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A Cautionary Tale
A Sugar Queen’s Journey
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book is ideal for readers interested in experimental art, comics as a medium, and those curious about innovative collaborations between visual artists.
A Cautionary Tale takes Marlies Pekarek's sugar sculpture the Sugar Queen on a journey. Geraldine Searles created an adventurous tale around the scanned-in 3D sculpture. The Sugar Queen is taken from her original context and begins a new life as a comic protagonist.
An enchanting and unique work of art blending the form of an experimental artist's book with the sequentiality of a comic strip.
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During her stay in Australia from 1992 to 1994, Marlies Pekarek got to know the comic artist Geraldine Searles. A friendship formed, and the two artists discovered that, while their pictorial language differed significantly, the choice of their motifs was very similar.
The comic A Cautionary Tale takes Marlies Pekarek's sugar sculpture, The Sugar Queen, on a journey. Geraldine Searles created an adventurous tale around the scanned-in 3D sculpture. The Sugar Queen is taken from her original context and begins a new life as a comic protagonist.
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Mark Staff Brandl, PhD praises A Cautionary Tale as an enchanting and unique work of art that fuses the experimental artist's book format with the sequential storytelling of comics. He highlights its whimsical yet thoughtful visual narrative featuring a scanned sugar sculpture interacting with hand-drawn characters across a vast thematic scope.
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ISBN: 9783721208580
Publisher: Niggli Verlag
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 January 2012
Country: Switzerland
Imprint: Niggli Verlag
Illustration: 70 Colour
Audience: General / adult
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Weight: 140g
Pages: 164
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