Cover (detail): © Posy Simmonds, 2021 POSY SIMMONDS CLOSE UP OPENING OF THE 28.8.— 24.10. EXHIBITION 2021 POSY

Cartoonmuseum St. Alban-Vorstadt 28 SIMMONDS CH-4052 Basel Fon +41 (0)61 226 33 60 www.cartoonmuseum.ch Follow us on CLOSE UP Facebook, Twitter Friday, 27/8 / 2021, 6:30pm or Instagram. Venue will be announced online With: co-curator Paul Gravett from London, and artist Posy Simmonds, and co-curator Anette Gehrig, director of . Music: Francesca Gaza Trio. Followed by snacks & drinks. You and your friends are very welcome.

British cartoonist, artist and in . In the 1980s, she pub- children’s book author Posy Sim- lished several highly successful chil- monds (b. 1945) has attracted attention dren’s books. internationally with the three graphic An elegant, clear and corporeal draw- novels Gemma Bovery (1999), Tamara ing style, profoundly developed char- Drewe (2007) and Cassandra Darke acters, unerring humour and the alert (2018), and their headstrong titular fe- mind of a great storyteller character- male characters. She fascinates with ise all of Posy Simmonds’s works. Her precise psychological portraits, mocks graphic novels have been translated the shortcomings of the middle class into several languages and some of her and cultural scene, staid- books have been made into films. ness, and criticises social develop- Cartoonmuseum Basel presents the ments. Relatively long text passages most comprehensive retrospective «Fred», 1987 alternate with traditional comic se- on this major British artist yet seen in quences, while references to classics by Switzerland, with original drawings writers such as Gustave Flaubert and from all graphic novels and from her Charles Dickens add further layers to children’s books, as well as illustra- the stories. tions and for newspapers and Posy Simmonds became famous na- magazines, plus unpublished prelimi- tionwide for her strip The Silent Three nary work. This is also the first ever of St. Botolph’s, which started appear- exhibition of originals by Posy Sim- ing in The Guardian in 1977 and was monds in the German-speaking world. about three long-time female friends. She later published it in books and developed it further to create her first «Cassandra Darke», 2018 , True Love. Other­ publi- cations of hers also started as strips TALK DRAWING WITH A STOPWATCH Friday, 27/8/2021, 4 pm In over 50 years of working for liberal BZ’s editor-in-chief Patrick Marcolli left-wing British daily newspaper The moderates a talk with Posy Simmonds Guardian, Posy Simmonds has gained and illustrator Kati Rickenbach about considerable experience as a car- similarities and differences between toonist, caricaturist and illustrator. the situations of artists working on In 2020, Swiss illustrators organised newspapers, magazines and books. themselves within the trade union syndicom, so as to jointly improve and shape their working conditions. PRODUCTION Friday, 27/8/2021, 4 – 6 pm Saturday, 28/8/2021, 10 am – 4 pm

«», 2007 Sunday, 29/8/2021, 12 noon–4 pm In cooperation with, and as part of, which to put a multitude of images in the 2021 Gässli Film Festival in Basel, motion – by hand or on a computer. a three-day animation workshop will Ages 10 to 16. take place at K’Werk. At various sta- In cooperation with Fantoche, the tions, you will learn techniques with Gässli Film Festival and K’Werk WEDNESDAY MATINEE CLOSE-UPS Wednesday, 1/9/2021, 10am–12 noon British illustrator and caricaturist books to socio-critical comic strips Posy Simmonds has been working for and lavish graphic novels that were the liberal left-wing daily newspaper later made into films. Curator Anette The Guardian since the 1970s. The hu- Gehrig in conversation with Sophie morous, feminist arc of her artistic ca- Bürgi, University of Basel, Center for reer has spanned more than 50 years, Gender Studies ranging from widely read children’s SUNDAY GUIDED TOURS 5/9, 19/9 and 10/10/2021, 2pm Sunday guided tour in French 26/9/2021, 2pm «Gemma Bovery», 1999 CURATOR GUIDED TOURS Sunday, 3/10 and 24/10/2021, 2pm The retrospective at Cartoonmuseum graphic novel, several albums adapted Basel spans over 50 years, looking back into live-action films and much more. «True Love», 1981 on the impressive career of British car- This guided tour introduces you to toonist Posy Simmonds: first female a great artist, stopping off at all the illustrator at The Guardian, working stations along the route that her hu- there since the 1970s, many extremely morous and socio-critical oeuvre has popular children’s books, first British taken. SUNDAY I AM MANY Sunday, 12/9 and 17/10/2021, 2pm–4pm On Posy Simmonds’s desk, there is In this workshop, you will learn how a mirror, which she uses to work out to use your reflection to develop char- her characters’ gestures and facial ex- acters with expression and give them pressions. Posing and playing with her the desired character traits. Ages 6 and reflection is the key to the multilay- above ered authentic characters in her books. I NEVER READ 20/9–26/9/2021 Monday, 12 noon–8pm Tuesday/Wednesday, 11am–8pm Thursday until Sunday, 11am–7pm Cartoonmuseum Basel is present at the art book fair “I Never Read” with a selection of art books. Venue: Messe Basel, Mezzanine Hall 1 Süd

Opening hours Tuesday — Sunday 11 am — 5 pm Admission Fr. 12. — Adults FILM Fr. 7. — Disabled persons, students / trainees up to 25 years of age For further information about TAMARA DREWE the art education we offer, Friday, 8/10/2021, 7pm–10pm please visit: www.cartoonmuseum.ch Guided tour: 7pm, Cartoonmuseum Basel Special guided tours are available for school classes, company Film screening: 8:30pm, Filmhaus Basel, outings and other group visits. Gerbergässlein 29 Famous British director past. With , Dominic

Eine Institution der has adapted the Posy Simmonds Cooper and Roger Allam. Director and graphic novel Tamara Drewe into a producer Stephen Frears (My Beautiful film. After spending years in the city Laundrette, High Fidelity, The Queen) and having her nose fixed, Tamara has twice been nominated for an Oscar Thanks for the support returns to the place where she grew as Best Director. Presented by Cartoon- up, to sell her mother’s house. Before Basel and Filmhaus Basel. long, the tranquillity of this southern English village becomes a thing of the Partner

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