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Ronald Searle, Fugitive
Among the many voices that paid homage to the ninty-years old cartoonist Ronald Searle, the one of film director Mike Leigh protrudes. In an essay published by Daily Telegraph Leigh, who is noted for his experimental methods of achieving realism in film, explains, how a book of cartoons, given to him at the age of […]
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Émile Cohl: Ils sont passés devant les nez déconfits (They pass by the depressed noses)
The MePri-Collections holds the original of a coloured poster, signed by Emile Cohl. Pierre Courtet-Cohl, the grandson of Emile Cohl was so kind to examine this large cartoon (84 x 49 cm) and it turned out, that the drawing was not only authentic, but also – as far as known – the only surviving example […]
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The Empty Image as Weapon. Charles Gilbert-Martin´s Anti-Censorship Campaign
Charles Gilbert-Martin, along with André Gill, Alfred Le Petit and Thomas Nast, counted as the main protagonists of the second wave of the caricature movement. What lent them unparalleled popularity in the field of art was less the graphical brilliance and enormous richness of ideas in their works than the back-breaking campaigns and skilful ambages […]
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Willibald Krain and the Ashcan School. The Agony of Socio-Critical Press Graphics in the 20th Century
Willibald Krain became known during the First World War for his pacifistic prints portfolio “Krieg” [War] which was published 1916 in Zurich in three different language versions. Along with his mentor, Käthe Kollwitz, Krain ranked among the very few socio-critical artists in 1920s Germany whose work was internationally acclaimed. His illustrations and paintings were published […]
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Illustration expanded. William James Linton: Bob Thin or the Poorhouse Fugitive. London, 1840- 45
Lintoniana III “Men like no prosy tales: we’ll try How doggrel rhyme fits history.” The MePri-Collection holds four different copies of Linton’s groundbreaking social poem in which he accuses the afflictions caused by the inhuman legislation for the poor. “This poem established Linton as a peoples poet and became part of the repertoire of radical […]
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The birth of the artistic avant-gardes out of the spirit of salon caricature. A draft.
Not translated: Die Erfindung archigenetischer Gründungsmythen scheint eine der eigentümlichsten und nachhaltigsten Leistungen der Moderne gewesen zu sein. Schaut man sich die Entwicklungsstränge der Kunst des frühen 20. Jhds. aus der Perspektive des Sonnendecks gängiger Kunstgeschichtsschreibung an, dann erweist sich das Auftauchen anarchischer Gruppierungen wie der Dadaisten und Surrealisten als ein schockierender Einbruch aus heiterem […]
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TAUCHFAHRTEN Exhibition Catalogue
Exhibition Catalogue TAUCHFAHRTEN (DIVING TRIPS) Drawing as Reportage Edited by Stephan Berg, Kunstverein Hannover; Ulrike Groos, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. With texts by Michael Glasmeier, Karin Gludovatz, Clemens Krümmel, Joachim Rees, Alexander Roob (ger./engl.). Softcover, 232 p., with 420 mostly colored illustrations. Richter Verlag, ISBN 3-937572-15-5 Bookstore, ISBN 3-937572-17-1 THE CATALOGUE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE BUT CAN […]
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Alice Leora Briggs: Images of Mexico’s drug war [Alice Leora Briggs: Images of Mexico’s drug war]
In her allegorical drawings, Alice Leora Briggs reflects her experiences with the escalating violence along the Mexican borders. “My current focus is Ciudad Juárez. In this city one sees fiction in action, even an hour is time enough to blend truth with myth. I have traveled to sites of recent executions, photo-documented known death houses where […]
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Absolutely Drawpassing – Crossing the USA with binoculars, magnifier and a watergun
extracts from a book by Tobias Greiner INTRODUCTION: Extracts from five chapters out of my Absolutely Drawpassing reportage book are presented as pdf files. Most of the works focus on drawings. Some photo images, real objects and installations are added that I have developed during my Drawpassing tours. The Drawpassing chapters presented here show 1. my Drawpassing practice/method 2. different places in the […]
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Art or Craft. William James Linton vs. William Morris. A posthumous dispute.
The MePri Collection holds a wondrous scrapbook on wood engraving, affectionately combined and carefully lettered. The object was offered by a seller of autographs and announced as follows: “An autographed letter by William James Linton signed, to William Abercrombie, discussing his books, saying there is no large paper copy of the Hints. [on Wood-Engraving]. Tipped […]