Monday, December 29, 2014

Artoon: Behzad Ghafarizadeh and Oleg Dergachov

Behzad Ghafarizadeh informed us about (t)his nice exhibition in Québec:


The Musée des Maîtres et Artisans du Québec  will hold the exhibition of the cartoons and illustrations of Behzad Ghafarizadeh and Oleg Dergachov with title of Artoon (Art+Cartoon) from 8th Jan. to 8th Feb. 2015. The exhibition includes 50 cartoons and illustration of these two artists with different techniques.

Opening of the exhibition : January 8th, 2015 at 6:00 pm.
(The attachments are the exhibition poster, photo of the museum and some images of artists and their cartoons)



Oleg Dergachov

Oleg Dergachov was born on 18th July 1961 in Rostov, Russia. He graduated from the Ukrainian Academy of Fine Arts with Master in Arts degree in 1984. He has also studied bronze and granite sculpture from the INTEGRART in Warszaw, and through his studies with Walter Kaune, Phd, in Goslar, Germany.  In 2005 he moved with his family to Canada. He had over 20 personal cartoon exhibitions in 13 countries. Many of his works are parts of major international public collections such as the National British Library in London, the Georges Pompidou National Center for Art and Culture in Paris, the Tretyakov State Gallery in Moscow and the collection of Cirque du Soleil in Canada. His artworks have been awarded in many important international cartoon competitions such as Aydin Dogan (2005), Nasreddin Hoja (2000), Youmiuri (1998-1995) and more than 60 other competitions.






Behzad Ghafarizadeh


Behzad Ghafarizadeh was born in September 1983 in Tehran/Iran. He graduated from University of Tehran in 2009 with Master’s Degree in Materials Science and Engineering. He and his wife moved to Montreal in 2011 In order to continue their education. Currently, he is PhD candidate in mechanical engineering department of École de technologie supérieure (Université du Québec).In 2006, his first individual cartoon exhibition was held in the “Iranian House of Cartoon” in Tehran. His works have already been exhibited in many international cartoon exhibitions and published in many cartoon books. His cartoons also are awarded in many important cartoon competitions such as Global Editorial Cartoon competition (2012),  Diogenes, Taborda festival (2009), Medplan (2014) and etc.





contact:

Musée des Maîtres et Artisans du Québec
615, avenue Sainte-Croix
Saint-Laurent circumscription
Montreal Qc H4L 3X6

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Merry X-Mas! A Rockabilly X-Mas!

Wishing all our readers a Merry X-Mas!

I found a nice clip of one of my favourite bands Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. The song is a "Rockabilly Christmas" and in the first minute of the video some  nice Santa cartoons appear...



Lyrics:

Well, Santa's got his hair all piled high
Swingin' his sleigh right through the sky
For the Christmas, Rockabilly Christmas
He's a real cool cat with shades and his old red hat

Santa's got his creepers red and green
Swingin' his sleigh while the kiddies dream
For the Christmas, Rockabilly Christmas
He's a real cool cat with shades and his old red hat

Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
He's a real cool cat with shades and his old red hat

Santa's got his hair all piled high
Swingin' his sleigh while the kiddies cry
For the Christmas, Rockabilly Christmas
He's a real cool cat with shades and his old red hat

T'was the night before Christmas
And all through the land
All the cats were jumpin' to a big swing band.
Way past midnight till a quarter of two
Jumpin' to the sounds of Big Bad Voodoo.
As the singer explains steppin' up to the mic
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night

Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
He's a real cool cat with shades and his old red hat

Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
He's a real cool cat with shades and his old red hat Yeah.

Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas
Rock rock rockabilly Christmas

He's a real cool cat with shades and his old red hat
He's a real cool cat with shades and his old red hat
He's a real cool cat with shades and his old red hat
Merry Christmas Baby!

ps: and don't forget Rudolph!


Tuesday, December 16, 2014

The first cartoons of George van Raemdonck (1988-1966)

George van Raemdonck may be considered as one of the first Flemish ambassadors of cartoon art. In 1914, the artist fled, as many other Belgians,  with his family to The Netherlands where he was engaged by De Nieuwe Amsterdammer to publish his satirical drawings.



George followed the news of the war on foot. Although he was not in the middle of the action, he showed the different events of the Great War as an excellent observer: from the Big Bertha (howitzer), the Wire of Death (between Belgium and Holland), the Armenian Genocide to the famine and poor life in occupied Belgium... nothing escaped his sharp pen.

100 years after the beginning of WWI, this books wants to commemorate not only the great artist that George van Raemdonck was, but also the circumstances of the millions of refugees 100 years ago and at the present time.

Enjoy some of the cartoons (special thanks to Ronald Vanoystaeyen for the images):

Big Bertha

The Dutch- Belgian border

What shall we eat?

for the potatoes...

X-Mas 1917



The books is published by the city council of Bouchout Belgium ,I.H.A. and the local history society Het Speelhof. It counts 80 pages, containing 75 cartoons is still available at € 15 + shipping cost. Please send an email to Ronald Vanoystaeyen, president of International Humour Art: iha@yucom.be.

Learn more:
George van Raemdonck's Facebook page
more about George van Raemdonck

Saturday, December 6, 2014

6 December: Sinterklaas! (in Belgium and The Netherlands) .Some Sinterklaas cartoons

To all children.. Happy Sinterklaas!

And to all the rest: here are some Sinterklaas cartoons from "De Beste Cartoons van Sinterklaas"(Belgium, 1980). The cartoons in the book were published in the Belgian newspapers De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad and The Gentenaar in favor of The Sinterklaasfonds, a fund rising organisation for disabled children.



cartoon by Cram

cartoon by Luk Cooke

cartoon by the famous Willy Vandersteen (1913-1990)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sinterklaas (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪntər'klaːs]) or Sint-Nicolaas (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪnt 'nikolaːs]  is a traditional figure based on Saint Nicholas. Other names for the figure include De Sint ("The Saint"), De Goedheiligman ("The Good Holy Man"), and De Goede Sint ("The Good Saint") in Dutch; Saint-Nicolas in French; Sinteklaas in Frisian; and Kleeschen and Zinniklos in Luxembourgish.

Sinterklaas is celebrated annually with the giving of gifts on the night before Saint Nicholas Day (5 December) in the Netherlands and on the morning of 6 December, Saint Nicholas Day itself, in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Northern France (French Flanders, Lorraine and Artois). He is also well known in territories of the former Dutch Empire, including Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao.

He is one of the sources of the popular Christmas icon of Santa Claus.

Learn more about Sinterklaas here.