American Prayer
curated by Vicky A. Clark and Barbara Bloemink
with Ana Merino and Rick Gribenas
circulated by Pamela Auchincloss Arts Management Services
curated by Vicky A. Clark and Barbara Bloemink
with Ana Merino and Rick Gribenas — With a pow and a zap, cartoon imagery has recently exploded. Artists, graphic novelists, and zine makers everywhere are taking advantage of the potential to tell stories in a recognizable and familiar language. From Japan and Israel to the Americas, artists use cartoon imagery to address problematic issues. In the process, they participate in the construction of identity in its many guises, weaving aspects such as race, gender, sexual orientation, violence and war, loss of innocence, and the commodification of identity into complex, layered tales. And at times, they make us laugh at ourselves.
ARTISTS EXPLORE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARTOON CHARACTER AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIETY
31. January 2003Tribune-ReviewPittsburghKurt ShawTribune-Review art critic
'Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation'
Although cartoons and caricatures have played an important role in Western culture since the Middle Ages, the development of the comic strip and comic books are a unique American phenomenon and has contributed significantly to American visual culture.
'Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation' — About Helnwein's piece: Clark says, "In many ways, this is the signature piece for this whole show, because it shows how cartoon imagery has entered our culture, our world, our daily life."
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Gottfried Helnwein organized the first museum retrospective exhibition of the works of the Great Comic Artist CARL BARKS.
1994 - 01.Jan.1997
Gottfried Helnwein organized the first museum retrospective exhibition of the works of the Great Comic Artist CARL BARKS. — Gottfried Helnwein Organizes the First Retrospective Museumshow of the Great Comic Artist
MEMORIES OF DUCKBURG
Opening one of these comic books felt like seeing the daylight again for someone who had been trapped underground by a mine-disaster for many days. I blinked carefully because my eyes hadn't gotten used to the glistening sun of Duckburg yet, and I greedily sucked the fresh breeze into my dusty lungs that came drifting over from Uncle Scrooge's money bin.
MEMORIES OF DUCKBURG — English translation of "Erinnerungen an Entenhausen" , pulished in the German periodical "ZeitMagazin" on May 12, 1989
MICKYMAUS UNTER DEM ROTEN STERN
ZEIT magazin
MICKYMAUS UNTER DEM ROTEN STERN — Das Museum der 100 Bilder Bedeutende Autoren und Künstler stellen ihr liebstes Kunstwerk vor Herausgegeben von Fritz J. Raddatz
Roy Disney about Helnwein's Carl Barks retrospective
VORWORT BY ROY DISNEY
Roy Disney about Helnwein's Carl Barks retrospective
German Donald Duck Comic: Duckburg Citizens praise Helnwein
Walt Disney's Micky Maus
German Donald Duck Comic: Duckburg Citizens praise Helnwein — DIE PANZERKNACKER
Helnwein and the Comic Culture