#Si Lewen

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Si Lewen, The Parade, ca. 1950 Via: https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-si-lewen-and-his-epic-parade/

[toupeiraamarela]

Parade . 1950 . Si Lewen

#art #painting

[thewondermentofillustration]

Si Lewen (Lublin, Poland, 1918–2016) - various lithographs

#Si Lewen #polish artist #lithographs #prints #illustration #expressionsism #war art #holocaust #refugees

[art-spiegelmans-wordless]

WORDLESS! is coming to the Philharmonie de Paris on Sunday June 17th, 2018.

Two shows (4.30PM and 8.30PM).

“As a performance, Wordless! transforms the intimate act of reading comics into a group experience. Spiegelman leads you on a tour of the first graphic novels - silent picture stories made by early 20th-century masters like Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward, and Milt Gross - alongside a new work of his own drawn specifically for this show, Shaping Thought. Both the images on screen, and Spiegelman’s own infectious enthusiasm for the graphic novel are enhanced by Johnston’s swinging score, performed by his Jazz sextet The Silent Six.”

“Spiegelman delights in undermining stuffy theory, letting Johnston’s music burst in to express his joy on seeing the stories that flash before us… It’s disorienting, but as he warned us at the beginning, that’s part of the point.’ Paris Review”

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#comix art spiegelman artspiegelman Phillip Johnston phillipjohnston #wordless moving pictures graphic novels live band #Si Lewen #milt gross #frans masereel HM Bateman lynd ward otto nuckel Shaping Thought

[nypl]

Art Spiegelman is the author and illustrator of Maus, the first graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize.  He came to the New York Public Library in the fall of 2016 to discuss the republication of Si Lewen's wordless book, The Parade. For this week of the New York Public Library Podcast, we're proud to present Art Spiegelman on how he sees himself, becoming a devotee to another artist, and the artist after art. Listen here.

#art spiegelman #si lewen #art #graphic novel #art history #the parade

[daloy-politsey]

During one particularly sanguine debate in the palatial home of Mrs. Berger, her son and some of his business associates had joined in. One pointed a finger at father: "We German Jews are not like you people (meaning outsiders), we have always been Germans and will do what is best for Germany. Don't be shocked - there are many of us who will vote for Hitler. He is what Germany needs, he will rebuild and make Germany strong again. Hitler is the only bulwark against this Eastern Bolshevism." "What about his anti-Semitism?" "Don't worry, this is just for the riffraff; Hitler will need us to help get Germany back on its feet. Your Social Democrats have done nothing but talk, talk, talk, and coddle the Communists. It's time for some real change."

"Reflections and Repercussions" -- the memoirs of Si Lewen

(https://www.silewen.com/script/chapter12.html)

#holocaust #anti communism #hitler mention

[viv-allen]

Concertina book

June 15th 2018

I met with JH to begin my research into making a book of images for my degree show. Following our conversation and developing my initial idea (posted Feb 22nd 2018) I feel that a concertina style book is the best option because:

Its simple to construct so it makes it more in my control.

I have the option to take time to look at the pages individually or simultaneously as one page.

A book provides a haptic experience to the audience which compliments and contrasts my digital animation work

Next:

 I have to research the construction of this type of book and consider the arrangement and images I want to use.

I took time to look at examples in the NUA special collection library.

Artist Stephen Gill’s book A series of disappointments. I liked this because the concertina of images was detachable from the cover, holes punched in the top of each page meant it could be displayed as a single long page so the images could be seen simultaneously regardless of the size or number of images.

John Dilnot’s book Saplings was remarkable in that if was approx 7cm x 4cm and prompted me into considering the scale of my book. This small scale made viewing all the images at once easy.

Si Lewen’s book Parade had a separate front and back cover which I felt made it unwieldy and vulnerable to damage when viewing the book. I came with a box to protect the book because of it vulnerability but I felt this distracted me from looking at the work. 

#research #other artists books #Si Lewen #John Dilnot #Stephen Gill #concertina book #LO18

[sbstnchfft]

Si Lewen - The Parade

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Particolare da "Parade", opera del 1957 di Si Lewen, artista polacco naturalizzato statunitense ora in mostra a Parigi al MAJ. https://www.instagram.com/p/CVpXgIjtlzMJCWA7m1LXjNPOGoGtBLJV6RrAao0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[jacques-le-fataliste-23]

Si Lewen, The Parade, ca. 1950 Via: https://www.exibart.com/mostre/storia-di-un-disegnatore-di-guerra-63-tavole-di-si-lewen-a-parigi/

[thewondermentofillustration]

Art Spiegelman, Crossroads, 1997, lithograph. Also, works from Si Lewen (Lublin, Poland, 1918–2016)

Art Spiegelman (1948) is a Jewish American illustrator and graphic novelist. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His parents were survivors of the Auschwitz death camp and his family immigrated to the United States in 1951. Spiegelman grew up in Queens, New York. At just fourteen years of age, he was already contributing art to comic strips, fanzines and minor publications. He even created his own magazine, “Blasé,” which he distributed at his junior high school.  In 1966, Spiegelman began illustrating for Topps Chewing Gum Company, creating baseball cards, stickers and wrappers. He continued to work for the company for 20 years. His parents wanted him to become a dentist, but Spiegelman enrolled in Harpur College, New York to study art and philosophy. Unfortunately, he never finished his college degree. After two years, he experienced a severe nervous breakdown and spent a month in Binghamton State Mental Hospital. Shortly after his release, he learned that his mother had taken her own life. Spiegelman began to withdraw from his remaining family and, in 1971, moved to San Francisco. Spiegelman became involved in the underground comic scene and self-published mini-magazines and comics. In 1975, Spiegelman moved back to New York City and began doing drawings and comix for the New York Times, Village voice and Playboy. He also became an instructor at the School of Visual Arts. In 1979 he co-founded RAW magazine with his wife, Françoise Mouly. It was an avant-garde comic magazine. From 1980 to 1991, Spiegelman seriealised Maus, a graphic novel which described his father's recollections of living in Jewish Ghettos in Poland and as a prisoner in an Auschwitz concentration camp. The comic won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize. It was the first and only graphic novel to be honoured with the award.

#Art Spiegelman #maus #banned books #illustration #jewish american illustrator #holocaust #Pulitzer Prize #1990s #1997 #lithograph #symbolism

[newlimitededition]

Si Lewen’s Parade: An Artist’s Odyssey–Limited Edition https://ift.tt/2WzcqR5

#Limited Edition

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Si Lewen, painting from the series Eva, 1994 Via: https://nymag.com/vindicated/2016/11/art-spiegelmans-quest-to-vindicate-a-long-forgotten-genius.html

[susanmoore]

#si lewen #ecce homo