Time is Tomi. Tomi Ungerer. Time as a legacy.
Silvana Editoriale| N° d'inventaire | 23487 |
| Format | 20 x 24 |
| Détails | 219 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Milan, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9788836644216 |
A tribute to the famous illustrator, who passed away in February 2019, Time is Tomi explores Tomi Ungerer's special relationship with time. Conceived by the Musée du Temps in partnership with the Tomi Ungerer Museum - International Center for Illustration in Strasbourg, the exhibition draws a parallel between the artist's work and the Ungerer family history, who built astronomical clocks and buildings in Strasbourg from the mid-19th century onward.
Although he chose to pursue an artistic career rather than take over the family business, Tomi Ungerer maintains a strong attachment to this heritage, exploring the theme of Time in all aspects of his work, from his children's books to his satirical drawings and advertising projects. Oscillating between fascination and anxiety, with Death as a major and almost obsessive theme, he uses the representation of Time to serve a social critique fueled by a teeming imagination and a heightened sense of the absurd.
As a counterpoint to Tomi Ungerer's drawings, the exhibition retraces 150 years of history of the Ungerer clock factory, from the hiring of the Ungerer brothers in 1838 by the great clockmaker Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué on the exceptional construction site of the third astronomical clock of Strasbourg Cathedral to the definitive sale of the company in 1989. At the heart of the themes of the Musée du Temps, Time is Tomi is the first retrospective in France devoted to Tomi Ungerer on the theme of Time, which was dear to him and which resolutely places the designer in the lineage of his family of clockmakers.
A tribute to the famous illustrator, who passed away in February 2019, Time is Tomi explores Tomi Ungerer's special relationship with time. Conceived by the Musée du Temps in partnership with the Tomi Ungerer Museum - International Center for Illustration in Strasbourg, the exhibition draws a parallel between the artist's work and the Ungerer family history, who built astronomical clocks and buildings in Strasbourg from the mid-19th century onward.
Although he chose to pursue an artistic career rather than take over the family business, Tomi Ungerer maintains a strong attachment to this heritage, exploring the theme of Time in all aspects of his work, from his children's books to his satirical drawings and advertising projects. Oscillating between fascination and anxiety, with Death as a major and almost obsessive theme, he uses the representation of Time to serve a social critique fueled by a teeming imagination and a heightened sense of the absurd.
As a counterpoint to Tomi Ungerer's drawings, the exhibition retraces 150 years of history of the Ungerer clock factory, from the hiring of the Ungerer brothers in 1838 by the great clockmaker Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué on the exceptional construction site of the third astronomical clock of Strasbourg Cathedral to the definitive sale of the company in 1989. At the heart of the themes of the Musée du Temps, Time is Tomi is the first retrospective in France devoted to Tomi Ungerer on the theme of Time, which was dear to him and which resolutely places the designer in the lineage of his family of clockmakers.