Basic Information
Hardcover 120 pages 188*247mm 635g ISBN: 9788932922072
book introduction
A new collection of works by Jean-Jacques Sangfe, who introduces himself as a humorous artist.Jean-Jacques Sangfe draws a picture that is so attractive that even a stranger feels warm and can't take his eyes off it easily.It captures the longing, regret, and loneliness of the human inside with a faint line and a calm color.In his painting, the pathetic victims of this world appear with a clear, sincere, and transparent expression.
About the author and translator
Jean-Jacques Sempe (Jieun)
When his first collection of works came out, he was already considered the world's best painter in France.He expressed the loneliness inside humans with thin lines and calm coloring, and sometimes spread his daily life pleasantly with humorous drawings.Born in Bordeaux, France in 1932, Sao Fé began painting when he dreamed of becoming a band player as a boy.He also developed his passion for painting as well as music by drawing one by one of his respected jazz musicians.In 1960, he created Little Nicola with humorist René Gosini, and this work became a great success and gained fame as an illustrator.He drew an illustration of Patrick Juskind's Story of Zommer in 1991, and published "A Friend of the Heart" and "A Child Who Can't Ride a Bicycle" in the same year are masterpieces that clearly reveal his ability to summarize movies and plays into a single sketch.When the drawings and watercolors that Sao Fé has been painting for 30 years were exhibited in Papillon de Jar in 1991, they were praised for telling more about modern society than 1,000 sociological papers.
The collections of Sao Fé, which have won the French Graphic Art Grand Prize, include Clumsy Competition, Paris Sketch, New York Sketch, Blushing Child, Different Minds, Life is a Simple Balance Problem, French Sketch, and Hang on!So far, more than 30 works have been published, and these books have been translated and published in many languages around the world.The "Sketchbook of Sangfe" released in 2021 is like a long work log that allows you to notice how Sangpe draws pictures and how to draw up ideas for his work.He died in August 2022 at the age of 89.
Recent works: "Sketchbook of Sangpe," "Hold on!"><Sangpe's music>…A total of 298 species.
Yang Young-ran (Transferred Gin)
After graduating from Seoul National University's Department of French and French Literature, he completed his Ph.D. in French literature at the University of Paris 3.He served as a reporter for the Korea Herald and a Paris correspondent for the current affairs journal.The translated books include Transition to Life Economy, Philosopher's Table, Why World Poverty Does Not Go Away, Robots Love, Age of Greed, Human Island, Not Alone, and Prometheus' Metal.
Introduction of the book provided by the publisher
I'm a humorist.
I'm not a humorous writer.
I'm just trying to get a sense of humor.
- Jean-Jacques Saint-Pés
Jean-Jacques Saint-Fédé has a dream and daily life at the same time
Draw a picture that takes root.
But behind it, it's very sharp.
Sophisticated work is hidden.
- Patrick Modiano
A new collection of works by world-renowned illustrator Jean-Jacques Sangfe
Jean-Jacques Sangfe's new collection of works, "Hold on!" introducing himself as "a humorous masterpiece."is introduced in open books.This book, published in 2020, is also worthy of the reputation of "tell me more than 1,000 sociology papers about modern society."Humorous pictures, usually published in large circulation newspapers, were viewed as entertainment on a fixed page or as a way to fill the gap between articles and advertising.Over the years, these humorous paintings disappeared from daily and weekly newspapers, and instead, current affairs reviews took their place.Therefore, Jean-Jacques Sangfe changed his direction toward other media, especially drawing attention by starting to draw the cover picture of the weekly current affairs magazine New Yorker in the United States.Above all, he regularly published wonderful books and exhibited his original paintings in the gallery, and did not hesitate to make special paintings for the exhibition.In this way, Sangpeh has recruited new audiences, even more demanding and familiar with contemporary art.Gag, which has to give laughter somehow, has now come to the end, and allusions, humor, wit, and poems have come to the fore.Along with several other artists, including Saul Steinberg, Sao Fé raised humorous paintings to the ranks of art.
the delightful daily life and scenery captured by Sang-Fe.
Jean-Jacques Sangfe draws a picture that is so attractive that even a stranger feels warm and can't take his eyes off it easily.It captures the longing, regret, and loneliness of the human inside with a faint line and a calm color.In his painting, the pathetic victims of this world appear with a clear, sincere, and transparent expression.Sangfe's new collection of works "Hold on!"는 is not stimulating, but it has all the advantages of being light and cheerful.Sao Fé's book is not for reading, but for viewing.There is no need to argue, dig, and conclude.His paintings, which he wants to follow not with his head but with his eyes, easily touch his heart and surround the reader with an intimate atmosphere even after a few pages.Although it seems to be easy to draw, even now, with more than 40 works, Sangpe constantly thinks of a topic countless times and tries to express it in the most effective way possible.He is rarely satisfied with the results of his work and is strict, and on some days, he says he can't draw a picture that's okay to use a whole bunch of paper, or about a hundred sheets.Sometimes I spent two months drawing an illustration.Whenever that happens, he just draws.And then, and then, and then...….
in an interview
What would you say to define your job?
I'm a humorist.I'm not a humorous writer.It's like calling a homeopathic doctor, not a homeopathic doctor.Moreover, who dares to refer to themselves as "funny"?It's up to the readers.This is the case with me now, but I'm just trying to get a sense of humor.
Is there anything that has changed because of your reputation?
What do you mean by fame? That doesn't mean anything!A writer like me doesn't gain more confidence when he has to dig up a theme countless times so that he can think of a good idea, or when he has to express it in the most effective way and the only way that fits the idea.
Do you drink coffee or tea when you wake up in the morning?
I drink coffee.Then I'll go straight to the drawing board.
How do you usually feel early in the morning?
I'm a little nervous.So, don't talk to me too much then.I'm afraid I'll lose my focus and get lost.
How long does it stay in front of the painting board at once?
Almost all morning.I often go to my favorite restaurant in Montparnas for lunch.I don't eat alone.And most of the time, I always eat dessert after meals.As soon as I enter the restaurant, I ask first what the dessert of the day is!I really enjoy eating.I always take a nap when I get home.Then, from mid-afternoon until evening, I work again.
Do you put your brush down completely and rest?
No, it's not.I always work a little bit at all times.I mean, constantly.
When you draw, do you draw with an audience in mind to appreciate the drawing first?Or don't you care at all?
First of all, I keep the editor in mind.One of the editors of the various media currently contributing, and the editor of the place where I should send the picture I'm working on.Will he understand this demonstration?Do you think you'll like this picture?
Do you play music when you work?
Whether it's silence or music depends on the time.These days, I work in a quiet state.
If you have an idea, do you write it down in your notebook?
Absolutely. I'll just leave everything to the painting board.Whether the drawings are still sketched or modified 50 times already, all drawings are preserved in this sketchbook.
So all the drawings on the painting board are in progress.Don't you leave a study book?
Never.
What conditions must be met to hold the brush?
To immerse myself in the incredibly abstract world of ideas that are necessary to get down to life, I have to let go of everything in my daily life completely life.For a long time I have been obsessed with one very ordinary fact: the imbalance between a humble human being and the problems posed to it.So, in order to get started when I start drawing, I always draw large buildings and trees, and small men and women underneath them, as if a pianist were practicing scales and warming up his hands.- In an interview with Lexpress,