Andreas Gefe
Wooden sculptures by Cäsar Balmer
With two Comic Novels, various Short-Story Comics, Illustrations in Illustrious Magazines, Stage/ Set Designs and also CD-covers, the 35-year-old Swiss Andreas Gefe already has an extensive selection of works to his name.
Fumetto will dedicate a workshop to him paying special attention to his new book "Mein Bruder Flo".
 
Whether it's with sketch paper, colourful boards in acrylic or sketched in orange and then worked over with pencil to form the preliminary stages of a comic: Gefe's "Kartons" are definitely some of the rarest comic and illustration materials around: it is really worth seeing the originals.
The exhibition will be complemented by the addition of some of Cäsar Balmer's wooden sculptures.
The way in which his new work "Mein Bruder Flo" came about is of particular interest.
The blue-grey-black toning of the panels really matches the melancholy feeling-atmosphere portrayed in the book. It is the perfect case of a symbiosis between author and drawer!
Biography
Born in 1966 in Küssnacht, currently living in Zürich, Switzerland.
Completed the Matura (High School).
1987-1993 Lucerne School of Arts & Design,
Has worked as a freelance Illustrator and comic drawer since then.
Was part of a Government Art-exchange program and spent time in Krakow, Poland.
His Comic-novel "Madame Lambert", (based on a scenario from Jérome Charyn) was released in1997.
His latest project "Mein Bruder Flo", (a combined effort with José-Luis Bocquet) will be released in conjunction with Fumetto 2002.
Bibliography
Comics for Das Magazin, STRAPAZIN, Hangar 21, Züri-tipp, Attrabile (Geneva), "Madame Lambert", Arrache Coeur, 1997, "Aufgekratzt", Edition Moderne, Plakate and CD-covers, Installations e.g. for the Swiss Carpenter Association.
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