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The new flesh / Das neue Fleisch, Turkish and Kurdish butcher shops in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
Xiaopeng Zhou, born in 1985 in Guangzhou, has studied art the the Academy of his hometown until 2008, but is now living in Germany and about to complete his Master exam at Academy of Art Berlin-Weissensee. The pictorial is an excerpt from his 76-part series of reportage drawings created within four weeks – starting from […]
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The Translation of the Arch-Imperator , (H. Durand-Brager: Sainte-Hélène, 1844 / C. N. Lemercier: Translation du corps de Napoleon, ca.1842)
Special Artist Henri Durand-Brager had made a name for himself with an opulent documentation of the return of the remains of Napoleon I from foreign, British occupied soil to his homeland. Brager´s expedition report Sainte-Hélène was published in an impressive folio format in 1844. What is remarkable, is that the cycle completely disregards the actual […]
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Unter Wölfen – Zweierlei Naturrepräsentation. Julia Schmid im Kunstmuseum Bonn (Ausstellungsbesprechung von Rolf Bier)
Not translated: Julia Schmid (*1969) ist mit hyper- oder gar metarealistischen Bildern von Pflanzensammlungen bekannt geworden, die sie an oft eher unscheinbaren Orten ihres jeweiligen Aufenthalts vornimmt und dabei keinen Unterschied zwischen Unkraut und Blume macht, – in Kleingärten (Hannover 2002), auf Spaziergängen in der Stadt (New York 2004-05), auf Straßenabschnitten (Hannover 2008, Braunschweig 2010) oder Plätzen (Rudolfsplatz […]
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“Vogelmen Diaries” – Exhibition film and related archive articles (Melton Prior Institute im Heidelberger Kunstverein, 17.11.2012 – 27.1.2013)
Exhibition Film. Click on the image to play. . Fletcher DuBois performs the “Vogelmen Diaries” at the opening. Main Hall, Southern Wall: Thomas Nast, “Our System of Feathering Nests ..” Main Hall, Northern Wall: Thomas Nast, “Let Us Prey!” > Faits Divers – Illustrations: Crashes and Collapses > Thomas Nast: “Dead Men´s Clothes Soon Wear […]
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“Vogelmen Diaries” (Trailer by Stefan Heller)
The Trailer…
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Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia , Sketchbook
Matthias Reinhold, author of the interactive illustrated encyclopaedia “Ikonlog”, conducted research in Venice in July and August 2012. The sketchbook on hand was created on August 9 at the Museum of Natural History. As in all museums and churches in Venice, taking photos is forbidden.
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Gabriel Campanario and the Art of Locational Sketching (MePri- News)
Gabriel Campanario is one of the most distinguished and prolific contemporary special artists, combining visual and written journalism. His career spans two decades, working for newspapers in Barcelona, Lisbon, California, and Virginia. At present he is working as a staff artist, at The Seattle Times, where he is publishing the very lively weekly column “Seattle […]
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Tiger Hunting with the Shah. A Golden Era of Visual Journalism.
Daniel Zalkus, a renowned illustrator, who himself works as an artist-reporter from time to time, has put together an excellent commented series of historical drawings on-the–spot, representing a golden era of graphic reportage in the American magazines from the 1950’s and 60’s. Zalkus´ series Visual Journalism. The Artist as Reporter was publised recently in five […]
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Death in the Shadows. “Black.Light Project”
The Black.Light project, which was initiated by war photographer Wolf Boewig and his companion, the travel writer Pedro Rosa Mendes, togehter with the graphic designers Henning Ahlers and Christopher Ermisch, is in many respects an adventurous one and, when it comes to openness and extension, without precedent: Ten comic artists, which are renowned for their fictitious work […]
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Comics as reports, a selection # 1 (MePri-News 4/9/09 – 25/1/12)
4.9.2009 Josh Neufeld´s Hurricane Katrina Report Josh Neufeld is known as a long-time contributor to Harvey Pekar’s autobiographical “real life” series American Splendor. In his graphic novel A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge he tells the story of hurricane Katrina and its aftermath „from the perspective of real people still dealing with the storm each and […]