News 2017-2018

Carolyn Gowdy - Christmas Story

December 21th, 2018

Carolyn Gowdy illustrated a  Christmas short story by Susan Hill for the Magazin THE SPECTATOR.

THE SPECTATOR - The boy who dreams: A Christmas short story by Susan hill

Anja Nolte - Urban Sketching – Motel One

November 15th, 2018

Last weekend in Vienna, Anja Nolte received the Joseph Binder Award (JBA) in silver for her book 'Urban Sketching Munich'. The international design competition is organized by designaustria.

Also Motel One was enthusiastic about the book 'Urban Sketching Munich' and commissioned Anja Nolte to create compositions from motifs in the book for various walls - reception, breakfast room, coffee stations, rooms - for the Motel One München Messe.

Stefano Riboli - VW France

November 13th, 2018

Stefano Riboli illustrated - referring to the style of the typical travel posters of the 1960s - the background for the advertising campaign of the new VW California Origin in France. Agency: Grabarz & Partner

Further down Riboli’s two  vintage tin plates for Budweiser Budvar.

Ingo Fast - new works

November 9th, 2018

On the occasion of the relaunch event 'Good Morning, Hong Kong', organized by the publisher of the South China Morning Post, Ingo Fast created an oversized 'wall painting book' for a 3 x 7 m wall in the Victoria Dockside skyscraper. Participants and visitors of the event were able to colour for 48 hours motif with giant coloured pencils .

For a food quiz trip around the world in Readers's Digest, the cactus Mariachi was created, a kind of hallucination at Lago Chapala, seen through the lens of several shots of tequila.

The drawing for the Wall Street Journal is about how office workers in the USA organize election campaigns.

Maarten Rijnen - Red Bull

Oktober 25th, 2018

Maarten Rijnen keeps drawing for Red Bull - here a few of his illustrations.

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Ward Schumaker - Trump Papers, a show of hand-painted broadsides

October 23rd, 2018

'Last year I created a hand-painted book of quotes from Donald Trump and his minions, Hate Is What We Need. Chronicle Books published a facsimile edition (available at ChronicleBooks.com and Amazon.com). But this year, as lies and injustices multiplied, that seemed insufficient. So I created a second one-of-a-kind book, The Administration of Cruelty and Stupidity. I also painted 40 large broadsides, with quotations not just from Trump, but from victims who have suffered under his régime and those who have spoken out against it. We're mounting them on walls like the news of the last two years: as an onslaught, a deluge.
We invite you to see them - and hopefully be inspired to vote.' 

- Ward Schumaker - 

The crowded opening reception on Saturday, 20 October, was a very emotional evening. One guest left, crying: “I just can’t take it.” People shared their anxiety about the turn-of-events in the country, the strong fear about the loss of liberties and the threats of physical violence against minorities - transgender folks, gays, people of color, Jews, reporters.

When a ten year-old girl appeared, who had created her own Trump Papers on small sheets of paper, the artist helped her mount them on a ledge in the gallery and she sold many of them – many! – for US$1 each. "We all think of her as our hope fore the future,” Ward said.

Trump Papers - 20 October - 6 November 2018

Jack Fischer Gallery

Minnesota Street Project

1275 Minnesota Street

San Francisco, CA 94107

Tues-Sat 11:00 - 5:30pm

www.jackfischergallery.com

Carolyn Gowdy - Exhibition at Jonathan Ross Gallery 286 in London

October 11th, 2018

See invitation below.

Carolyn is also showing work in DRAWN TO THE LINE an exhibition which supports the practice of drawing in all its forms, October 10 -27, 2018 at Piers Feetham Gallery, 475 Fulham Road, London SW6 1 HL.

Balbusso Twins - Illustrations for Alan Rand's classic novel Atlas Shrugged

September 13th, 2018

Last week Folio Society and Balbusso Twins announced their latest illustrated books, the three volumes of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand! ….the most controversial, contested, hated philosophical and dystopic novel! Ana + Elena Balbusso created the cover design, bound and blocked in metallic textured paper, and 5 colour illustrations per volume total 15 images. 

Information about their work process can be read in Q&A for DIGITALARTS ONLINE Magazine.

Anja Nolte - Illustrations for FOCUS

August 31st, 2018

Anja Nolte illustrated an article on sabbaticals by Elke Hartmann-Wolff, published in Focus magazine, issue 33/18. Part of the article are interviews with successful sabbaticals.

Focus Magazine 33/18

Peter Kraemer - Graphis Journal issue 357 with an article about Peter Kraemer

August  23rd, 2018

After a long break, New York-based Graphis Verlag is once again producing a regular magazine. The Graphis Journal is published quarterly and is dedicated not only to graphic design, advertising, photography, illustration and art, but also to product design and architecture.

The title of the current issue, Graphis Journal 357, was designed with the picture 'Circuit Board' by Peter Kraemer. The magazine also contains a multi-page article with an interview about the artist and illustrator.

Graphis Store – Graphis Journal 357

Graphis Journal 357, Pages 118/119

Stang - Amsterdam Festival WeMakeThe.City

July 6th, 2018

Stang created artwork that appeared in multiple media of the Amsterdam festival. As the largest city festival in Europe WeMakeThe.City was celebrating from June 20th to 24th urban living whilst addressing important urban issus in the metropolitan region of Amsterdam.

wemakethe.city/nl

Balbusso Twins - Alumnae Mount Holyoke College Magazine

June 30th, 2018

For the Spring Issue 2018 Balbusso Twins created not only the cover image of the magazine but also illustrated several articles like 'How chai made me a feminist', the 'Auroville language lab' or 'This year, my ten-year-old daughter, Elise, and I are traveling the world'.

Ingo Fast - Robots on the Rise

June 29th, 2018

Ingo Fast illustrated a fun brochure for the American Girl Scouts. It describes the increasing role of robots in our society, including DIY instructions for building robots.

Stang - Animation for NGA (Netherlands Gallery Association)

June 12th, 2018

In order to inform about a possible gallery loan, the Dutch gallery organization (www.nederlandsegalerieassociatie.nl) produced an animation - art direction and illustrations: Stang Gubbles (animation: Joost van Schalk)

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Carolyn Gowdy - Bad Oeyenhausen Fairytale Museum

May 25th, 2018

With her work 'Taliesin', Carolyn Gowdy takes part in a cross-border group exhibition entitled 'In einem fernen, fernen Land' ('In a country far far away') in the Bad Oeynhausen Fairytale Museum, which forms the framework for the cultural program me named 'I open the window'.

Organizer Katja Rosenberg: 'In einem fernen, fernen Land' is a rich reflection of the soul and culture of different nations. Before the exhibition came to Germany, it was on view at the "Art Pavillon Mile End" in London. Open until Sunday, September 16th.

(April 30 - September 16, 2018)

Flavio Melchiorre - Digital Art

May 22nd, 2018

The Ancient Dream‘ named Flavio Melchiorre his latest creation; soon it will be available as limited art print.

Louisa Bertman - The New York Times

May 2nd, 2018

Louisa Bertman portrayed six American citizens who originally thought climate change was a myth, but changed their minds after having been confronted with the topic in different ways.

The New York Times – How Six Americans Changed Their Minds About Global Warming

Anja Nolte - Nominierung für World Illustration Award 2018

April 27th, 2018

Anja Nolte's book 'Urban Sketching Munich' has been nominated by the  Association of Illustrators,  London, for the World Illustration Award 2018. "We received over 3,300 entries from all over the world, and it is a very special achievement to have been shortlisted by the jury.“

https://theaoi.com/wia/anja-nolte/

Image: Double page from the book with the actor Oliver Nägele in his role as Ludwig I. in the play I´m a Cliché at the Cuvelliés Theater Munich. Drawing on the right: View into the Cuvilliés - drawn on a poster of the piece.

Stefano Riboli - Amore Italiano

March 13th, 2018

The San Antonio winery in Los Angeles CA has commissioned Stefano Riboli to produce two posters for the house's new aperitif: Rosa 22, an original and unusual coloured aperitif produced in Italy but marketed in the United States. The motifs were to reflect the poster style of the great Italian advertising tradition of the 1930s and interpret the two cities, Venice and Rome, which symbolise Italy all over the world, in a modern context.

Art direction and illustration: Stefano Riboli.

Ward Schumaker - Statements of President Trump 'Hate is What we Need‘

February 28th, 2018

On February 19th, 2018 – 'Presidents' Day' in the US – Ward Schumaker announced the publication of a facsimile edition of his hand-painted one-of-a-kind book, Hate is What we Need, a collection of the words of President Trump and his friends.

"I feel grateful that Chronicle Books will give my book, which I thought would only be seen by family and friends, a wider audience."

The book’s publication date is 27 March, but one can order in advance at chroniclebooks.com as well as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or (in Europe) at Abrams&ChronicleBooks.


Check out The Artist Painting Trump’s Most Incendiary Words on Artsy.

R. O. Blechmann - Eye magazine

February 22nd, 2018

'Firm grasp on a shaky line' is the headline for a comprehensive article with an interview about R. O. Blechman in the recently published international review of graphic design 'Eye‘ 95. The 18-page article contains a comprehensive overview of Blechman's work and wonderful New York stories starting in the early 1950s.

Eye-magazine

Ingo Fast - Editorial Illustrations

February 19th, 2018

Ingo Fast illustrated the cover picture for a French-English lifestyle magazine published in Thailand on the island of Phuket. Das Beste/Readers Digest published his illustration on the subject of clearing out 'Less is more‘.

Flavio Melchiorre - Wild Watches

February 14th, 2018

Watches with artworks from Flavio Melchiorre, aka IDRO5, can be ordered at modifywatches.com/collections/idro51

Balbusso Twins - Welcome!

February 6th, 2018

I am glad to welcome the Balbusso Twins from Milan in our group of international illustrators! 

Anna+Elena=Balbusso is the signature of the twins Anna and Elena Balbusso, a multi-award-winning illustration team from Milan. Their clients include the New York Times, The New Yorker, Reader's Digest and the Figaro Group. They have illustrated over 40 books, from children's books to Margaret Atwood's distopian novel 'The Handmaid's Tale'. The critic Steven Heller described their work as "enticingly Renaissance and eerily new wave."

Anna and Elena create their artworks in mutual exchange of ideas, in continuous interaction, the result is always a collaborative one. And it is impressive. Italian art of all epochs - frescoes from ancient Rome, Italian Renaissance, Romanticism as well as modern and contemporary art - plays a key role in their works.

At the moment, the Balbusso Twins are exploring the possibilities of moving images such as gifs and animation of their works.

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Philippos Theodorides - Editorial Illustrations

February 5th, 2018

Philippos Theodorides illustrated for GB magazine, the magazine for the Hotel Grand Bretagne in Athens and for Fine Drinking, a quarterly print magazine about cocktails, spirits and bar cultures.

GB Magazine, Hotel Grand Bretagne

Fine Drinking Magazine

Anja Nolte - Award of excellence for Anja Nolte

January 15th, 2018

The "Best of Art & Design" USA magazine Creative Quarterly honors Anja Nolte with the award of excellence for her artwork "Blauer Reiter". The artwork was created for her recently published book "Urban Sketching München" and shows the participating artists at the first exhibition of the' Redaktion Blauer Reiter' 1911 in Munich.

A glance into the book

Jean-Manuel Duvivier - Calendar for Photocicle

January 2nd, 2018

Jean-Manual Duvivier illustrated the monthly images for the calender 'Love XXL' 2018 (for a better world in 2018) edited by Photocircle Berlin. With the proceeds from this calender, Photocircle and Jean-Manuel Duvivier help provide 200 mothers-to-be in Sierra Leone with medical supervision while giving birth.

Jean-Manuel Duvivier - Calendar for Thalys

December 20th, 2017

Thirteen illustrations on the theme of 'Belgium' were created by Jean-Manuel Duvivier for Thalys's Calendar 2018. The European high-speed train connects 17 cities across Western Europe (Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Cologne, Dormund etc....)

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Osterwalder's ArtOffice - designs a CD-Box for Achim Reichel

October 27th, 2017

45 years after Hans-Ulrich Osterwader's design of the A. R. & Machines double album "Echo", the current OsterwaldersArtOffice was commissioned by Achim Reichel to create the visual realisation for a 10 CD box. The box, consisting of cult albums, unreleased material and new mixes, was supposed to capture the sound of that time and translate it into the present. 

On behalf of BMG & Tangram, OsterwaldersArtOffice explored in several meetings with Achim Reichel the direction of the design. Part of the task was also to add a booklet to the box that shows the small archive of pictures and documents from that time and to make them - in the spirit of the echoes from Reichel's Krautrock phase – swing again. For this purpose, OsterwaldersArtOffice superimposed the existing visual material with echoes and psychedelic elements to create collages.

On September 15th 2017 Achim Reichel presented the resurrection of his innovative music project A. R. "The Art of German Psychedelic" in the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie. The performance was accompanied by projections from the artwork.

ZEIT-Interview Achim Reichel

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A.R. & Machines - The Art Of German Psycedelic UNBOXING (OFFICIAL)

Anja Nolte - Munich from an artist's view

October 18th, 2017

Anja Nolte has published a new book - this time it’s all about the Bavarian metropolis. Travel guide, sketch-book, narrative art. Anecdotes, Munich lifestyle & history. Humorous, poetic, powerful and complex. For Munich fans, creatives, lovers of art and culture. There is also football and beer….  156 pages, 63 texts, more than 240 drawings. An opulent kilogram to spend a lot of inspiring time with. 

The book has been published by Christopherus Verlag and available under the title Urban Sketching München by Anja Nolte in bookshops or via Amazon. 

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Flavio Melchiorre - Quaker Nspire x idro51

October 13th, 2017

Here Flavio Melchiorre’s latest collaboration with PepsiCo Design Innovation Team for the new food truck “Nspire” Quaker (College and University Grassroots Tour 2017). He designed the illustration based on the concept 'goodness that keeps you going strong!' used for wrapping the entire truck. The design is futuristic and well balanced with the tradition of the brand (est.1877) using a complex geometric structure where figurative elements interplay with negative space and patterns. 

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Stang - Design Sports Outfit

October 10th, 2017

The breathtaking outfit RAZE CYCLE GANG sprung from the collaboration of 36 Cycling Wear and the Rotterdam designer Stang Gubbels – 'seamless freedom' for the racing cyclist, showing icons from the motor world and from tatoo shops.

The Rotterdam designer and illustrator Stang Gubbels is known beyond national borders for his iconic illustrations. The permanent graphic designer of the Kunsthal loves going on rides with his racing cycle. He created the graphic design for the new cycle track around Rotterdam (polderpad.nl). 

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Stefano Riboli - Vintage metal signs for Budweiser Budvar

October 5th, 2017

Budweiser Budvar keeps continuing its successful promotion campaign with metal signs. The vintage signs created by Stefano Riboli are available every year in spring and autumn together with beer crates.

Brad Holland - "Die Träume und Alpträume von Brad Holland"

October 1st, 2017

The exhibition ‚'I sogni e gli incubi di Brad Holland' ('Brad Holland’s dreams and nightmares') will be opened at Spazio 32 in La Spezia, Italy, on October 7th.  20 Acrylic paintings and two drawings of the famous American artist will be presented there until November 18th, 2017.

Spazio 32 – Via Domenico Chiodo 32, La Spezia, Italien

Maarten Rijnen - GOLD FOR ALBERT HEIJN EXCELLENT COFFEE PERLA.

September 29th, 2017

After having been awarded from the NL PACKAGING AWARDS 2017, the packaging design of the Dutch design agency dBOD for Albert Heijn Coffee Cups also received the GOLD PENTAWARD 2017 in the category beverages. Five of the animal heads were illustrated by Maarten Rijnen.

Bernhard Kunkler - Interchalet

September 21st, 2017

Bernhard Kunkler illustrates the covers of the catalogues for Interchalet, the German leading provider of holiday apartments and holiday homes. The collages show stimulating wellness holiday worlds for the company’s extensive programme in various European countries.

Maarten Rijnen - zeichnet für Perla die Welt des Kaffees

September 15th, 2017

Maarten Rijnen created vector illustrations for the versatile coffee world of the private label coffee range of the Dutch supermarkets Albert Heijn.

Animation: www.firstdayofspring.nl

Bernhard Kunkler - Annual Report

August 7th, 2017

Bernhard Kunkler illustrated the topic of 'Creating Connections - Transport Routes' for the annual report of an international energy group. A series of imaginative collages was created that combines a small evolutionary history of transport routes with all the company's business fields.

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Neil Gower - As Kingfishers Catch Fire

July 13th, 2017

Illustrated by Neil Gower and written by Alex Preston, As Kingfishers Catch Fire: Birds and Books is a stunning exploration of birds in literature from Ted Hughes to Ovid. It is a book to love and to hold, to return to again and again, to marvel at the way that authors across the centuries have captured the endless grace and variety of birds. (The book can be ordered via Amazon)

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Stang - designed a series of Icons for TV program ARTE

July 1st, 2017

Stang was commissioned to make a series of icons by @KesselsKramer for the German / French TV program ARTE.

Art Direction: Gijs van den Berg

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