Good Drawer ≠ Good Commercial Illustrator – Being Artistic And Realistic
Insights into the life of an illustrator with Sokkuan ( More info coming soon! )
Date: 23 Oct 2010
Time: 2pm – 4.30pm
Venue: The Arts House, Screening Room 1 Old Parliament Lane Admission: Free ( Need registration – see below ) Participant Requirements: Anyone interested in illustration can come. Please email us any questions which you may like the speaker to address for Q&A.
The illustration talks are open to all.
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Only for the workshops with limited capacity (our other photography workshops), will priority go to Noise members.
I look forward to Eccentric City: Rise and Fall exhibit next week, featuring Keiichi Tanaami & Phunk. Here’s some pixs to share with you from Keiichi Tanaami’s Book ‘Spiral’.
This book is a collection of his works, dated from 1968 to 2005. Very much Respect to him for what he had done, then and now. A must ‘have’ book for those who love his works like i do : D
Was very thrilled to learn that one of my favourite Japanese artist Keiichi Tanaami will be in Werk magazine no 18 and also in a collab exhibition with Phunk Studio in Singapore at Lasalle!
Don’t miss the show and the magazine!
What:Eccentric City: Rise and Fall Who: Keiichi Tanaami and :phunk Opening: Wed 18 Aug, 7pm
When: Thu 19 Aug – Sun 19 Sep, 10am – 6pm. Closed on Mondays. Where: ICA Gallery 1, #B1-04, LASALLE College of the Arts Type: Exhibition Admission: Free
Ronald Searle is 90!! This is another of my illustration heroes.
Did you know he was a POW in SIngapore during WW2? He did a whole series of drawings while in prison here.
Most inspiring thing about him to me is:
1. He’s still doing “IT” at 90 ( “IT” being “illustration” )
2. His studio is in France!! ( Like my other hero- Robert Crumbs )
3. He never stopped drawing! During his stint as a POW/ artist- he trade cigarettes for drawing paper!!
“He never stopped drawing, despite beatings, bouts of malaria and beri beri, and a Japanese guard’s pick axe in the back.” (quoted from Ronald Searle Biography http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/searle.htm )
More info here- Ronald Searle Tribute http://ronaldsearle.blogspot.com/
Image from – http://thefilter.blogs.com/thefilter/2010/02/ion-barladeanu.html
There is an interesting story about Ion Barladeanu- a 63 yr old Romanian tramp whose amazing collages were discovered by a gallery via a stranger/ artist who happen to meet sieving through the same rubbish heap.
Using what he has- alot of trashed magazines and his imagination- he amassed about 1,800 over pieces of collage over the years, with himself being the chief audience.
I love this quote “”If I were reincarnated in another life I would still be making collages, and if I could take them to the moon I would.”
How many of us are so sure of our passion for our work?! Note to self- use what I have and never say die.
The BBC program can be heard here about the documentary film made about this artisit:
The Strand, Tuesday 02 March 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p006czyk
Read more here: Art world swoons over Romania’s homeless genius | World news | The Guardian
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