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Manuela A. Beck:: spiegeln (mirroring) – Pictorial Improvisations on Heine´s Winter´s Tale , Cycle of aquatint etchings
In ihrem umfangreichen Grafikzylus, den sie 2011 begonnen hat, bezieht sich Manuela A. Beck in freier assoziativer Form auf Motive aus Heinrich Heines komplexem philosophisch-politischem Versepos. Die Technik der Radierung wird hier nicht zu reproduktiven Zwecken eingesetzt, sondern als originäres Medium der Bildfindung. Dabei gelingen der Künstlerin piktographisch – abstrakte Formulierungen von einer Dichte und […]
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Funeral ceremony for Georg Valsamakis in Athens , Athens, Greece (“Enzyklopädie Personae”)
In dieser Episode ihres “Enzyklopädie Personae”- Projekts besucht Kyung-hwa Choi-Ahoi die Trauerfeierlichkeiten für den verstorbenenGeorg Valsamakis in Athen. Er war Großhändler für Elektroartikel.
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Accidents will happen (Masters of Faits Divers – Painting II)
The list of outstanding illustrators who worked for the weekly supplement of the tabloid “Le Petit Journal”is impressive: Jose Belon, Charles Bombled, Henri Brispot, Eugene Damblans, Frederic Lix, Fortune Louis Meaulle, Henri Meyer, Lionel Royer, Osvaldo Tofani and Charles Gaston Yrondy. Most of them were trained history painters with a specific talent for catching the […]
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der stein nr. 1
In the late 1990s Canadian cartoonist Julie Doucet abandoned the medium of comic books and went back to printing. Woodcuts, linocuts, silkscreen printing, followed by an abundant production of artist’s books. “Der Stein” is one of the most incisive and enduring examples of contemporary private press or fanzine culture. It is written in bad German […]
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Robert Weaver VII: The Woolworth – Motion
What´s Come Over Old Woolworth? (Fortune, January 1969) “There are assignments for `Fortune´, where I am realistically and symbolically going up the corporate ladder at Woolworth´s. It starts with the stockboy, and I use chairs as a metaphor for power. The chairs become more and more elaborate as we go to top. The drawings where […]
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Werner Pflaum and Peter Schlosser, Bad Gastein , Bad Gastein, Austria (“Enzyklopädie Personae”)
In dieser abenteuerlichen Episode ihres “Enzyklopädie Personae”- Projekts begleitet Kyung-hwa Choi-Ahoi zwei österreichische Jäger auf ihrer Nachtschicht im Hochsitz
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Journal de L’expédition des Portes De Fer (1839 – 44)
Verantwortlich für den Text zeichnete der bekannte Schriftsteller und Literaturkritiker Charles Nodier, der ein enger Freund des kürzlich verstorbenen Duc d´Orleans war. Auf der Illustrationsseite bot das Werk mit den beiden Malern Adrien Dauzats und Gabriele Descamps sowie dem Zeichner Auguste Raffet drei der prominentesten Vertreter des künstlerischen Orientalismus auf. Aber auch in reproduktionsgrafischer Hinsicht […]
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Cartoons Social and Political , London, 1893
“Cynicus” was the penname of the Scottish cartoonist Martin Anderson, who became a successful cartoonist in London in the late 1880s. Critics praised him as the new Rowlandson, but when his hand-coloured “Cartoons Social and Political” appeared in 1893, he was blamed for being “almost brutal” in his directness. Their socialist impulse was promoted by […]
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CS-Report: Morning conference at The Guardian with Alan Rusbridger , London, 2002
Impressions of a morning conference in the editorial office of The Guardian with editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger. The British journal shook the foundations of Rupert Murdoch´s News Corporation by uncovering the phone-hacking scandal and was named newspaper of the year at the 2011 Press Awards for its partnership with WikiLeaks.
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Retraite De Constantine / Prise De Constantine
“Retraite de Constantine” was one of the most widespread examples of Auguste Raffet´s series of annual lithography albums. It was published in spring of 1837 by Gilhaut Freres and gives an account of the first failed attempts at conquering the Algerian fortress. The ignominious retreat of the French army in November 1836 was mainly blamed […]