Utopian Tales from Weimar
I’m one of twenty artists involved with the Utopian Tales from Weimar, a bi-lingual illustrated collection of fairy tales and fables from German Weimar Republic (1919-1933), edited and translated by Jack Zipes. It features stories by political activists who deliberately transformed traditional German fairy tales into utopian narratives and social commentary. The publisher of Utopian Tales from Weimar is The Caseroom Press – a UK-based independent publisher with an interest in art, languages and poetry – whose books “are almost art objects” (as put by The Times). As for the release date... well, here’s hoping it’s sometime this year.
The tale I illustrated is The Little King and the Sun (Der kleine König und die Sonne), written by Edwin Hoernle in 1920.
^ The Little King and the Sun | pencil/digital | 42x30cm |
The tale I illustrated is The Little King and the Sun (Der kleine König und die Sonne), written by Edwin Hoernle in 1920.
^ The Little King and the Sun | pencil/digital | 42x30cm |
♫ NP: Ben Frost - Stomp
