2019 is Norway's year as Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse, and the first event in this Guest of Honour year will be the touring exhibition "Georg Grosz meets Mulysses on Slush Mountain. Modern illustration from Norway.”
Organisers
Work by eleven Norwegian illustrators will be on display, selected from a variety of new Norwegian picture books for both children and adults. Illustrations by Lisa Aisato, Per Dybvig, Lars Fiske, Stian Hole, Bendik Kaltenborn, Åshild Kanstad Johnsen, Bjørn R. Lie, Alice Lima de Faria, Gry Moursund, Kari Stai and Øyvind Torseter, representing a rich spectrum of expressions in both technique and theme. All of which can be found in books that are translated and available in German.
The touring exhibition will be on show throughout 2019, in a number of cities in Germany and Switzerland, including in Bremen, Leipzig and Hamburg. It is a collaboration between Grafill and NORLA, and will be rounded off with a separate viewing at Grafill's premises in Oslo in January 2020.
The illustrations are taken from the following books:
Stian Hole: Garmans sommer (Hanser Verlag)
Øyvind Torseter: Hans sticht in See (Gerstenberg Verlag)
Kari Stai: Jakob und Neinkob-Bücher (ONKEL & ONKEL)
Åshild Kanstad Johnsen: Kubbe-Bücher (ONKEL & ONKEL)
Lars Fiske: Grosz (Avant-Verlag)
Klaus Hagerup und Lisa Aisato: Das Mädchen, das Bücher retten wollte (WOOW Books)
Bjørn F. Rørvik und Gry Moursund: Die Böckchen-Bande (Klett Kinderbuch)
Bjørn R. Lie: Winterspaß im Slapsefjell (Kunstanstifter)
Alice Lima de Faria: FlatterVogelFest (Mixtvision)
Trond Brænne und Per Dybvig: Die sind doch alle doof! (Hanser Verlag)
Bendik Kaltenborn: Liker stilen (erscheint 2019 im Avant Verlag)