Trip to Leipzig
So we took the train to Leipzig yesterday to go see The Last Match at last. But the bookstore/gallery MZIN had closed early, maybe because the attendants wanted to see the football game. :o( Probably they don’t get a lot of visitors anyway.
All the little drawings!
Our plan B was to explore an abandoned printing house in central Leipzig. Doing it during the Germany vs. Argentina game was really perfect timing …
Photos from mum’s exhibition in Karins Hus, Henån
Textiles, prints and handmade books by Eija Elmgren, ceramics and textiles by Annika Gustafsson, silver jewellery by Sanna Falk-Nilsson, ironwork by Lasse Nilsson, paintings by Marianne Nordal. All in the very lovely location of this little old house.
“Thor’s hammer” pendants, wrought iron, by Lasse Nilsson
Comics zines in the window! Not handmade per se, but printed mass products. Although some of mine have hand-stitched spines. :op
Photos by Eija Elmgren.
My fanzines at Karins hus, Henån, Orust, Sweden
Anybody who happens to be on the Swedish west coast should go to Henån and check out the arts and crafts exhibition that’s going on right now at Karins hus. My mum and some other talented people are showing off and selling their stuff there.
Mum is also selling comics fanzines by myself and Ainur, so anybody who is missing a Tunguska or Goldenbird from their collection has the chance to get it there.
Read more about the exhibition on Annika Gustafsson’s site, and check out the Facebook event page … The exhibition is on right now, and will continue until July 2nd, with opening hours Monday through Friday 10 AM – 6 PM.
The gallery Karins hus is smack in the center of Henån – it’s one of the old houses across the road from the bank. You can’t miss it. In the photo on the right is my mum. You can’t miss her, either.
The Last Match comes to Leipzig!
The exhibition of tiny little matchbox-size drawings by so far about 200 comic artists from 41 countries is touring through “L” cities this year. It was previously shown in Lisbon and Linz, and now it’s Leipzig’s turn! It will be shown at the MZIN bookstore and gallery from June 11th to July 11th.
Even though this is quite close to my place of residence, I can’t make it to the opening (I already committed to boyfriend support), but I hope I/we can go see the exhibition at some later point. Leipzig is also a very nice city overall.
THE LAST MATCH HAS OPENED
You can see photos of the exhibition and all the individual artworks in the exhibition’s Flickr photostream.
As it turns out, Ilan and I are, after all, not the only ones who have made “real comics” – Reinis Pētersons and João Chambel did too! Yay!
Some random favourites: Kerascoët, Roberta Gregory, Amanda Vähämäki, Sergio Ponchione, Rokudai Tanaka, Peggy Adam, Olegti, Kai Pfeiffer … Actually, almost all of them are really great.
SUICIDAL BABES AND SMOKERS
My contribution to The Last Match exhibition in Riga …
I did some minor last minute edits to it, like adding a frame around the last caption, before sending it off.
Apparently the comics by me and Ilan are the only “real” comics (i.e. with more than one panel) among all the contributions. Hard to believe with all these participants … But it’s a really tiny surface (the size of a matchbox) and it was quite difficult to work on. In any case, I’m looking forward to seeing all the other contributions!
