Hype: Tegneseriesalon på søndag!
Line Hoven og Arne Bellstorf til Komiks.dk
Den danske tegneseriefestival Komiks.dk, der finder sted i Øksnehallen, København, 21-23 maj, 2010, annoncerer nu endnu en håndfuld udelandske gæster, deriblandt to af Tysklands mest interessante yngre tegnere, Line Hoven og Arne Bellstorf. Førstnævnte er nok bedst kendt for graphic novel-debuten Liebe schacht weg, et subtilt og rørende erindringsbillede af hendes familie fra krigen og frem, mens Bellstorf, der i 2006 udgav den bemærkelsesværdigt underspillede, knugende ungdomsfortælling Acht, Neun, Zehn, efterhånden har en række serier på bagen og bl.a. bidrager til kvalitetsavisen Der Tagespiegel. Festivalen gæstes desuden af den svenske mangategner Ã…se Ekström.
Pressemeddelelse her.
Frank Quitely til Komiks.dk
Danmarks internationale tegneseriebiennale, Komiks.dk, der for fjerde gang løber af stablen i Øksnehallen, København, 21-23 maj, 2010, melder nu endnu en gæst, tegneren Frank Quitely — klart den mest originale tegner i amerikansk mainstream i dag. Han er særligt kendt for sit arbejde med den mest originale forfatter i branchen, Grant Morrison (lad os håbe at festivalen også slår en klo i ham!), på serier som Flex Mentallo, New X-Men, We3, All-Star Superman og Batman and Robin. Undtagelsen fra reglen om at amerikanske superhelteserier er blevet en anakronisme.
Læs pressemeddelelsen her. Quitely bliver i øvrigt at finde på festivalen sammen med folk som Chris Ware, Dan Clowes, Charles Burns, Dave Gibbons og Paul Gravett. Sæt lige et kryds til i kalenderen, ik’?
Hype: Mongo Business i Berlingske
Berlingske viser lidt fremsyn — tillykke Ib!
Mere Mongo her.
Clint Eastwood, Bogforum, Literaturhaus og Højbjerg
Thorhauge her! Lige pludselig sker der en masse, og det er jo både fedt og spændende, men kæden er røget af min planlægning og jeg er bagefter med ALTING, suk… Anyway, jeg har en del offentlige arragementer i den kommende tid, samt – ta-daa! – premiere på min splinternye tegneserie, Clint Eastwood! Her følger programmet:
3.-28. november: Kom hjem-udstilling på Højbjerg Bibliotek
I forbindelse med et foredrag jeg holder på Højbjerg Bibliotek den 16. november, har selvsamme bibliotek sat et udvalg af Kom hjem-skitser og -originaler til offentlig beskuelse (tak, i den anledning, til den fortrinlige Dan Knudsen, der kiggede forbi og hjalp med at sætte udstillingen op)
13.-15. november: Bogforum
Ã…rets bog-gedemarked er på godt og ondt en uomgængelig begivenhed. I år deltager jeg i flere arrangementer:
Lørdag, kl. 14: signering af Clint Eastwood på Aben Malers stand
Lørdag, kl. 17.20: samtale med Søren Vinterberg om Kom hjem, Under uret
Søndag, kl. 14.15: undertegnede interviewer Murakami- og manga-oversætter Mette Holm om Manga Messias og Manga Metamorfose i Bibelselskabets stand
15. november, kl. 20: Tegneseriesalon i Literaturhaus
Nemlig – mens der bliver slukket og ryddet op i Bogforum, afholder Dansk Tegneserieråd “Tegneseriesalon” i Literaturhaus på Nørrebro, 10 minutters gang fra Forum. Her vil jeg forsøge at styre landets førende tegneseriekritikere i en forhåbentlig livlig, underholdende og tankevækkende snak om tegneserier og kritik og meget mere (se listen over de prominente deltagere her).
16. november, kl 19.30: Foredrag om Kom hjem og bølgen af graphic novels på Højbjerg Bibliotek kl. 19.30
Masser af billeder, bøger og aha-oplevelser til dem, der endnu har graphic novel-oplevelsen til gode, kom frisk!
Hype: Paul Davis & David Shrigley at the Danish Design School
As part of its series of open lectures, the Danish Design School is offering a talk by internationally famed artists Paul Davis and David Shrigley on Wednesday, November 11th, 9-12 AM.
Hype: Ask Emil Skovgaard
My pal, the sculptor and designer, Ask Emil Skovgaard has an exhibition coming up at Brøndsalen, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen. It opens on November 13th at 7PM, and runs through that week till the 18th. Go check it out if you’re in town — he is a consummate craftsman and his work is rich on visual ideas.
The Raphael Drawing at Christie’s
As those of you interested in such matters surely know by now, Christie’s London sale of Old Masters and 19th Century Art, December 8, will feature the drawing by Raphael excerpted above. Estimated to fetch £12-16, it will easily break the record for most expensive drawing ever, jointly held by pieces from Michelangelo and Leonardo, which both sold £8.1 in 2000 and 2001, respectively.
It is a pretty astonishing estimate, even for one of the greatest masters of Western art, whose work appears under the gavel only extremely rarely. Not being a specialist, I can only wonder what this says about the market these days, but I will say that it’s a beautiful drawing, even if it is not Raphael at his inventive peak. An auxillary cartoon for his 1510-11 fresco of Parnassus in the Vatican Stanze, it probably supplemented the larger, principal cartoon(s) prepared for the fresco (it shows pouncing marks along the contours, demonstrating that it was used for transfer unto the wall). It reflects rather a state of finalised polish of a slightly rote design than the exhilarating phase of invention where his work tends to crackle with brilliance, with the awareness of life beyond the perfection of his best high-finish drawings.
It’s going to be interesting to see how the sale goes, and as usual we can hope it ends up in a collection accessible to the public, even if its price may preclude that. It should in any case be a exciting sale, including as it does also a long out of view (and if you ask me somewhat rebarbative) late Rembrandt and a large John the Evangelist by Domenichino.
Hype: Bunker Associates at CPH:DOX
Next week it’s time for this year’s CPH:DOX — the great international documentary festival held annually in Copenhagen. It’s always worth checking out the programme, and I urge you especially to consider two of the films being screened there, if nothing else because I can vouch for some of the people involved.
Firstly, director Ada Bligaard Søby will see her latest film, Complaints Choir opening there (more info here and here, plus I’ve written a little about her work here). I’ve been following Ada’s work for years now, and it seems only to be getting better with each new film, borne as it is by a distinct auteurial voice and a sensitive approach both to direction and editing.
Also, my pal Klaus Heinecke, has worked as editor on Turf War in No Man’s Land, directed by Suvi Andrea Helminen, which will be screened twice. Klaus usually picks quality projects, and it looks promising to me. The trailer’s posted above.
So check out the festival, and if you’re not in Copenhagen — keep an eye out for international releases of these films.