Artist Talk and Workshop with Graphic-Novel Author Reinhard Kleist
Artist talk: Wed 20 May 2015, 7 pm
Workshop: Wed 20 May 2015, 9 am – 5 pm
Goethe Institut
From Goethe Institut:
During his stay as artist in residence at the Goethe-Institut, Kleist is showing his individual drawing techniques to young professionals. Besides trying out different techniques he is explaining his style by reference to his own works in this workshop. Moreover, the workshop is dealing with the crucial question of how to create a gripping story.
Kleist’s works cannot be pigeonholed; often inspired by journeys abroad his works often show social criticism. His latest novel The dream of Olympia deals with the bitter fate of the Somalian sportswoman Samia Yusuf Omar, whose dream of Olympia tragically ends in death when she has to flee from Islamic extremists.
Kleist developed his individual style over the years. Whereas in his beginnings his drawings stylistically resembled the works of artists like Dave McKean, his latest works are said to be similar in style to those of the American pioneer of the graphic novel Will Eisner. Strong contrasts between light and dark as well as fluent lines are typical for Kleist’s illustrations.
The famous graphic-novel author and comic-strip artist Reinhard Kleist gained worldwide attention and recognition for his works such as Cash – I see a darkness about the famous country musician Johnny Cash and Castro about the Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro.
Artist talk: Comic-art in Germany and Vietnam
Together with Vietnamese artists, Reinhard Kleist talks about comics and their meaning in Vietnam and Germany. Which role do comic-strips play in Vietnam and Germany? Which trends can be seen internationally? Reinhard Kleist will talk about his works and the artists from Hanoi will bring works of their own, too.
Reinhard Kleist
born in 1970 near Cologne, studied graphic design in Münster. Currently he lives in Berlin, where he shares the studio BerlinComix with the comic artists Fil, Naomi Fearn and Mawil. He published numerous comics and won several awards, among others the Max und Moritz-Preis, the most significant award for graphic literature in Germany.
Workshop: To enroll for the workshop until 11.05.2015 with a letter of motivation and portfolio, please contact [email protected].
Artist talk: Free entrance
Language
Workshop: English
Artist talk: English and Vietnamese
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