Reinhard Kleist – From Berlin to Hanoi as “Artist in Residence”
Artist in residence: 10 – 31/05/2015
From Goethe Institut:
Reinhard Kleist, one of the most famous comic-artists in Germany, will live and work in Hanoi as „artist in residence“ in May.
With the graphic novels “Cash – I See a Darkness”, a novel about the American singer Johnny Cash, and “the boxer” which tells the story of the Jewish boxer Hertzko Haft, the Berlin artist gained worldwide attention. At the moment Reinhard Kleist is working on a graphic novel about the singer Nick Cave.
Graphic Novels often deal with historic, political, and social topics. Reinhard Kleist, too, picks up these issues and develops his plot mainly by reference to individual cases. His latest publication “The Dream of Olympia” tells the story of the sprinter Samia Yusuf Omar who represented Somalia at the Olympic Games in 2008 in Peking. Her dream of Olympia ends tragically, when she drowns offshore of Malta during and attempted escape from Islamic extremists.
In the context of the 5th European Literature Days the successful graphic novel-artist will bring the legendary musician Johnny Cash back to live at the occasion of a spectacular Live Drawing-Event. Inspired by live-music of the most well-known country singer of all times, he will create illustrations to each song. Thanks to a camera in his back, the audience is able to witness the process of the works’ genesis live.
From 10th to 31th of May the award-winning comic-artist will show selected works of his graphic novels at the Goethe-Institut. During an artist talk on the 20th of May, he will discuss and explain his works. On this occasion he will also talk about comic-art in Germany and Vietnam with artists.
During his stay at the Goethe-Insitut, Reinhard Kleist will blog his impressions from Hanoi and its inhabitants. In so doing he will share the moments and scenes which he captures by pencil with the public on a daily basis.
Besides a workshop with students of the art school of Hanoi, Kleist will conduct a workshop with young, professional comic-artists at the Goethe-Institut.
Biography
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.
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