The exhibition
The main exhibition features over 400 works by 35 artists and gives an international overview which represents the various facets of illustrative art. The main display feautures well-known artists such as German illustrators Olaf Hajek and Martin Haake, Spanish comic-artist Jorge Fabian Gonzales Varela, American illustrators Eric Sandberg, Vincet Hui and Edwin Ushiro, as well as Japanese Artist Yoh Nagao.
The main display will be complemented by an exhibition featuring the 20 best emerging artists, nominated by an international jury for the “Young Illustrators Award”. The award-winning works will be presented in a distinct section within the larger exhibition. These works will represent the latest trends and styles found in the illustrative and graphic arts genres.
Sections
The section exhibitions will document the influence of illustration and graphic arts on other disciplines like book illustration, fashion and textile-arts, pottery, and animated movies.
The section-exhibition “Illustrative Fashion Salon” will track the influences of illustrative art in fashion and presents original fashion pieces by avant-garde-labels such as c.neeon, Henrik Vibskov or Ivana Helsinki, whose collections are inspired by graphic trends and traditions.
The section “Illustrative Objects” will track the influences of illustrative and graphic arts in new pottery and works made of glass. Potters or graphic-sculptors will show to what extent a crafts-scene and a new iconography, which has emancipated itself from classical models, has evolved over the last few years.
For the first time this year a place for professional and creative interchange will be provided: the “Illustrative Forum”. This part of the exhibition, resembling a fare, will provide space for agencies and publishers, activities, debates and workshops.
Background
In 2006 Pascal Johanssen and Katja Kleiss curated the first ILLUSTRATIVE in Berlin. ILLUSTRATIVE was invented to highlight the creative impact illustrative and graphic art bares on contemporary art, to a large audience of contemporary art enthusiasts.
The success of this first ILLUSTRATIVE exhibition resulted in the relocation of the festival to Paris that same year!
ILLUSTRATIVE is organised by Illustrative e.V. in Berlin.
ILLUSTRATIVE 08 is kindly supported by Swatch AG.
