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The album of the 52 postillions (Anon., ca. 1840)
The drawer has depicted 52 postillons in this travel book. If you leaf through the travel book quickly, it behaves like a movement picture. Some postillons are slumped on their saddles, others stand up afterwards, straighten up on their stirrups, or sway in their saddles; the whips sometimes stand still, and later draw dissolute movements. […]
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Hazem Alhamwi´s “From my Syrian Room” — from his German room
The Essay is based on Hazem Alhamwi´s latest documentary “From my Syrian Room”, Syria, France, Germany, Lebanon and Qatar, 2014 , 70 minutes. All images are stills taken from this film. Prima facie, there is no obvious close connection between the satirical black humour of Syrian artist Hazem Alhamwi, which is found in his cartoons, […]
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“The Boy who Spat in Sargrenti´s Eye.” A postcolonial Melton Prior novel by Manu Herbstein. A review.
Special artist Melton Prior plays a leading role in a new novel by distinguished South African writer Manu Herbstein. Composed in the form of a fictitious diary, the historical background of the adventurous story is provided by the second campaign of the British Empire against the powerful Asante nation, located in the regions of present-day […]
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The Dilemma of Drawing
Jan Sundström has worked for 40 years as a director and producer at The Swedish Television Company (SVT). He did all kinds of productions – from art documentaries to multi-camera productions for sports events to entertainments. After his retirement he replaced the camera with the pen and started a column in a local Swedish newspaper […]
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Portraying Protest
Beginning with elections to the Russian State Duma, in December 2011, and ending with the third so-called March of the Millions, in September 2012, I kept a graphical Chronicle of Resistance, meaning that I sketched all the major opposition rallies and protest events in Moscow. —————————————————————————— Excerpts of Victoria Lomasko´s Chronicle of Resistance: December 10, […]
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Sketches from the moor
This Pictorial consists of a compilation of drawings that either did not find their way into Oliver Grajewski’s graphic novel “Der Tag im Moor” or found their way into it in a different form. The drawings are loosely arranged in the order of the narrated chapters. Ink and pencil drawings combine with digital photography and […]
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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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Funeral ceremony for Georg Valsamakis in Athens , Athens, Greece (“Enzyklopädie Personae”)
In this episode of her “Enzyklopädie Personae”- project Kyung-hwa Choi-Ahoi attends the obsequies for the late George Valsamakis in Athens. He was a wholesaler of electrical appliance.
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Werner Pflaum and Peter Schlosser, Bad Gastein , Bad Gastein, Austria (“Enzyklopädie Personae”)
In this adventurous episode of her “Enzyklopädie Personae”- project Kyung-hwa Choi-Ahoi accompanies two Austrian hunters on their nightshift in a deerstand.