Wozniak), Austria (Sinisa Pismestrovic, Petar Pismestrovic), Romania, Slovakia (Karol Cizmazia), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Steve Bell, Lou Mc Keever), and Bulgaria (Alla and Chavdar Georgiev, Christo Komarnitski, Chavdar Nikolov).
Our heartfelt thanks go to Mrs. Ivana Marksfeldova of the Embassy of Slovak Republic in Sofia, thanks to the willingness and friendliness of whom we can bring some insights to the opening and exhibited works.
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The opening of the exhibition “Europe of Cartoonists”
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Viewing of exhibited artworks
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Panels with cartoons
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THE VIEW AT SOME OF THE EXHIBITED ARTWORKS
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Photo: Ivana Marksfeldova (BG/SK)
CZECH CARTOONS IN THE KARIKATURMUSEUM KREMS, AUSTRIA
In the renowned Cartoon Museum in the Austrian Krems, on Saturday 2 June 2018, an exhibition of Czech satire and cartoon entitled “AHOJ NACHBAR!” will be officially opened and the artworks of the leading Czech cartoonists will be presented there. Exhibiting artists: Marie Plotena, Vladimir Jiranek, Miroslav Bartak, Jiri Sliva, Pavel Matuska, Oldrich Jelinek and Josef Blecha.
The exhibition got really generous space and time in the famous Karikaturmuseum Krems – the excellent artworks of Czech cartoonists will be possible to admire until January 20, 2019
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* Source: Marie Plotena (CZ)
JIRI SALAMOUN IN BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA
Within the Bratislava Book Festival, several exhibitions of prominent illustrators from various countries were opened in the Bratislava galleries. One of the most interesting and most representative ones is certainly the exhibition of the work of the leading Czech artist Jiri Salamoun, which was opened on 17 May 2018 in the Exhibition hall of the University Library on Michalska street in Bratislava, where it will be accessible until 4 June 2018.
We attach several photos from the opening and the text to the exhibition from the pen of Jan Rous.
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Jiri SALAMOUN
Born April 17, 1935 in Prague, Czech Republic. Graphic designer, illustrator, creator of animated films.
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (1953-1961) and the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkünst in Leipzig (1957-1959: Albert Kapr, Gerhard Kurt Müller).
In 1990-2003 he worked as a teacher at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague, and he led an illustration and graphics studio (since 1990 he has been an associate professor, after 1992 a professor). As a pedagogue he also worked in schools abroad.
He has been collectively exhibiting since 1956, independently since 1971. He has worked out more than 130 books (Chronicle of Picwick’s Club, Hobbit, Tracy, The Last Mohycan and others.
He has made more than 40 animated films (Maxipes Fik, Laaaska). He organized more than 30 personal exhibitions and attended in more than 100 collective exhibitions. His work has won a number of awards. He belongs to the leading Czechoslovak artists, who designed film posters.
Salamoun in his illustrations is not a narrator who would only represent and describe the story, but his illustrations are also something between interpretation and commentary. His interpretation allows us to understand the meaning of the story, it always reveals something essential, generally valid, often not very amazing, but its lightweight form helps us to accept it. The uniqueness and unrepeatability of Salamoun’s interpretation of the world, hidden in books that are his great passion, accompany us with the theater of the world in which our own role is situated.
This way of interpreting the world has specific genius at Salamoun. In the latter half he studied for 3 years in Leipzig in the second half of the 1950s, while studying his expressionist affection, but in essence only emphasized what he it was inherent in the consciousness of the relation to the culture of Central Europe, in which until recently everything that belonged not only to Czech but also to Germans and Jews was mingled.
Salamoun’s understanding of the world is moving in different ways, going through the labyrinth of the world, some of which can lead to the heart of the heart, again at the very threshold of childhood. Salamoun’s permanent labyrinth guide, however, is a humor that makes almost everything easier. It’s sarcastic, sometimes sharp, but the world is tinged tenderness of a child who does not hide the truth. Salamoun’s illustration belongs to the Czech post-war art to his most striking expression, not only in connection with the book but also throughout his work. Their significance and strength rests in the fact that in their expression and understanding they are an inseparable part of his whole work.
Jan Rous
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PHOTO FROM THE OPENING
The building of the University Library in Bratislava, Slovakia
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Entrance gate to the Exhibition hall of the University Library with a poster promoting the exhibition of Jiri Salamoun
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Overall view of the Exhibition hall before the ceremonial opening of the exhibition
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The organizer of the Bratislava Book Festival opens the exhibition of Jiri Salamoun
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The exhibition hall was filled with many admirers of the art of Jiri Salamoun
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The exhibition offers a representative selection of master’s illustrations
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Unconcealed admiration for the creative work by Jiri Salamoun
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A deep artistic experience is guaranteed
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View of some of the exhibited works by Jiri Salamoun
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A closer look at the exhibited works
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The story of Madame Fortune and Mr Unlucky
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… and other stunning stories
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The pleasant atmosphere of the opening continues…
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A unique selection of Jiri Salamoun’s artwork can be admired in the Exhibition hall of the University Library in Bratislava, Slovakia until June 4, 2018.
Definitely do not miss!
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* Photo: Cartoon Gallery
PARISIAN CARTOON GENIUS IN PRAGUE
* Source: Ivan Hanousek (CZ)
HAPPY EASTER
Pleasant Easter Holidays, dear friends!
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Jozef VYDRNAK (SK)
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Barbara BRATHOVA (SK)
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Raul Fernando ZULETA (CO)
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JANO VALTER PASSED AWAY
On 17 November 2017, our colleague – Slovak artist, cartoonist, illustrator and pedagogue, Jan Valter, PhD. died at the age of 58.
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The last farewell to Jano Valter will be held on November 23, 2017 at 11:00 am in the Bratislava Crematorium, Slovakia.
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BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Jano Valter was born on October 20, 1959 in Bratislava, Slovakia. In 1978 he graduated from Ivan Horvath Grammar School in Bratislava. From 1978 to 1984 he studied at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, from which he graduated with the State Final Examination and Engineering Diploma.
Between 1984 and 1989 he worked in several institutes: the Research Institute of Cable and Insulators, the Research Institute of Chemical Technology, the Institute for Information and Management in Culture.
Since 1990 he was a freelancer, since 1991 in the Graphic Studio Jared and Valter, in 1995 at Maxum as an Art Director and Creative Director. Since 2003 he was lecturing at Comenius University in Bratislava, Department of Marketing Communication. In 2012 he defended at the Faculty of Arts doctoral dissertation on “The cartoon in the context of social development in Slovakia from 1918 to 1925” and was awarded his PhD. In recent years, he has been lecturing at the Academy of Education on “Creativity in Advertising”.
Jano Valter worked as a freelancer in the field of graphics, drawings, cartoons, paintings, creation of objects, animation and literary creation. In the field of advertising, he devoted himself to creating scenarios, slogans, graphic designs and creative campaigns. He created over 7000 works of art. Since 1988, he has published his drawings in magazines at home and abroad (48 different periodicals). He illustrated and created graphic designs of covers of 41 books. He presented his artworks at home and abroad at 17 solo exhibitions and participated in about 470 collective exhibitions of drawings and cartoons. His artworks has been awarded over 30 prizes at home and abroad (France, Italy, Turkey, Poland, Brazil, Croatia …).
Jano Valter was the author and co – author of about 16 scripts and TV spotted motifs, about 20 motifs and scripts on a radio spot, a number of creative concepts, and graphic processing in prints. He was also the author of many slogans.
Jano Valter was a member of the Slovak PEN Center, the Association of Graphic Artists of Slovakia, the Slovak Union of Cartoonists and the Club of Bratislava Cartoonists.
From 1983 he was married – wife Anka, four children (Matus, Zuzana, Lukas, Marek).
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SEVERAL DRAWINGS BY JANO VALTER
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JIRI SLIVA IN BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA
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The theater of Milan Lasica and Julius Satinsky (famous Slovak humorists) in Bratislava, known as the Studio L+S, has become every year in the autumn the host scene of the event called “Week of the Czech Theater”, during which the renowned ensembles of the Czech theater scene are presenting their productions of generally excellent quality. No wonder that the audience throughout the year are looking forward to seeing these performances and tickets are regularly sold out well in advance.
It has become a praiseworthy tradition that the theater foyer is during this excellent theater festival decorated with the artworks of leading artists. This year, visitors can enjoy the extraordinary experience: They will have the opportunity to watch the graphc prints of a giant (don’t be afraid to use this word) and the most famous representative of contemporary Czech cartooning on a global scale, a versatile multi-genre artist Jiri Sliva.
The leading Czech cartoonist, graphic artist, painter, illustrator, poet and musician Jiri SLIVA, after very successful exhibitions in his native Czech Republic and also in many countries of the world, exhibits his artworks in Bratislava, where he presents his graphic art at the Studio L+S, which in addition to the artistic value is, of course, containing humor.
Opening ceremony of the exhibition of graphic art by Jiri Sliva called “Nonsense? Moonshine!” took place on 6 November 2017 at 4:30 pm. in the Studio L+S on the square of May 1st, No. 5, in Bratislava, Slovakia, under the auspices of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Slovakia.
The ceremony was opened and participants welcomed by the Executive Director of the L+S Studio PhDr. Pavol Danisovic. The Ambassador of the Czech Republic H.E. Mrs. Livia Klausova appreciated the contribution of this event to mutual cultural exchange and the excellent relations of our two countries. She also highlighted the quality of the extensive work of art by Jiri Sliva. Director of the Slovart Publishing House Juraj Heger introduced the latest books published in collaboration with the author. Then followed a short speech by the exhibiting artist himself, who thanked for the invitation to exhibit his artworks in the Studio L+S and invited the attendees to the tour of the exhibition. Very touching was the moment when Jiri Sliva mentioned the recently deceased famous Slovak painter and graphic artist Dusan Polakovic with whom he was associated in close friendship.
Regarding Jiri Sliva, of course, we can not miss even his remarkable musical talent, of which had the possibility to convince the visitors of the opening. The highlight of this extraordinary event was in fact musical performance: first Jiri Sliva presented his composition about the Dada movement, followed by a very interesting performance of a casual band called AD HOC DUO composed of Jiri Sliva and Peter Lipa (a famous Slovak jazz singer) – they played several amazingly impressive evergreens (see video).
Followed by a tour of the exhibited artworks, there was not missing enjoyable entertainment and of course a lot of interesting conversations. For those interested in were available several books by Jiri Sliva with the possibility of gain valued author’s autograph, which was for the present audience very interesting.
It remains to be said that this was an extraordinary event and after the end of the opening every participant undoubtedly left with great mood and unforgettable artistic experience.
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PHOTO-REPORT FROM THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION
The Executive Director of the Studio L+S PhDr. Pavol Danisovic opens the event
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Ceremonial speech presented by the Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Slovakia H.E. Livia Klausova
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The latest books of the author presented by the Director of the SLOVART Publishing House Juraj Heger
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Jiri Slíva welcomed his fans in the Studio L+S in Bratislava
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AD HOC DUO composed of Peter Lipa and Jiri Sliva enchanted audiences with their playing and singing
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Common Photo: Pavol Danisovic, Livia Klausova, Jiri Sliva
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The opening was attended by a large audience
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Everyone was very interested in an interview with the author
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Jiri Sliva with his wife and the Mayor of the City of Pezinok Oliver Solga
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Jiri Sliva with his wife and with the reporter of the newspaper “Denník N” Alexander Balogh
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The opportunity to get a book from Jiri Sliva
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The autograph from a famous artist is highly valued
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View of some of the exhibited graphic sheets by Jiri Sliva
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Prints by Jiri Sliva
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Wide thematic range…
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… and precision of work of art
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Kafka as an inexhaustible source of inspiration
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Jiri Sliva’s artworks motivate both smiles and reflections
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Friendly atmosphere of the opening
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AD HOC DUO PLAYS “ANYTHING BUT LOVE”
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* Text, photo and video: Cartoon Gallery
PLAIN AIR 2017, VALTICE, CZECH REPUBLIC
On 20-24 September 2017, a second international drawing session was held in Valtice, in which participated Slawomir Luczynski, Sergei Kaszkowski from Poland, Klaus Pitter from Austria, Lubomir Lichy, Bretislav Kovarik, Jiri Hirschl, Jiri Bernard, Jiri Blecha and me. We supported the project “Three Graces”, initiated by Mr. Stanislav Schneider, the owner of the gallery and also the organizer of the event, with the support of Valtice, the Czech Union of Cartoonists (CUK) and FMP Austria – Czech Republic. On the first floor of the Reistna Gallery, we created the artworks that will be used for a future exhibition in 2018 in the Reistna Gallery Valtice, Valticka Rychta, Liechtenstein Schloss Wilfersdorf, Schrattenberg.
Besides of the drawing, we visited Wilfersdorf Castle, the ruins of Katzelsdorf, Schrattenberg, and the Sheepfold Sedlec. We went through the Three Graces project route, where sculptural objects will be installed and the Katzelsdorf manor will be restored. We tasted this year’s delicious burchak and excellent Valtice wines. What to add.
Jiri NOVAK
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SEVERAL ARTWORKS CREATED AT THE MEETING IN VALTICE
Jiri NOVAK (CZ)
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Sergej KASZKOWSKI (PL)
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Bretislav KOVARIK (CZ)
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Klaus PITTER (AT)
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Lubomir LICHY (CZ)
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Slawomir LUCZYNSKI (PL)
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Jiri HIRSL (CZ)
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Jiri BERNARD (CZ)
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Sergej KASZKOWSKI (PL) – Portraits
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PHOTO-REPORT FROM THE MEETING
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RECEPTION
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A SIGHTSEEING TOUR
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THE CREATIVE WORK
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WILFERSDORF
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KATZELSDORF
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* Source: Jiri Novak (CZ)
MILAN SLADEK in COLOGNE, GERMANY
The world-famous Slovak mime Milan Sladek will present in these days his premiere performance at the Theater im Bauturm in Cologne, Germany.
The performance consists of two parts – 1st part: Das Geschenk (The Gift) – by the means of pantomime in combination with the black theater reflects the relationship of the then Czechoslovakia with the Soviet Union after the invasion of the Warsaw Treaty troops in 1968. 2nd part: Andy & Basquiat – entertainingly describes the different worlds of two modern art giants Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Milan Sladek’s relation to fine art is very close and warm. The extraordinary artistic experience of his genius-conceived and stunning performances is further enhanced by their extraordinary artistic value. The Maestro himself – which is not surprising in this context – is excellent drawer (what had the opportunity to admire the visitors of the Kremnica gags 2014, of which he was the President and where he with his creative work has contributed to the success of “Improcartoon”).
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* Source: Milan Sladek (DE/SK)
VLADIMIR RENCIN PASSED AWAY
On Wednesday, October 4, 2017, after a long and severe illness at the age of 75, died Vladimir Rencin, an extraordinary personality of Czech (and Czechoslovak) culture, one of the greatest cartoonists, a sought-after illustrator, creator of animated films and post stamp maker. It is undoubtedly a huge loss for Czech, Slovak and European culture.
Rest in peace !
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BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Vladimir Rencin was born on December 6, 1941 in Pecky, Czech Republic. He spent most of his life in Hradec Kralove. He graduated from the High School of Economics and, already as an eighteen year old, he published his first drawing in the newspaper “Zemedelske noviny”. After his military service he worked in the periodicals of “Noviny Jablonecka” and in Chomutov “Nastup” as an editor and photographer. Since 1965 he was working as a freelance drawer. For many years he collaborated with the Czech magazines “Mlady svet” and “Dikobraz”. In the 60s he supported new social reforms, which was the reason that he was interrogated by the State Police and subsequently the regime forbade him publishing his works. After the “Velvet Revolution” and changing the social system in 1989, he co-operated with periodicals such as “Lidove noviny”, “MF Dnes” and “Pravo”, etc. He also published his artworks in a number of foreign periodicals, as for instance in prominent newspapers “Die Zeit” and “GEO” in Germany, “New Scientist” in Great Britain or the famous American magazine “Time”. Vladimir Rencin’s drawings we can count in thousands. He has also published more than three dozen of his own albums of cartoon humor. He was a highly sought-after illustrator, not only of the humorous literature, but also of the professional publications which he enriched with his cultivated humor. In cooperation with the TV he created several animated bedtime stories for children. He co-authored the play “The Most Beautiful War” and was the author of an occasional edition of the postal stamps released in 1995. He presented his artworks on more than one hundred exhibitions both at home and abroad. Vladimir Rencin is holder of a number of significant awards. In 2011, the President of the Czech Republic awarded him the medal “For merit”. Two years ago, due to a severe illness, he had to retire and leave his artistic activity. Vladimir Rencin died on October 4, 2017 at the age of 75 years.
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FROM THE CREATIVE WORK OF VLADIMIR RENCIN
I have to go to work. I have to feed my family and a lot of officials.
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We are from central offices. Uncle, haven’t you seen common sense in here?
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Before the elections, they promised us such beautiful times that I sold even my umbrella.
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What is incomprehensible about the telegram? I’m the sender, the recipient – humanity, the text: People, do not be fool, stop.
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I’ve put together such a private Decalogue for the contact with politicians. The First Commandment: Avoid them!
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BOOKS OF VLADIMIR RENCIN
Vladimir Rencin has released more than thirty of his own humorous cartoon albums – we are bringing you preview of several covers of his books:
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VLADIMIR RENCIN: “NOT SERIOUSLY ON SERIOUS TOPIC”
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KREMNICA GAGS 2017
The 37th European Festival of Humor and Satire had as a main theme the Consum versus good humor. This year were nominated to the festival the following cartoonists: POL LEURS – Poleurs (LU), JAN HRUBY (CZ), HENRYK CEBULA (PL), VALENTIN GEORGIEV (BG), NATALIA LOZEKOVA (SK) a TOMAS Eniac CIGER (SK).
The academician for the category of the cartoon was last year’s winner Walter Ihring. There was held a traditional auction of a plain paper, the Improcartoon was on the topic Consum. Accompanying exhibition consisted of the drawings of the aphorist and tireless organizer of competitions and exhibitions Jan Schuster. The founders of the festival decided to reveal the relief of his nose in the Avenue of Famous Noses on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of his birth.
Prize Golden Gander received Poleurs and Natalia Lozekova.
The president of the festival was a well known Slovak actress Zuzana Kronerova. Golden Gander for Lifetime Achievement was awarded Jozef Mokos.
Other details about the festival can be found on the website http://www.gagy.eu/
Fero Jablonovsky
dramaturgist of the festival
Written for e-GAG and Cartoon Gallery
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Improcartoons on the topic “Consum”
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Poleurs (LU) responds to public television
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Artwork by: Poleurs (LU)
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Artwork by: Natalia Lozekova SK)
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Valentin Georgiev (BG) and Henryk Cebula (PL)
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Jan Hruby (CZ)
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Poleurs (LU) and Dana Zacharova (SK)
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* Text and photo: Fero Jablonovsky (SK)
KREMNICA GAGS 2017
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Tomorrow begins and for the whole three days from morning till evening will take and enjoy all the visitors from all over Slovakia and Europe the biggest and best festival of humor and satire “KREMNICA GAGS 2017”. This unique festival of intelligent humor in all its forms enters its 37th edition, and there is no doubt that it will capitalize its long tradition with a series of cultural experiences of extraordinary value.
So, we have nothing else to do, just cordially recommend it to you all – you will certainly not regret it!
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Poster of the festival
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PROGRAM OF THE FESTIVAL
From the “Festival News” of Kremnica gags we have cut out for you the rich multigenre program of the festival, in which we highlighted cartoon events that are of most interest to us for understandable reasons.
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CARTOONISTS NOMINATED FOR THE “GOLDEN GANDER” AWARD
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* More info you can find on the website of Kremnica gags: http://www.gagy.sk/
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* Source: Jan Fakla – director of the festival Kremnica Gags 2017
FOUR SEASONS ART FAIR 2017, AMSTERDAM
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Dear friends,
I would like to invite you to be present at the first edition of the Four Seasons Art Fair in Amsterdam. A new artfair with ambition. An artfair for talented artists from The Netherlands and abroad. An artfair which gives the artist the possibility to show and sell his work without the intervention of a gallery. An artfair by and for artists where the connection between artist and artlover is central.
The organisation is proud to present 75 artists from 17 different countries in a beautifull location. I’m one of the artists who exhibits with new works and I hope to see you one of the artfair days or at the opening evening.
For more information: www.fourseasonsartfair.com
Greetings
Willem
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- The creative work of Willem Rasing from the Netherlands can also be seen at the Cartoon Gallery website, which brought an extensive collection of his wonderful work of art – click HERE
A UNIQUE WORLD OF ADOLF BORN
On May 22, 2017 passed exactly a year since the death of Adolf Born, excellent Czech world-class artist – painter, graphic artist, illustrator, cartoonist and creator of animated films. For this anniversary, the KAMPA Museum in Prague prepared a retrospective exhibition of Adolf Born’s artwork, entitled “A Unique World,” which presents his work in an unprecedented extent: it begins with the artworks from the 1960s and ends with his very last work.
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Poster of the exhibition: Adolf Born – A unique world
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The exhibition promises an unusual artistic experience – besides the famous works of master Born, it also brings some unique works of the author which have never been exhibited yet; such as lithographs from the 1960s, as well as an amazing collection of pastels. Born’s pastels on the canvas are full of bright colors and show the author’s favorite themes: antopomorphic animals, circus performances, carnival, masks, uniforms, etc. The exhibition, of course, reflects the excellent illustrator’s work by Adolf Born for various books, such as Grimm Brothers’ Fairy Tales, La Fontaine’s fables, R. Kipling’s Jungle Book, The Three Musketeers by A. Dumas, The War with the Newts by K. Capek, Pit and the Pendulum by E. A. Poe, poetry by Ch. Morgenstern and definitely there can not miss the famous figures Mach and Sebestova. Very interesting are also Born’s line drawings from his travels to various parts of the world such as: Alps, Venice, Corfu, Peloponnese, Istanbul, Granada, Montreal, the Netherlands, Taiwan, … In a separate hall is the screening of animated films by Adolf Born.
During his productive life, the master created a work of extraordinary quality and scope. He was active in the arts literally until the very last moment – in the main hall we can see his pastel with chillingly prophetic name “Uninvited guests at the Last Supper” which Adolf Born completed just few hours before his death.
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Adolf Born: “Uninvited guests at the Last Supper”, pastel, 2016
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Curator of the exhibition Petr Volf emphasized: “Born was convinced that the artist does not end when he can paint, draw or make graphics perfectly – the artist has to create his own world, where he then invites art”. And this unique exhibition fully demonstrates that Adolf Born his own unique world really created and after a tour of the exhibition we all feel very strongly how much he enriched the inner world of us all.
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The exhibition “Adolf Born: A Unique World” was inaugurated at the Kampa Museum in Prague on 28 April 2017 and we will be able to admire his masterpieces until 30 July 2017.
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Museum Kampa Prague, Czech Republic
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USEFUL INFORMATION:
- Exhibition title: Adolf Born – A unique world
- Venue: Museum Kampa – Jan and Meda Mladek Foundation
U Sovovych mlynu 2
118 00 Prague 1 – Mala Strana
Phone: +420 257 286 147 - Opening hours: daily from 10:00 to 18:00, including Mondays
- Duration of the exhibition: from 29 April 2017 to 30 July 2017
- Entrance fee:
- Adolf Born-A unique world
Adults………………………..130 CZK
Students, seniors……………..70 CZK
School groups of MS, ZS, SS … free of charge
- The whole museum
Adults………………………..130 CZK
Students, seniors……………..70 CZK
School groups of MS, ZS, SS … free of charge
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SOME VIEWS OF THE EXHIBITION ADOLF BORN – A UNIQUE WORLD (Photo: Museum Kampa)
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Pastels by Adolf Born
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Litographs by Adolf Born
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Christian Morgenstern and Adolf Born
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Adolf Born – Venezia, 1974
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Adolf Born – Consultation of the Wizzards of the country Kus, 1966
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Adolf Born – La Fontain’s Fables, illustration
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Adolf Born – Sensational artistic number with a tomcat, 2001
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Adolf Born – Cartoon from the book “Bornography”, 1970
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ANIMATED FILMS BY ADOLF BORN:
WHAT IF… , 1972
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MACH AND SEBESTOVA ON HOLIDAYS, 1998
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BIOGRAPHY OF ADOLF BORN
Adolf Born was born on June 12, 1930 in the South Bohemian town of Ceske Velenice in the family of railroaders. In 1935 the Born family moved to Prague.
In the years 1949-1950 Adolf studied visual arts at the Pedagogical Faculty of the Karlova University and later continued his studies at the Academy of Arts and Crafts (1950-53) and the Academy of Fine Arts (1953-55) in Prague, where he graduated in the studio of Professor A. Pelc.
Immediately after completion of the studies he together with his classmate from the academy Oldrich Jelinek founded their own studio. At that time, Adolf Born was specialized in humorous illustration and soon gained the reputation of a very distinctive and sought-after illustrator.
In the 1960s and 1970s, he was profiled primarily as a cartoonist. He published his cartoons in the magazines “Dikobraz”, “Lidove noviny”, “Mlady svet”, “Kvety”, but also in children’s magazines “Slunicko” or “Materidouska”. In 1970, his first book, named “Bornography”, was published, for which he created a series of black humor drawings on relations between men and women. The first foreign Born’s book was the album of his drawings and graphics “Donna, sesso forte”, published in 1973 in Italy. In 1975 he published the book “Caricatures”, in 1990 the autobiographical book “To My Nations” and also the album “12 graphic sheets” (1992).
In 1959, he had his first exhibition at the “Fronta” Gallery in Prague. Since 1960, his works have been exhibited throughout the world and have received many international awards. In 1964, he took part in the World Cartoon Show in Montreal, Canada, where he won later in the 1970s the Grand Prix. In 1974, in Montreal was Adolf Born named the World’s Best Cartoonist of the Year. When in 1973 censors banned his cartoons, he started to devote more intensely in book illustration, graphics and animation.
He was a very prolific illustrator, during his career he illustrated about 400 books, and for many other books he designed the covers. A significant part of his illustrating activity was the creation for children. His drawings accompany the stories by Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Marco Polo, Alexander Dumas (The Three Musketeers), Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe), Rudyard Kipling (The Jungle Book), Astrid Lindgren (Pippi Longstocking) and a number of fairy tale books. The best known are Born’s illustrations of the series of books “Mach and Sebestova” by Milos Macourek.
He began working with the cinematography in 1963 in the film by Vaclav Bedrich “When I’m Big,” and during the 60s he repeatedly collaborated with this director. Born is also signed under the first adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Hobbit,” which was filmed in 1966 by American director Gene Deitch. In 1969, as a designer, he contributed to the production of comedy by the director Rychman “The Six Black Girls or Why the Hare disappeared”. Adolf Born’s systematic collaboration with the world of cinematography dates back to 1972 when he set up a creative team alongside the screenwriter Milos Macourek and the animator Jaroslav Doubrava. This team created the famous evening series “Mach and Sebestova” and “Zofka and her Adventures”. Born also spent a lot of time producing the long-story animated film “The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a Sailor from York”. Many other films he enriched with cartoons – such as: “How to drown Dr Mracek or The End of the Watermen in Bohemia”, “Let’s Put Spinach”, poetic series “How the World is loosing Poets”, “How are the Poets loosing Illusions”, “How tastes the life to the Poets” and “How are the Poets waiting for a Miracle”. For the TV production “Golden Necklace” he created costumes and decorations. In total, he participated in the creation of about 65 films as the artist, screenwriter or/and director.
Born is also the author of costumes and decorations for the opera by Antonin Dvorak, “Devil and Kaca”, staged at the National Theater in Prague, “The Life of Insects” by Karel Capek, performed at the Grand Theater in Freiburg im Breisgau, and the opera “In the well” by the HAMU Music Faculty. The Thalia Award is unimaginable without his poster.
About a third of his time he devoted to free graphics – initially started with woodcut and linocut, and from the mid-1960s he focused on graphic techniques such as dry needle, etching, and especially color lithography that made him famous all over the world. As a passionate traveler he was often founding ideas for graphic works in the impressions from his travels around the world. He was also inspired by the admiration of literary characters and historical themes (e.g. the Austro-Hungarian monarchy or the time of Rudolf II), the mythological heroes, the world of theater, or memories to the old Prague feasts. His picturesque world of animals has become famous and admired throughout the world.
Adolf Born presented his work on more than 150 individual exhibitions and participated in a large number of collective exhibitions both at home and abroad. He is the author of the last Czech stamp of the 20th century and first of the 21st century. Adolf Born was a member of the “Association of Czech Artists and Graphic Artists – Hollar”.
For his works of art, he won many significant domestic and foreign awards, such as “The Best Book of the Year”, or in 1986 “The Higly Commended H. Ch. Andersen” (IBBY) for contribution to illustrating the children’s book. For Brecht’s “Mother Courage” he won the Gold medal in Leipzig, Germany; his Robinson Crusoe was awarded in London, UK. In 1988 he was awarded the title of Merited Artist. In 2003, he won the medal “For Merit of 1st Grade”. In 2003, he received the prestigious French award “The Knight of Arts and Letters”. In 2013 at the festival Animafilm he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for animated film.
Adolf Born died in Prague on 22th May 2016 at the age of 85.
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VIDEO
In the studio of Adof Born, 2015 (in Czech language)
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Adolf Born, the monarchist died (in Czech language)
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INKING WOMEN at THE CARTOON MUSEUM
The world of cartoons and comics is often considered to be a predominantly male domain. Therefore, many admirers of Cartoon art are often asking the question: “Why are there no women – cartoonists?” However, the answer may be quite surprising for many: “Well, actually, there are – lots of them!”
Evidence of this fact is the latest exhibition named “The Inking woman“, which was recently inaugurated in the renowned The Cartoon Museum in London. This unique exhibition, the largest of its kind, represents the creative work of 100 British artists and shows a wide variety of female humor in the perspective of the past 250 years. It brings an extensive collection of female works of art from the 18th century to the present day: original prints, cartoon humor, editorial cartoons published in newspapers and magazines, postcards, comics, graphic novels as well as various other artifacts.
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The exhibition very clearly demonstrates that women throughout history always carefully and with a distinctive sense of humor perceived and reflected the world and important events around them. They created the cartoons of previously unseen topics, such as the questioning of the division of roles in society, the unsustainability of the patriarchy, the need for equality of rights, the subject of sexuality and the education of children. Of course, besides these specific topics, their creative work always included all the “classical” thematic areas: literature, history, politics, nature conservation, health, life and death, but also very current topics such as today’s refugee crisis and so on.
This extensive exhibition maps the chronology of the evolution of the creative activities of British women-artists in the area of humor, satire, and artistic story-telling, and leads us step by step through the whole history of the British female cartoon, starting with Mary Darly, often called “the mother of pictorial satire,” who in 1762 wrote and illustrated “A Book of Caricatures” – the first cartoon book published in England, through the fighting cartoons used by various feminist movements in their campaigns, presenting the drawings of female authors for magazines such as Lilliput, Punch, Eve, Daily Sketch and Daily Herald, continuing with the regular contributors of periodicals such as Private Eye, The Spectator, New Statesmen and The Oldie, up to the youngest generation of artists, publishing their work primarily on the Internet.
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List of artists included in the exhibited collection:
Carol Adlam, Sally Artz, Ros Asquith, Mabel Lucie Attwell, Angela Bailey, Charlotte Bailey, Rachel Ball, Henny Beaumont, Margaret Belsky, Hannah Berry, Marie Brackenbury, Jess Bradley, Lucy C. Byatt, Kate Charlesworth, Gemma Corell, Mary Darly, Riana Duncan, Victoria Davidson, Caroline della Porta, Jean de Lemos, Wallis Eates, Hannah Eaton, Kate Evans, Annie Fish, Jacky Fleming, Karrie Fransman, Janis Goodman, Sophie Grillet, Grizelda, Katie Green, Isabel Greenberg, Ottilie Hainsworth, Merrily Harpur, Gill Hatcher, Rozi Hathaway, C. Headley Charlton, Rachel House, Laura Howell, Cath Jackson, Nicola Jennings, Lee Kennedy, Paula Knight, Kathryn Lamb, Nicola Lane, Annie Lawson, Simone Lia, Sarah Lightman, Maggie Ling, Sue McCartney-Snape, The Surreal McCoy, Liz Mackie, Cinders McLeod, Angela Martin, Jessica Martin, Ernestine Mills, Jo Nesbitt, Sofia Niazi, Danny Noble, Edie Op, Corrine Pearlman, Phyllis M Purser, Viv Quillin, Elizabeth Querstret, Agnes Richardson, Carolyn Risdale, Teresa Robertson, Christine Roche, Karen Rubins, Lesley Ruda, Alison Sampson, Fiona Scott, The Suffrage Atelier – several unknown artists, Posy Simmonds, Ginny Skinner, Zara Slattery, Erica Smith, Jackie Smith, Snowy Lake, Nicola Streeten, Carol Swain, Annie Tempest, Mary Tourtel, Fanny Tribble, Matilda Tristram, Myf Tristram, Una, Suzy Varty, Emma Vieceli, Judith Walker, Flora White, Bev Williams, Women’s Social and Political Union artist, Antonia Yeoman a Paula Youens.
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Do not miss this extraordinary exhibition! We recommend!
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USEFULL INFORMATION:
- Exhibition title: The Inking Woman
- Venue: The Cartoon Museum, 35 Little Russell Street, London, WC1A 2HH, Tel: 0207 580 8155
- Duration of the exhibition: from April 26 to July 24, 2017
- Opening hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 10:30 am – 5:30 pm, on Monday closed
- Admission: £7, £5, £3
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SOME ARTWORKS BY BRITISH WOMEN-ARTISTS:
Mary DARLY – The Female Conoiseur, 1771
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Mary DUVAL – Judy, 1874
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Annie FISH – The Tatler, 1915
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Sally ARTZ – Punch, 1972*****
Posy SIMMONDS – The Guardian, 1981*****
Rozy HATHAWAY – Njalla, 2016
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* Source: The Cartoon Museum, London (GB)
100 FACES OF MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
There is no doubt that Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is one of the greatest personalities not only of the Spanish but also of the world literature. He has enrolled in the cultural memory of mankind mainly as the “father” of the ingenious nobleman Don Quixote de la Mancha, who, together with Sancho Panza, is leading an uncompromising struggle in the name of romantic ideals. This Renaissance novel was in its time the second most published book in the world after the Bible.
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Miguel de Cervantes died on April 22, 1616 and therefore this days we commemorate 401 years since his death. In addition – on September 29, 2017 will be the 470th anniversary of the birth of this giant of the world literature – he was born in 1547 in Alcala de Henares near Madrid.
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Poster of the exhibition “100 Faces of Cervantes”*****
Where elsewhere, if not directly in the birthplace of the genius, could be initiated the project of the “100 Faces of Cervantes”, the aim of which is to pay tribute to this great Castilian writer and playwright of the Golden age of the Spanish literature, by means of the caricatures by 100 authors from 20 countries of the world (list of authors see below). The exhibition has been prepared by the Quevedo Institute of Humor of the Foundation of the University of Alcala, Spain (El Instituto Quevedo del Humor de la Fundacion Universidad de Alcala, Espana), and the curators of the exhibition are caricaturist David Pugliese and Juan Garcia Cerrada. *****
The exhibition “100 faces of Cervantes” was inaugurated on April 7 in El Antiguo Hospital de Santa Maria la Rica in Alcala de Henares, Spain and will run until 7 May 2017.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm and from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Sunday from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm.*****
The opening ceremony of the exhibition in Alcala de Henares – Maite del Val and the commissioners of the exhibition Juan Garcia and David Pugliese (photo: Jose Fernandez)
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100 PARTICIPATING AUTHORS:
Ricardo Ajler/Argentina, Aina Albi (Aina Alb)/Spain, Joaquin Aldeguer (J.)/Spain, Santiago Almarza Caballero (S. Almarza)/Spain, Jose Manuel Alvarez Crespo (Napi)/Spain, Andre Alvez (Alvez)/Uruguay, Angel Dario Banegas (Banegas) /Honduras, Eduardo Baptistao (Baptistao)/Brazil, Cristian Bernardini (Bernardini) /Argentina, Jose Luis Cabanas Onsurbe (JL Cabanas)/Spain, Francisco Cajas (Pancho Cajas)/Ecuador, Ricardo Camara Lastras (Sir Camara)/Spain, Jose Cano (Jkno)/Spain, Jaume Capdevila (Kap)/Spain, Sebastian Cast/Argentina, Sebastien Chevriot (Seb)/France, Joe Ciardiello (Ciardiello)/USA, Jesica Cichero/Argentina, Walter Cortinas (Checho)/Uruguay, Bertrand Daulle (Daulle)/France, Walter Davenport (W.R.Davenport)/Argentina, Cheryl de los Reyes Cruz/USA, Cesar Deferrari (Deferrari)/Argentina, Xavier Denia Valls (Xavi Denia)/Spain, Christophe Faraut (Faro)/France, Luiz Carlos Fernandes (Fernandes)/Brazil, Miquel Ferreres/Spain, Juan Ignacio Fichetti (Naco)/Argentina, Omar Figueroa Turcios (Turcios)/Colombia, Walter Fornero (Fornero)/Argentina, Elise Fossoux (Elise)/France, Ruben Franco (Franco)/ Mexico, Alex Gallego (Alex)/Spain, Simon Garcia (Simon)/France, Raquel Garcia Uldemolins (Raquel Gu)/Spain, David Garcia Vivancos (DGV)/Spain, Anthony Garner (Ant)/UK, Marina Gerosa (Gerosa)/Argentina, Jordi Gines Soteras (Gin)/Spain, Cau Gomez (Cau Gomez)/Brasil, Jose Julio Gomez Sanz (Jose Julio)/Spain, David Goytia (D. Goytia)/Spain, Marcelo Guerra (Marcelo Guerra)/Argentina, Ramon Gutierrez Díaz (Ramon)/Spain, Frank Hoppmann (F. Hoppmann)/Germany, Angel y Francisco Idigoras (Idigoras y Pachi)/Spain, Aleksei Kivokourtcev (Lexaxa)/Russia, Jerihely Leal (Jota Leal)/Venezuela, Pablo Lobato/Argentina, Jose Lopez Rivera (Pepe Farruqo)/Spain, Carlos Martinez Nieto (Mancha)/Spain, Ricardo Martinez Ortega (Ricardo)/Spain, Angel Menendez Menendez (Kalikatres)/Spain, Arturo Molero (Art Molero)/Spain, Pedro Molina (Molina)/Nicaragua, Adriana Mosquera Soto (Nani)/Colombia, Marilena Nardi (Nardi)/Italy, Antonio Neri Licon (Nerilicon)/Mexico, Alfonso Ortuno Salar (Ortuno)/Spain, Elena Ospina (Elena)/Colombia, Rafael Osuba (Osuba)/USA, Abilio Padron (Abilio)/Venezuela, Jaime Pandelet (Pandelet)/Spain, Emanuel Pascual (Pascual)/Argentina, Omar Perez (Omar)/Spain, Maria Picasso I Piquer (MP)/Spain, Ernesto Priego/Spain, Claudio Francesco Puglia (Claudio)/Italy, David Pugliese (Pugliese)/Argentina, Diego Puglisi (Puglisi)/Argentina, Mariagrazia Quaranta (Gio)/Italy, Fernando Quesada Porto (Quesada)/Spain, Ezequiel Quines (Quieze)/Argentina, Jimena Ramírez/Mexico, Jorge Restrepo (Restrepo)/Colombia, Roman Rivas (Roman)/Mexico, Patricio Rocco (Pat)/Argentina, Jorge Rodriguez Martíinez (Lloyy)/Venezuela, Carlos Romeu Muller (Romeu)/Spain, Jose Rubio Malagon (Malagon)/Spain, Carlos Ruiz Moisa (Ruz)/El Salvador, Hermenegildo Sabat (Sabat)/Uruguay, Pablo San Jose García (Pablo)/Spain, Angelines San Jose Sainz (Angelines)/Spain, Momo Scacchi (Momo)/Argentina, Polaco Scalerandi (Scalerandi)/Argentina, Agustin Sciammarella (Sciammarella)/Argentina, Pedro Silva (Pedro)/Portugal, Alberto Sintes (Sintes)/Spain, Tony Sobota (Bota)/USA, Elena Stanescu (Elena)/Romania, Bertrand Thiriet (L’Amiral)/France, Martin Tognola (Tognola)/Argentina, Andrea Luz Toledo (Toledo)/Argentina, Miguel Villalba Sanchez (Elchicotriste)/Spain, Carlos Villanueva Nieto (Carlos)/Spain, Bernd Weidenauer (BW)/Austria, Gilberto Zappa (Zappa)/Brazil, Omar Zevallos (Omar)/Peru, Jesus Zulet Izura (Zulet)/Spain.
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SEVERAL ARTWORKS FROM THE EXHIBITION “100 FACES OF CERVANTES”
David PUGLIESE / Argentina*****
Fernando Quesada Porto (QUESADA) / Spain
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Angel Dario Banegas (BANEGAS) / Honduras*****
Omar Figueroa TURCIOS / Colombia
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Alfonso Ortuno Salar (ORTUNO) / Spain
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Angel Menendez Menendez (KALIKARES) / Spain
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Angel y Francisco Idigoras (IDIGORAS Y PACHI) / Spain*****
* Source: Francisco Punal Suarez (ES); Instituto Quevedo del humor, El Fundacion General Universidad de Alcala(ES) – https://iqh.es/agenda/exposicion-100-caras-cervantes/
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THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ROLAND TOPOR
On 16th April 2016 we will commemorate already the 2Oth anniversary of the death of a famous French cartoonist, filmmaker and writer Roland Topor, whose original work was crucial to the history of world art. In the case of Roland Topor we definitely can not use the conventional euphemism that “he left us forever” because this exceptional artist has left here such a significant footprint that he is actually still here with us, and without any doubt he still remains. This author, often called the “disturber of generally accepted views, master of ridicule, virtuoso of black humor and incorrect thoughts” is today considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century.
As we have been informed by our friends from France – the French National Library “Bibliotheque nationale de France” in Paris prepared in honor of this genius of black humor a representative exhibition aptly named “Le Monde selon TOPOR” (The World according to Topor).
Ceremonial opening of the exhibition was held on March 28th, 2017 in the Bibliotheque nationale de France, site François-Mitterrand, Quai François Mauriac, Paris XIII e. This unique exhibition will run until 16th July 2017.
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Poster of the exhibition “LE MONDE SELON TOPOR”*****
PRESENTATION OF THE ORGANIZERS
A tireless creator, Roland Topor (1938-1997) put his pencil at the service of an unbridled imagination: humor drawings, illustrations for press and publishing, posters, animated films, television shows, sets and costumes. theater. Topor was also the author of novels, short stories, plays, songs and film scripts. His work finds its culmination in publishing, as he considered that his audience should not be limited only to collectors and art lovers.Organized twenty years after his disappearance, this retrospective exhibition proposes to make discover the variety of the artistic production of Topor. It will show a large number of original drawings, mainly from private collections, and editions kept in the funds of the BnF.
The exhibition will pay tribute to the outsized artist, the graphic genius and the man of wit with the subversive humor as was Roland Topor.
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Enormous interest of people in the exhibition of Roland Topor*****
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Exhibition “The World according to Topor” – view 1*****
Exhibition “The World according to Topor” – view 2
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Exhibition “The World according to Topor” – view 3
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Drawings by Roland Topor on the front pages of the famous humor magazine HARA-KIRI
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PRACTICAL INFORMATIONS
Place: Bibliothèque nationale de France, site François-Mitterrand, quai François Mauriac, Paris
Open: Tuesday – Saturday: from 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Sunday: from 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Closed in Mondays and holidays
Full price: 9 € (combined ticket for two exhibitions: 11 €)
Reduced price: 7 € (combined ticket for two exhibitions: 9 €)
Reservation: 0892 684 694 (0,34 € TTC / min) and FNAC www.fnac.com*****
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* Source: http://www.bnf.fr/fr/evenements_et_culture/exposition/f.monde_topor.html
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ROLAND TOPOR
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A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF ROLAND TOPOR
Roland Topor (January 7, 1938, Paris – April 16th, 1997, Paris) was a French artist, painter, cartoonist, humorist, poet, writer, playwright, lyricist, screenwriter, filmmaker, actor, musician, etc. He came from a family of Polish immigrants which during WW2 had to hide from Nazi persecution in Savoie. His father Abram Topor was a painter and sculptor and his son Roland inherited a great artistic talent. In 1955 he enrolled at the Academy “Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts” in Paris. During his studies he published his first drawing, which appeared in 1958 on the cover of the magazine “Bizarre”. After successfully completing his studies Topor began to work as a cartoonist for well-known humor magazine “Hara-Kiri” which was founded in 1960 by Cavanna and Georges Bernier called Professor Choron. Along with artists like Reiser, Fred, Lob, Cabu, and Gebe he declares a “joyful war” to all the “monsters” such as Stupidity, Lie, Vanity, Injustice and Conformism. Characteristic feature of his cartoons became a realistic drawing in a classic style but always with provocative content and generally with drastic humor and black poetry. In 1961, Roland Topor was awarded black humor prize “Prix de l’humor noir” for his book of drawings “Anthologie”. Along with Fernando Arrabal, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Oliver O. Olivier, and Jacques Sternberg founded in 1962 “Mouvement Panique” (Panic Movement) which prepared a shocking performances in the style of “The Cruel Theater” of Antonin Artaud. The first novel by Roland Topor has been “Le Locataire chimérique” (chimeric tenant) issued in 1964, which was filmed in 1976 by director Roman Polanski. He also wrote a number of theater plays, e.g. “Child of Mr. Lawrence”, “Joko Birthdays” (which won the Prix des Deux-Magots), “Winter under the table”. Topor created also the song lyrics for French singer of Japanese origin Megumi Satsu. He illustrated classic children’s book “The Adventures of Pinocchio”, the novels of Marcela Aymé (about 120 illustrations) and many other publications. Topor also designed posters for films such as “Le Tambour” (directed by Volker Schlöndorff 1978), which was projected around the world, “L’Empire de la passion” (director Oshima), “L’ Ibis rouge” (directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky). In 1976 he created a poster for the Amnesty International. As an artist and screenwriter he collaborated with a film director René Laloux, with whom in 1965 created an experimental animated film “Les Escargots” (Snails). With René Laloux collaborated Topor also on the animated feature-length science fiction film “La Planète Sauvage” (Wild Planet), which won the Special Jury Prize at the Film Festival in Cannes (1973). He also created the animated sequences for the film “Viva la Muerte” (directed by Fernando Arrabal, 1971) and collaborated with Federico Fellini on his film “Casanova” (1976), for which he drew the images projected during the sequence of magic lantern. Topor is also an actor – he played a smaller roles in the film “Sweet Movie” (Dusan Makavejev, 1974), alongside Isabelle Adjani and Klaus Kinski in the film “Nosferatu, the Vampyre” (Werner Herzog, 1979), “Ratataplan” (Maurizio Nichetti, 1979), “Swann in love” (Volker Schlöndorf, 1984) and “Three lives and only one death” (Raoul Ruiz, 1996). Roland Topor is a co-author of the screenplay for the absurd comedy “Marquis”, which was directed by his close friend from Belgium Henri Xhonneux in 1988. The film adaptation of the life of the Marquis de Sade was unveiled to the public in 1989 in honor of the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. Actors played their roles in the masks of animals – the piece was then adopted with significant embarrassment, but today it is already considered a “cult” film. Together with Henri Xhonneux created a children’s television series Télechat” (Bodies), which reached an immediate success and subsequently they filmed 234 episodes. For television he wrote along with Jean-Michel Ribes “Thank you Bernard” (1982-1984), and later “Palace” (1988). For theater they created “Les batailles” (1983); and for the film “La Galette du roi” (1985). On the radio France Culture was Topor one of the protagonists of the program “Des Papous“. He also cooperated with Jerome Savary (The Adventures of Zartan, from Moses to Mao) and in 1992 he was signed under the direction, decorations and costumes of the play “King Ubu” at the National Theater of Chaillot in Paris. In 1992 along with Giacomo Carioti and Jean-Louis Colas in order to encourage cooperation of the Italian and French artists founded the Company of free talents ROMALIAISONPARIS and Topor became its first president.
Roland Topor died of a stroke on April 16th, 1997. Posthumously he was appointed the Satrap of the College of the Pataphysics.*****
BOOKS BY ROLAND TOPOR
Roland Topor is the author of a number of his own books and countless others he illustrated. Topor’s books are still very popular and demanded – many of them were published in various languages, were issued in many countries, several of them were published in multiple editions and are continuously issued until this days. To demonstrate this fact, we offer you the covers of some of them..
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VIDEO
Roland Topor and his work remained also preserved in film and video form – for preview we bring to you at least three short videos.
TRIBUTE TO HIS FATHER BY NICOLAS TOPOR
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ARTWORKS BY ROLAND TOPOR
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BILL LEAK PASSED AWAY
It was with deep sorrow when we learned of the death of Bill LEAK, a great Australian cartoonist. He had died in Gosford hospital of a suspected heart attack on Friday, March 10, 2017 at the age of 61.
REST IN PEACE !
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Bill Leak, a well known Australian cartoonist, caricaturist and portraitist, was born on 9 January 1956 in Adelaide, Australia. After finishing high school, he studied for 2 years at the Julian Ashton Art School. He began drawing cartoons professionally in 1983, first for The Bulletin and then for The Sydney Morning Herald. In 1994 he moved to The Daily Telegraph Mirror, and then to The Australian. Since 1987 to 2002 he won 9 Walkley Awards for the best cartoon or best illustration, 19 Stanley Awards and in 2015 and 2016 News Corps’ Award for best cartoonist of the year. Bill Leak published 4 books of his editorial cartoons: Drawing Blood 1998; Moments of Truth 2005; Un Australian of the Year 2012; Trigger Warning 2017. He had died in Gosford hospital of a suspected heart attack on Friday, March 10, 2017 at the age of 61.
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FEW CARTOONS BY BILL LEAK:
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PLANTU: DEBOUT !
When a new book by world-famous French cartoonist Plantu is published, it’s always a great event. We have the honor to introduce to you the latest one, which was published only very recently.
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Cover of the book “Plantu: DEBOUT!”*****
The book is titled “DEBOUT!”, what could be translated as “Upright!” or “Standing!” and brings the best drawings by Plantu published during the year 2016 on the pages of the world respected periodicals Le Monde and L’Express.
Publication in handy softback edition consists of 192 pages and is divided into several thematic chapters (Preface, Terrorism, Fragilised Europe, International, Waiting for the presidential elections, Society, Index). In the preface Plantu emphasizes the importance of the freedom of expression – because as he says: Freedom is everything!
The author is asking: What will remain of 2016? And then in the individual chapters of the book Plantu through his drawings, which dominated in 2016 on the title pages of newspapers Le Monde and L’Express, analyzes just at that time current affairs and searches for answers to the most pressing questions of our contradictory world full of tensions and paradoxes. He covers all the burning issues such as unemployment, disunited Europe, Brexit, migration, war in Syria, elections in the US and in France, terrorist attacks in Paris, Nice, Brussels … He is never satisfied with merely superficial humorous look at key events, he always goes in depth, giving things into context, dissecting them to the very marrow, looking for solutions, teaches us to see, think and survive…
The book “DEBOUT!” through accurate cartoons transfers us through the events of past year 2016 much better and more clearly than any detailed word retrospective. And of course, through the whole historical-artistic excursion will accompany us omnipresent author’s favorite beings: the mythical Marianne – French national symbol of freedom, democracy and reason (as opposed to any form of dictatorship or oppression), butterflies in the colors of the French tricolor, dove with twig or Plantu’s playful little mouse.
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Plantu with his characteristic little mouse*****
The main data of the book:
- Title : Debout!
- Binding: Softback
- Weight: 542 g
- Dimensions: 17 cm X 24 cm
- Pages: 192
- Publisher: SEUIL, Paris, France
- Collection: SEUIL/HUMOUR
- Release Date: 3rd November 2016
- Price: 18 €
- EAN: 9782021334050
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SEVERAL ARTWORKS FROM THE BOOK “PLANTU: DEBOUT!”
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BOOKS BY PLANTU:
Plantu is the author of more than 60 books and a large number of other books he illustrated – we can present to you a view to the covers of some of them :
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* See also the profile page of the famous French cartoonist Plantu in the Cartoon Gallery – click HERE
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NEW BOOK “LA CARICATURE, 1830-1835”
Beaux Arts sent us a very interesting publication notice from Alan Wofsy Fine Arts of San Francisco, California – we are very glad to mediate it to you:
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Publication notice from Alan Wofsy Fine Arts LLC*****
Cover of the book “La Caricature, 1830-1835” *****
DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK CONTENT
La Caricature was the 19th Century equivalent and the precursor of Charlie Hebdo. The editor Charles Philipon employed the major satirical artists of the mid-19th Century notably Daumier, Grandville, E. Forest, Charlet, Bellangé, Traviès, Raffet and Gavarni. It appeared for five years, between 1830-1835.
The main subjects of the caricatures were Louis-Philippe and his entourage of July Monarchy politicians. Louis-Philippe, son of the Duke of Orléans, came to power after the 1830 Revolution as the Citizen King. However, he was not amused by the caricatures and once put Daumier in prison for 6 months, before suppressing the whole publication in 1835. He became more and more authoritarian and was finally forced to abdicate during the 1848 Revolution.
The plates are numbered 1-524, but approximately 62 are double sheets so there are actually 462 separate prints.
Georges Vicaire catalogued the 251 issues and 524 plates in 1895. However they have never been reproduced in a catalogue, nor has there been an English language discussion or catalogue of the corpus of prints
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts of San Francisco (www.art-books.com) will be publishing the first illustrated catalogue of all the lithographs that were published in La Caricature, 1830-1835 in the Spring of 2017.
All of the works are described in French and English and are arranged in the order they appeared in the original publication. There is an index by artist and the catalogue by Georges Vicaire from 1895 is also included. Many of the artists contributed anonymously and were not identified by Vicaire but are now identified. Where there were not descriptions of the plates in the original publication (about 60 of the 462), this new edition now provides descriptions in French.
There are essays in English are by Gordon Norton Ray and Edwin De Turck Bechtel and in French by Henri Beraldi and Georges Vicaire.
The general editor and designer is Corine Labridy-Stofle, a PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley.
Melissa Bender, PhD, a lecturer at the University of California, Davis, and Joanna Oseman, a professional translator, have provided insightful English language descriptions of each of the caricatures.
Alan Hyman, the editor of many catalogues raisonnés, is the Lektor.
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SOME ARTWORKS PUBLISHED IN THE BOOK
Jean-Jacques GRANDVILLE – Fun and games at the Champs Elysees*****
Honore DAUMIER – Good God! What a squalid scene!*****
Auguste BOUQUET – The people making the Kings dance*****
* Preview of the book “La Caricature, 1830-1835″ in PDF format you can see HERE
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- This unique book can be ordered at the above e-mail address of the Publisher Alan Wofsy Fine Arts LLC, San Francisco, California.
We highly recommend to all lovers of caricatures and cartoon art !
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* Source: Beaux arts
FRANCE CARTOONS – MAGAZINE No. 1
Colleagues from France sent us a message on the foundation of a new magazine for cartoonists of the Francophone press:
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THE WEB-MAG OF FRANCE-CARTOONS No. 1 IS ONLINE
The Web-Mag of France-Cartoons n°1 is online, with: Le Fecxit, greeting cards, Castelnaudary, Tomi Ungerer, Gotlib by Kichka, Mix and Remix, Angelo Di Marco, Tassuad, welcome to Red , The books of Chimulus, Cambon, Large and Tignous, the Schlingo of Gab and the Retroscopy of Professor JMB.
It is online at http://www.france-cartoons.com/le-webmag-de-france-cartoons-n-zero/. You can also click on the cover.
To see the magazine in full page, click on the small square in the bottom right (next to ISSUU)
If you prefer, you can download the magazine:
2 versions to download: the first more accurate, but longer to download, the second lighter but a little less precise.
On this link you can also browse the previous issues …Good reading !
Pierre BALLOUHEY President of France-Cartoons
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The cover of the new magazine of cartoonists of the Francophone press “FRANCE-CARTOONS”*****
* Source: Pierre Ballouhey (FR)
EUROPE CALLING !
In 2017, it will be 25 years since the signing of the Maastricht Treaty: the birth certificate of the European Union and the euro. The City of Maastricht and the Province of Limburg celebrate this great historical event organizing in the period from July 2016 to September 2017 a wide range of activities under the general title “EUROPE CALLING!”
What is most interesting for us, several international cartoon exhibitions will take place there reflecting the history and life of the European Union seen through the eyes of many outstanding European cartoonists.
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OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION SERIES
2 December 2016 – 24 February 2017The exhibitions ‘Scherts’, ‘Vrijmoedig’ and ‘Ontgrensd’ consist of cartoons and photographs that take the changing face of Europe as their subject. The three exhibitions will run from 2 December 2016 to 24 February 2017 in Maastricht. This exhibition series, entitled ‘Vastgelegd & Getekend’ (‘Snapped and Drawn’), is being organised as part of the ‘Europe Calling! Maastricht Treaty 25th Anniversary’ programme. On Friday 2 December at 11 a.m., King’s Commissioner Theo Bovens will conduct the official opening ceremony at the Provincial Government Buildings in Maastricht, the place where it all began 25 years ago.
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SCHERTS (JEST- from Maastricht to Brexit)
2 December 2016 – 24 February 2017“Scherts” (Jest) covers the entire period from the signing of the Maastricht Treaty in 1992 and the founding of the European Union to the Euro crisis and Brexit. The cartoons in ‘Scherts’ show how the European project was subjected to ridicule from the very start. ‘Big ideas’ are often grounded in controversy, special interests and misunderstandings. The exhibition will be held in the Provincial Government Buildings.
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VRIJMOEDIG (CANDID)
2 December 2016 – 24 February 2017“Vrijmoedig” (Candid) will be held in Centre Céramique and features a selection of cartoons from the Four Freedoms 2016 Cartoon Competition, organised by the Federation of Cartoonist Organisations on behalf of the Roosevelt Foundation. Limburg-based cartoonist Ruben L. Oppenheimer received second prize in the competition. The exhibition consists of one hundred cartoons by 25 international cartoon artists. The Roosevelt Foundation is making the works available free of charge.
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ONTGRENSD (BORDERLESS)
2 December 2016 – 24 February 2017“Ontgrensd” (Borderless) presents photographs of 20 exceptional situations along Limburg’s border, both past and present. Limburg is, after all, where the Netherlands joins the rest of Europe. The elongated shape of our province means that we share 351 kilometres of border with Belgium and Germany and ‘only’ 113 kilometres of border with the rest of the Netherlands. The collection was assembled under the supervision of the Impact Foundation and will be exhibited at the Theater aan het Vrijthof.
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SOME WORKS FROM THE CARTOON EXHIBITION “SCHERTS”
Pawel KUCZYNSKI (Poland)*****
Agim SULAJ (Italy)
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Oliver SCHOPF (Austria)*****
Niels Bo BOJESEN (Denmark)
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RUBEN (The Nederlands)*****
* More info find here: http://www.artof-museumprojecten.nl/work/international-cartoonexhibition/
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TRIBUTE TO STEFAN DESPODOV
Although there already passed more than a year and a half since our friend Stefan Despodov, an outstanding artist from Bulgaria, passed away, his excellent work of art remained with us and always strongly reminds him to us.
Stefan’s friends and admirers of his work in his native Bulgaria, but also in many countries in Europe and worldwide are recalling him frequently and with great respect.
Therefore we were very happy when hearing the information on the latest exhibition events in honor of Stefan Despodov mediated to us by Mrs. Elena Arnaudova, the former Director of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Bratislava, who is a close friend of Stefan’s wife:
EXHIBITION IN SOFIA, BULGARIA
In the Bulgarian capital Sofia, in the Ivan Vazov Theatre a few days ago was inaugurated the exhibition “Hommage à Despo” which presents artworks created by many leading Bulgarian artists specially in honor of Stefan Despodov. Here are a few samples from this remarkable exhibition.
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Poster of the exhibition “Hommage à Despo”*****
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- More information about the exhibition “Hommage à Despo” can be found on the website vesti.bg – click HERE
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EXHIBITION IN ZURICH, SWITZERLANDAnother important event is an exhibition of theatrical posters by Stefan Despodov from the collections of the “Zürcher Hochschule der Künste” in cooperation with the “Museum für Gestaltung” in Zurich, Switzerland. The exhibition features an extensive selection of Stefan Despodov’s posters, and it is a confirmation of the worthy place of the artist’s work in the European and global context and his artistic contribution to the European theatrical poster creation. Here are several samples of Despodov’s posters:
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- More info on the exhibition of theatrical posters by Stefan Despodov find on the website of eMuseum – click HERE
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MEMORIES FROM KREMNICA, SLOVAKIA
Finally, we add a photo of Stefan Despodov as we remember him from Kremnica Gags 2013 where the Humour Academy of the festival granted him the prestigious “Golden Gander Award” for his creation of cartoons, which is the field where Stefan made the same significant footprint as in the postermaking.
Stefan Despodov with the Diploma and the Golden Gander Award*****
- Cartoon Gallery had the privilege of working with Stefan Despodov and we prepared the great representative exhibition, which presented an extensive collection of his cartoons – it can be viewed at this link: http://www.cartoongallery.eu/englishversion/exhibitions/46/
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* Source: Elena Arnaudova (BG/SK), eMuseum (CH), Vesti (BG), Archive of the Cartoon Gallery (SK)
EXHIBITION “FACING THE CLIMATE” BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA
These days comes to Bratislava an extraordinary artistic-environmental project initiated by the Swedish Institute in Stockholm – an exhibition of cartoons entitled “Facing the Climate”, which aims to draw attention to the urgent climate changes issues and the need for sustainable development. This exhibition since 2009, travels through many countries (see map below), Over 370 000 people have visited the exhibition and many more have connected to it using digital channels.
Map of the tour of the exhibition “Facing the Climate” around the world*****
Poster of the exhibition “Facing the Climate” in Bratislava*****
Swedish Institute in Stockholm and the Swedish embassy in Vienna in cooperation with the Slovak Institute in Vienna, the Austrian Cultural Forum in Bratislava, the Caricature Museum in Krems and the University of Applied Arts in Vienna present the exhibition “FACING THE CLIMATE” in the building of the Austrian cultural forum on Hodza square in Bratislava. The exhibition is bringing except of the works of five established Swedish and five Austrian cartoonists also artworks of five Slovak cartoonists on the theme of climate changes.
EXHIBITING AUTHORS:
SWEDEN:
- Love ANTELL
- Magnus BARD
- Riber HANSSON
- Helena LINDHOLM
- Karin SUNVISSON
AUSTRIA:
- Andrea Maria DUSL
- Jeffrey GUAN
- Bruno HABERZETTL
- Nicolas MAHLER
- Janina WEGSCHEIDER
SLOVAKIA:
- Karol CIZMAZIA
- Kazo KANALA
- Vojtech KRUMPOLEC
- Bobo PERNECKY
- Laco TORMA
Opening of the exhibition: 31st May 2016 at 17,30 p.m.
Duration of the exhibition: 1st – 30th June 2016
Looking forward to your visit!
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CATALOG OF THE EXHIBITION
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PHOTO REPORT FROM THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION “FACING THE CLIMATE”
Austrian Cultural Forum Bratislava, Slovakia*****
Entrance to the building of the Austrian Cultural Forum in Bratislava decorated with a poster of the exhibition “Facing the Climate”*****
Exhibition opening was honored by the visit of a great amount of special guests*****
Before the opening – from left: H.E. Helen Eduards – Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden, H.E. Helfried Carl – Ambassador of the Austrian Republic, Mr. Wilhelm Pfeistlinger – Director of the Austrian Cultural Forum *****
Opening ceremony of the exhibition “Facing the Climate”
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Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden H.E. Helen Eduards
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Austrian Ambassador H.E. Helfried Carl*****
Director of the Austrian Cultural Forum Mr. Wilhelm Pfeistlinger*****
Receptive audience*****
To the participating viewers spoke also a Slovak cartoonist Kazo Kanala*****
A pleasant atmosphere by their music created Zuzana Mikulcova and Michal Selep
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The common photo of the exhibiting Slovak cartoonists – from the left: Vojtech Krumpolec, Kazo Kanala, Karol Cizmazia, Bobo Pernecky, Laco Torma*****
In front of a panel with the creative work by Bobo Pernecky – from the left: Kazo Kanala, Karol Cizmazia, Bobo Pernecky*****
Vojtech Krumpolec and his exposition*****
Karol Cizmazia in front of his exposition panel*****
Visiting the exhibited artworks*****
Opportunity for many interesting conversations*****
From the left: Karol Cizmazia, Daphne Springhorn (Swedish Embassy in Vienna), Kazo Kanala, Bobo Pernecky, Vojtech Krumpolec*****
With Mgr. Marcela Mokranova from the Austrian Cultural Forum in Bratislava*****
Photo with a musician and singer Zuzana Mikulcova*****
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* Photo: Austrian Cultural Forum (No. 1, 2), Maria Krumpolcova, Vojtech Krumpolec, Karol Cizmazia
DUSAN POLAKOVIC PASSED AWAY
With great sadness we learned that on 12th May 2016 at the age of 65 died our friend, a prominent Slovak graphic artist, illustrator and cartoonist Dusan Polakovic. His unexpected passing is a great loss for the entire Slovak culture.
The funeral will be held on Friday, May 20th, 2016 at 3.00 pm at the Bratislava crematorium.
Rest in peace, dear friend! You will be greatly missed.
Dusan POLAKOVIC
1st October 1950 - 12th May 2016
R. I. P.
*****Academic painter Dusan Polakovic was born 1st October 1950 in Bratislava, Slovakia. In the years 1966 – 1970 he studied at the School of Applied Arts in Bratislava, Department of Graphics, in 1970 – 1972 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and from 1972 till 1976 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, Department of illustration and book creation in the studio of the famous Professor Albin Brunovsky. He worked as a freelance artist, was involved in painting, prints, book illustrations and cartoons and in each of these areas achieved extraordinary results. He was a popular illustrator, his illustrations are the pride of large amount of book titles. His works he exhibited throughout the world and has been awarded numerous important awards.
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ARTWORKS BY DUSAN POLAKOVIC:
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Several cartoons by Dusan Polakovic can be seen here:
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FACING THE CLIMATE
The international climate is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century, one of the vital questions of our time. The environment can be protected only through global cooperation.
Artwork by Riber HANSSON (SE)*****
Sweden is internationally known as a country that takes environmental issues and sustainability seriously. But taking something seriously doesn’t necessarily mean viewing it without humour. To illustrate the commitment to climate and environment, the Swedish Institute in Stockholm initiated the exhibition “Facing the Climate”, which is touring since 2009 around the world and in each country is always organized in collaboration with local cartoonists and partners. The project, which aims to encourage the discussion of sustainable development, is constantly growing as local cartoonists add their contributions. The exhibition has already been shown in many countries of the world including Serbia, Malaysia, Syria, Greece, Ukraine, Brazil, Albania, Izrael, Austria, Czech Republic, Latvia, South Africa, and many others (see the map). Over 370 000 people have visited the exhibition and many more have connected to it using digital channels.
The map of the “Facing the Climate” exhibition tour around the globe (incomplete)
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The Swedish Embassy in Vienna in cooperation with the Slovak Institute Vienna and the Austrian Cultural Forum Bratislava, presents the exhibition “FACING THE CLIMATE“ at the Slovak Institute (Wipplingerstr. 24 – 26, 1010 Vienna). The exibition shows in addition to the work of five established Swedish and five Austrian cartoonists, also the work of five Slovak cartoonists on the theme of climate changes.
Exhibition opening speakers:
- Helen EDUARDS, Ambassador of the Swedish Embassy in Austria
- Juraj MACHAC, Ambassador of Slovakia in Austria
Musical accompaniment:
- Milos BIHARY, Jazz-Pianist
EXHIBITING ARTISTS:
SWEDEN:
- Love ANTELL
- Magnus BARD
- Riber HANSSON
- Helena LINDHOLM
- Karin SUNRISSON
AUSTRIA:
- Andrea Maria DUSL
- Jeffrey GUAN
- Bruno HABERZETTL
- Nicolas MAHLER
- Janina WEGSCHEIDER
SLOVAKIA:
- Karol CIZMAZIA
- Kazo KANALA
- Vojtech KRUMPOLEC
- Bobo PERNECKY
- Laco TORMA
Duration of the exhibition: 7th April – 6th May 2016
In collaboration with the Swedish Institute in Stockholm, the Swedish Embassy Vienna, the Caricature Museum Krems, the University of Applied Arts and the Bundesgymnasium 18 “Klostergasse”.
We are happy about your visit!
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Poster of the exhibition “Facing the Climate” at the Slovak Institute in Vienna, Austria*****
Photo-report from the opening of the exhibition “FACING THE CLIMATE”
On 6th April was in the Slovak Institute in Vienna, Austria held the opening of the exhibition “Facing the Climate” which presents the works of Swedish, Austrian and Slovak cartoonists related to environmental protection.
We were there and bring you from this extraordinary event the following photo report:
Slovak cartoonists Karol Cizmazia, Kazo Kanala and Vojtech Krumpolec next to the building of the Slovak Institute in Vienna, Austria
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Presentation of the exhibition “Facing the Climate” in the window of the Slovak Institute in Vienna*****
Numerous prominent guests welcomed by the Director of the Slovak Institute in Vienna PhDr. Alena Heribanova*****
On behalf of the main organizer and initiator of the project “Facing the Climate” spoke to the audience the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden in Austria Mrs. Helen Eduards*****
On behalf of the Slovak Republic spoke Slovak ambassador in Austria Ing. Juraj Machac*****
With his virtuos playing the piano accompanied the opening an excellent jazz pianist Milos Bihary*****
Group photo – right to left: Ambassador of Slovakia in Austria Ing. Juraj Machac, Director of the Slovak Institute in Vienna PhDr. Alena Heribanova, Ambassador of Sweden in Austria Mrs. Helen Eduards, Slovak cartoonists Kazo Kanala, Karol Cizmazia, Vojtech Krumpolec*****
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Vojtech Krumpolec in front of his exposition
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Karol Cizmazia in front of his panel
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Great atmosphere at the opening: Karol Cizmazia, Kazo Kanala, Vojtech Krumpolec*****
FACING THE CLIMATE – EXHIBITED ARTWORKS:
Love ANTELL (Sweden)*****
Magnus BARD (Sweden)*****
Riber HANSSON (Sweden)*****
Helena LINDHOLM (Sweden)*****
Karin SUNVISSON (Sweden)*****
Andrea Maria DUSL (Austria)*****
Jeffrey GUAN (Austria)*****
Bruno HABERZETTL (Austria)*****
Nicolas MAHLER (Austria)*****
Janina WEGSCHEIDERIN (Austria)*****
Karol ČIZMAZIA (Slovakia)*****
Kazo KANALA (Slovakia)*****
Vojtech KRUMPOLEC (Slovakia)*****
Bobo PERNECKÝ (Slovakia)*****
Laco TORMA (Slovakia)*****
OTON ANTON REISINGER PASSED AWAY
On Wednesday, 6th April 2016 at the age of 89, died Oton Anton Reisinger, a legendary Croatian cartoonist and a big name of the European and world cartooning.
HRVATSKO DRUŠTVO KARIKATURISTA
THE CROATIAN CARTOONISTS ASSOCIATION
Oton Anton REISINGER
4th October 1927 - 6th April 2016
R. I. P.
*****Oton Anton Reisinger was born in Rankovci, Murska Sobota on 4th October 1927. He was a graduate architect and his first cartoons were published even during his study at the high school in the weekly “Silo” in 1942. Later he drew cartoons for Studentski list and Kerempuh until 1950, and then transferred into the daily Vjesnik, in which has everyday sharply commented current affairs trough the main characters of his drawings – Peru, Klara and Stefek. Cartoons by Reisinger have been published also outside of Croatia – e.g. in the German Quick, Dutch Panorama and Swiss Nebelspalter. Reisinger published also several books (Amor, amor; Rat i mir; Pero; Stefekove pustolovine). He was awarded the Vladimir Nazor Lifetime Achievement Award in 1984. Oton Anton Reisinger was the laureate of numerous prestigious awards from cartoon competitions and festivals wordwide. A number of his works we can only guess – apparently there are more than 70,000 arftworks. Oton Anton Reisinger passed away on 6th April 2016.
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SEVERAL CARTOONS BY OTON ANTON REISINGER:
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TAMAS CSASZAR PASSED AWAY
Just now we heard the sad news that on 12th March 2016 at the age of 68 years passed away a great personality of Hungarian and world cartooning Tamas Csaszar. Rest in peace!
Tamas CSASZAR
1948 - 2016
R. I. P.
*****Memories of his friend Tamas Csaszar sent us Dr. Geza Halasz, outstanding Hungarian cartoonist and the President of Cartoonists Department of the National Union of Hungarian Journalists:
On 12th March Tamas Csaszar passed away in a serious illness. He was a determining person of the caricature section of the Association of Hungarian Journalists and the founder of KOKSZ Group (Satirical Art Section of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists).
Even if he was never willing to take an official position, in fact he was a leading figure in every event concerning caricature.
Starting in Ludas Matyi at a very young age he renewed and he brought a fresh aspect in the Hungarian satirical life. In his works he represented a strict and high quality and he expected the same from his fellow artists. His firm consistence was not always welcome by his collegues and often led to offense. In hospital, when he was already aware of the fact that his illness was terminal, he joked that many people would be happy to hear about his death. On the other hand those who appreciated his critics and found them rewarding, those who had the patience to discuss about art and caricature, become his true friends. There are many of us.
The root of his life-long debate was well expressed in a famous quotation by Karinthy: “The only thing I take seriously is humour.” Tamas did not tolerate either superficial jokes, witless and meaningless gags or poor quality of drawings. He always expressed his opinion openly and ruthlessly to his collegues. He was passionately against every form of cheap political propaganda, racist cartoons and all kinds of disrespectful mentality towards human sense. He was passionately against to the creators of these as well.
After working for Ludas Matyi he published in some magazines but in the last few decades his publishings were getting rarer. At the same time he was getting to be involved more and more in organizing, most of the time just from the background. He organized different exhibitions from Rackeve, Vienna, Rome, Budapest, or in the middle of the street to his rooftop terrace of his own flat. He had been collecting materials and writing essays on caricature for many years… Unfortunately he couldn’t finish his book. But his work became the basis of the lecture series called “Caricature Academy” where he invited the most leading cartoonists to share their “tricks” in public.
Caricature was a passionate commitement for Tamas and he would have expected the same from all of his collegues. His nickname “Stalker” refers to Tarkovski’s character who guides the adventurers, the escapists or just the curious ones to dangerous and banned zones. The journey to the zones is full of strange phenomena and traps and they threathen not only the passenger but the guide as well. For Tamas caricature’s role in the society was a kind of guidence, a “stalker” which leads us to understanding, to laugh and gives us the relief not to take ourselves so seriously. Tamás was a kind of guide who tried to lead us to this secret.
His last guide was to greet the 95-year old Tibor Kajan with an exhibition but finally he didn’t manage to get there. He followed the events from his hospital bed. And its success made him happy…
Tamas, we don’t forget you! Rest in peace!
Dr. Geza HALASZ
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Tamas CSASZAR (photo: Geza Halasz)*****
Portrait of Tamas Csaszar by Ferencz Sajdik (HU)*****
CARTOONS BY TAMAS CZASZAR
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More cartoons by Tamas Czaszar see here:
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* Text, photo and cartoons provided by: Dr. Geza Halasz (HU)
TRIBUTE TO TIBOR KAJAN
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Legendary cartoonist Tibor Kajan (HU)
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Tibor Kajan, who has turned 95 this year, is one of the leading cartoonists in Hungary. Conceptually, in its choice of expression, style, and expressive power his art was a notable accomplishment in the second half of the 20 th century. Through his cartoons one understands the world and how it works. A single illustration makes its key features stick. His philosophy as an artist is evident in the title of one of his books, “I Think, Therefore I Draw.” To him cartoons uncover hidden correlations. His philosophy is that cartoons look behind the surface of things to expose the inevitable laws of life.
Tibor Kajan survive the forced labor in the war, than captured an army deserter escapes can dodging the expected death sentence, that after the war “casually” on admission of the then organized spiritual and cultural mainstream, perform the college and will be during the “Ludas Matyi” (Hungarian satiric paper) employee until that due to an otherwise random caesura 1964 weekly newspaper the Tukor (Mirror, later New Mirror) by holding a twenty-five years’ bonus game will receive a second possibility: a more valid than ever lifetime achievement, confidence, freedom to the creation and experimentation. All this is an unfortunate era when journalism, including the cartoons – the most liberal arts! – the
political propaganda and top dictated by borniert intentions device’s considered.* The photos: (see below) 03.03. 2011 we celebrated his 90 birthday on the street in front of his flat. Now we are organizing an exhibition: “Hommage a Kaján Tibor”
Dr. Geza HALASZ President of the Cartoonists’ Department of the National Union of Hungarian Journalists
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TIBOR KAJAN CARTOONS:
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* Source: Geza Halasz (HU)
JOE SZABO PASSED AWAY
We have just heard with profound regret the sad news that on 2nd Febuary 2016 at the age of 65 years passed away our friend and colleague, a great personality of the world cartooning Joe Szabo. Rest in peace, dear friend!
JOE SZABO
4th February 1950 - 2nd February 2016
R. I. P.
*****Memories of Joe Szabo has shared with us his long-time close friend Joe Bekesi, excellent cartoonist and caricaturist from Budapest, Hungary:
Joseph George Szabo, 65, of North Wales, PA, passed away Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016 at his home, just two days shy of his 66th birthday. Joe was born February 4th, 1950 in Budapest, Hungary. He graduated from the Academy of Journalism in 1974. On July 19, 1975 he married. The couple took the brave leap in fleeing the communist country in search of freedom. He was a passionate risk taker, boundless world traveler, and world-class debater. He never once lost an argument. Joe’s friends described him as having an infectious personality with a continuous thirst for knowledge. He had a life-long love affair with politics, swimming and collecting artifacts from the various countries he’d visited. Joe has launched a variety of print and electronic publications, mostly dedicated, but not limited, to the fine and diverse representation of cartoon art. The former editor, art director, and cartoonist with reputable European and U.S. national newspapers and magazines, was the organizer and chairman of an international cartoon festival that drew professionals to Budapest, Hungary, from over thirty countries. Among Szabo’s cherished works is “The Finest International Political Cartoons of our Time” series that showcases socio-political cartoons from nearly 60 countries by many world-renowned cartoonists, including fourteen recipients of the Pulitzer Prize. His most widely recognizable publication, *WittyWorld International Cartoon Magazine*, reached 103 countries for over a decade. Szabo is the recipient of twelve international awards, including an International Press Prize from Belgium and a Lifetime Achievement Award from Mexico.
R. I. P.
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Joe Szabo as a lecturer promoted cartoon art worldwide*****
Joe Szabo published numerous books on cartoon art*****
Joe Szabo for many years published the famous magazine Witty World *****
* Source: Joe Bekesi (HU) – text, Huseyin Cakmak (CY) – pictures: lecturer, books, Witty World
GERHARD HADERER: THINK BIG !
The Caricature Museum in the Austrian city of Krems an der Donau is preparing an exclusive exhibition of artworks by leading Austrian artist and cartoonist Gerhard Haderer (see photo).
Karikaturmuseum Krems, unique in Austria, will present the world premiere of the most extensive exhibition of satire and critical humor of a famous Austrian cartoonist Gerhard Haderer. At the exhibition there will be possible to admire the new, never to the public exposed works. Haderer’s brilliant cartoons are created not on a paper as it is usual, but on canvas of a large format painted perfectly in a style of the old masters.
Cartoons by Gerhard Haderer in a sophisticated way react to various taboos and moral ambiguity, they set uncompromising mirror to all human shortcomings and imperfections. Author without unnecessary respect touches even very sensitive topics such as politics or religion – using eminently artistic means he expresses in his artworks even the things that many people think but are afraid to speak openly about.
Curator of the exhibition – the Karikaturmuseum director Gottfried Gusenbauer will present an exhibition of 140 originals and a number of sketches by Gerhard Haderer, which are an impressive chronicle of our times..
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Opening of the exhibition “Gerhard Haderer: Think Big!” will be held on February 27, 2016 at 11:00 am. at Karikaturmuseum in Krems an der Donau. The exhibition will last until 20th November 2016. More info: www.karikaturmuseum.at
We strongly recommend this unique exhibition to all admirers of high-quality cartoons!
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As an invitation to visit this great exhibition we offer to you a look at some of the exhibited artworks by Gerhard Haderer:
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Author of the artworks: Gerhard Haderer (Austria)
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* Source: Gerhard Haderer (AT)
CARTOONING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS in STRASBOURG
On the occasion of this year’s awarding of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, which the European Parliament since 1988 grants every year to a person with the most significant contribution to the global fight for human rights, the NGO Cartooning for Peace organized in French Strasbourg an important event entitled “Cartooning for Human Rights”.
The NGO Cartooning for Peace was founded in 2006 in New York on the initiative of the former UN Secretary-General, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan and the outstanding French cartoonist Plantu and its task is to promote freedom of expression for cartoonists around the world.
The event “Cartooning for Human Rights” in Strasbourg in December 2015 teamed together cartoonists from all 28 European Union member countries in order to support through their artworks and thoughts the idea of democracy, human rights and freedom of expression.
The invitation of the organizers accepted and individual member countries of the European Union at the event represented the following authors:
Gerhard Haderer (Austria), Nicolas Vadot (Belgium), Ivailo Tsvetkov (Bulgaria), Damir Novak (Croatia), Mustafa Tozaki (Cyprus), Bretislav Kovarik (Czech Republic), Kamilla Wichmann (Denmark), Hillar Mets (Estonia), Adam Korpak (Finland), Jean Plantu (France), Miriam Wurster (Germany), Michael Kountouris (Greece), Joep Bertrams (Holland), Gabor Papai (Hungary), Richard Chapman/Serg (Ireland), Alessandro Gatto (Italy), Gatis Sluka (Latvia), Vladimiras Beresniovas/Vlaber (Lithuania), Florin Balaban (Luxembourg), Steve Bonello (Malta), Jerzy Gluszek (Poland), Cristina Sampaio (Portugal), Florian Doru Crihana (Romania), Karol Cizmazia (Slovakia), Marko Kocevar (Slovenia), Nani Mosquera (Spain), Riber Hansson (Sweden), Steve Bell (United Kingdom).
Cartoonists completed a rich two-day program, which included the following agenda:
- Opening of the exhibition “28 Cartoons for Human Rights” at the European Parliament. The exhibition was ceremonially opened by the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz and the President of the NGO Cartooning for Peace French cartoonist Plantu.
- Launch of “The Book of Sakharov Prize Laureates”
- Panel debate in the European Parliament on the theme “Freedom of Expression: Building Bridges and Fostering Tolerance”. Introduction by the Vice-President of the European Parliament Ulrike Lunacek
- Screening of the film “Cartoonists – Foot Soldiers of Democracy” with a foreword by the film’s director Stephanie Valloatto
- Debate with the participation of the film director, cartoonists and the viewers
- Participation in the award ceremony of the Sakharov Prize at the European Parliament
- Drawing of cartoonists on the occasion of awarding of the Sakharov Prize
- Visit to the Museum of Tomi Ungerer – International illustration center in Strasbourg
- Debate with cartoonists at the Museum on the theme “Europe and Human Rights Protection: Desire and reality” in the presence of journalists
- Debate in the auditorium of the Ecole des avocats on the theme “Youth and Freedom“
- Reception on the occasion of awarding the Sakharov Prize in the Strasbourg City Hall with the participation of the Vice-President of the European Parliament Ulrike Lunacek, the Sakharov Prize Laureate’s wife, representatives of the city of Strasbourg, journalists and cartoonists
We have to highly appreciate the excellent organizational work of the NGO Cartooning for Peace which allowed the realization of this unique international event and focused attention to a wide spectrum of topics relating to human rights seen through the eyes of outstanding cartoonists from across the European Union.
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SEVERAL PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT:
Cartoonists from 28 member countries of the European Union at the European Parliament in Strasbourg*****
Opening of the cartoon exhibition in the European Parliament*****
Panel debate on the theme “Freedom of Expression”*****
Award ceremony of the Sakharov Prize at the European Parliament*****
Cartoonists drawing in the auditorium during the award ceremony*****
Cartoonists in front of the Tomi Ungerer Museum in Strasbourg*****
Reception at the Strasbourg City Hall*****
Photo: Cartooning for Peace
BRITISH POLITICAL CARTOON OF THE YEAR
Cartoon by: Peter Brookes (GB)*****
The Syrian drowned child is the subject of the best English political cartoon of the year
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Written by: Francisco Punal Suarez (Spain) for the e-magazine „Mundiario“
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The Ellwood Atfield Gallery, London, with the support of several sponsors, performed by popular vote on a website the selection of the best political cartoon of the year.
A horrible image, an image of shame, an unbearable image: a Syrian child of three years drowned in Turkish waters trying to get with his family to the Greek island of Kos, fleeing from the war raging in their country.
His name was Aylan Kurdi. His photo was a scream of warning to the world; but the worst is that children are still dying in the attempt to cross the sea, and thousands of refugees are rejected in Europe.
The artist Peter Brookes, the British newspaper The Times; the story became a critical message to show how late was a European lifeguard at the edge of the beach where the child lies drowned.
His work won by popular vote on a website, among the proposed 28 works as a best political cartoon of 2015 in Britain. At the Awards ceremony, organized by the Ellwood Atfield Gallery, London with the support of several sponsors, attended by hundreds of cartoonists, cultural figures and politicians, in an act that confirms the value of caricature, its social criticism and impact on the thinking of society.
The second place went to Bob Moran of the Daily Telegraph with a drawing entitled “Labour is not working”, which shows a long line of unemployed where former leaders of the Labour Party appear.
The selection of the best cartoon of the year is an initiative that could well be carried out in Spain, as a stimulus to the work of cartoonists, very affected by the dismissal of thousands of them of the means in which they were working in this country and where it is increasingly difficult to make a living with that job.
Francisco PUNAL SUAREZ (author of the article is Spanish journalist and photographer)
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More info: http://www.ellwoodatfieldgallery.com/
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* Source: Francisco Punal Suarez (Spain)