4 Questions for Joe Fournier

Joe Fournier is one of the most vigorous caricaturists around.  He has combined his various talents composer, musician, writer, illustrator,  filmmaker, voiceover actor into a magic blend that takes us to new places in this field. His animations have appeared on the Chicago Tribune website and his print pieces are offered up for syndication.  I … Read more

WW 3 Illustrated @ 30

Here’s to Peter Kuper, Seth Tobocman and all the wonderful artists who have made World War 3 Illustrated a unique and powerful moment in political art in the US. Started as a reaction to the Reagan years, it has grown and become an important publication of strong and direct art comment . . . for the last 30 years!!!

Some questions for Peter and Seth:

When you see the work altogether like this, what goes through your mind? Do you think of something lost, something gained in the years?

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Victor, Franz and Me

Recently Victor Juhasz, one of my very favorite artists and people, and I caught the show of the 21 heads by Franz Xavier Messerschmidt at the Neue Galerie.  These are mysterious heads.  They are all of faces in extreme discomfort or anguish of some kind. Messerschmidt was a German sculptor who was rising in prominence, … Read more