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Alumni Bulletin: News from Illustration Grads

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Larry Roibal (’82) recently had his piece “Sunday Morning” accepted for the Communication Arts Illustration Competition. Larry’s unique style was also highlighted by the fine folks over at Drawn a couple of weeks ago.  See more of Larry’s work at his website. Congrats!

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Alum Chris Roth has been creating like crazy, including tons of animations for CBS (like this!), a Spiderman stained-glass window in honor of legendary artist Stan Lee, and this great spot for Channel Frederator (the first piece is his!):

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDNEGAJfHiU&hl=en]

See more of Chris’s work at his website. Keep up the great work, Chris!

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Alum Angie Mason recently had her work included in the Fusion 5 Festival, which is an amazing new art festival put together by Strychnin Gallery Owner Yasha Young and Hotel 3.14’s creative director Dani Morla.

The artists included in this event were:

Bijou (France), Diva (Spain), David Hochbaum (USA),
Angie Mason (USA),Till Krautkraemer (USA),
Manuel Cortez & Philipp Baben (Germany), Brian Horton (USA),
Chichi Menendez (Australia), Natalie Shau (Lithuania),
Chris von Steiner (France), Mark Verhaagen (Netherlands)
David Stoupakis (USA), Daniel van Nes (Netherlands),
BORIS + NATASCHA (Germany & Australia), Mkan (France),
Virginie Ropars (France), Ansgar Noeth (Germany),
Matthew Bone (USA), Mimi S. (Germany),
Kristen Ferrell (USA), Oksana Badrak (GUS),
Mijn Schatje (France)

Angie also posted images up also at her flickr site and had this to say about her experience:

It was a great event where each artist was given a room/suite that matched their art (no two rooms are a like at this very unique hotel) and the artists had to fill the space with their work making the room their own and then have it viewed during the opening party exhibits and public openings. There was wonderful music and art and press and an ever flowing amount of absolute vodka since they were one of the main sponsors.

Thanks for sharing the news, Angie!

Quick Hit: Animations/Fictions show in Bucharest

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Artists: Boris Achour, Pierre Bismuth, Wim Delvoye, Gerard Deschamps, Erro, Pierre Huyghe, Bernard Joisten, Pierre Joseph, William Kentridge, Koo Jeong-A, Suzanne Lafont, Bertrand Lavier, François Letaillieur, Mac Adams, David Mach, Petra Mrzyk & Jean François Moriceau, Raymond Pettibon, Alain Sechas, Jim Shaw, Sandy Skoglund, Fabien Verschaere, Wang Du

On display on MNAC Animations / Fictions presents a curatorial research within the Fonds National d’Art Contemporain in Paris spotlighting different ways in which comic strips and cartoons have been used by international contemporary artists. Cartoons and comic strips have appeared in citational form initially in the Pop Art before becoming, at a later stage (from the 1990s onwards) and in a context removed from animation, an explicit source of inspiration.

The featured artists express highly sophisticated concepts in an easily understandable language. Borrowing childhood iconography or creating images referring ironically to Disney, Hannah&Barbera or mangas, beyond their connotations of an all-pervasive subculture, mass culture and media in today’s globalized world, the chosen works act as powerful vectors for sometimes dramatic events. They reveal an adult awareness of the gravity of the present day through a child’s wide-eyed gaze. Very different in their form and message, they also highlight how contemporary figuration draws on its close ties with the various genres of the popular culture, switching towards a different area.

Emphasizing the feedback reality-fiction, focusing on social, political and psychological issues, the works presented become the re-looked reflection of an aggressive reality difficult to endure.

A new Cahiers du Fonds National d’Art Contemporain dedicated to the exhibition will be published.

See more images from the show here!

From the Vault: Illustration/Animation Used in United Commericals

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For such a large corporate company, United Airlines is using animation to create some unconventional advertisements. I rustled up an old USAToday article with this quote,

Why drawings? “We really wanted a unique look and feel, and that’s how we hit on the animation and illustration,” says Alex Leikikh, group account director at Fallon Worldwide, the agency that created the ads.

Here’s one of the (award-winning) spots called, “The Meeting,” created by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis :

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU5DasW5nUY&rel=1]

You can see other spots at United’s website and read an article/analysis of the ad-series in the Slate archives.

The Illustration Department welcomes William Joyce!

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William Joyce, the legendary children’s book author & illustrator, creator of the animated film “Robots” and the artist behind the films “Meet the Robinsons” and the upcoming “The Leaf Men” will be giving a special talk and presentation on:

Thursday, November 8th
1-2 p.m.
Room 805, 2. W. 13th Street

All are welcome for this exciting event! Please RSVP to illustration@newschool.edu.

Interview with Marjane Satrapi

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The New York Times Magazine featured an interview with acclaimed author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi this week. She talks about her new movie, her views on plastic surgery, and how she doesn’t really like the term “graphic novel.”

Here’s an excerpt:

You’ve just turned your acclaimed series of graphic novels into a full-length animated film, “Persepolis,” an oddly charming tale about the brutal subject of growing up in Iran during the Islamic revolution. Would you still describe yourself mainly as a graphic novelist? I don’t very much like this term of graphic novel. I think they made up this term for the bourgeoisie not to be scared of comics. Like, Oh, this is the kind of comics you can read.

The problem with the phrase “graphic novel” is that it sounds as if it’s referring to a book with X-rated or at least overly explicit content. Exactly. Chris Ware said something great. He said when he hears the term graphic novel, it makes him think of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover.”

Do you think cartoonists have received their artistic due? No. People either like to write or they like to draw. And we like to do both. We’re like the bisexuals of the culture. People don’t have any problem if you are a homosexual or if you are a heterosexual, but if you are a bisexual, they have more of a problem with you.

Read more of the interview here.

Learn more about Marjane here.

See the trailer for “Persepolis” as well as behind-the-scenes snippets here.