NEWS FROM AUSTRIA
Another great cartoonist is
gone
Vienna, Austria,February 21, 2003 - After a long battle
with cancer, Erich Sokol
died on the 20th of February. From the late 50s his work has been
a fixture in Playboy. Especially with his editorial cartoons
and caricatures, he was also very prolific back in his home country
in Austria.
Caricatures in a popular Austrian restaurant
Klagenfurt, Austria, January 22, 2003 - Petar
Pismestrovic of Austria has portrait caricature exibition
together with his Croatian colleague Miroslav Gerencer
in Klagenfurt. On show are 65 caricatures in the Konoba restaurant.
Opening remarks were given by Kleine Zeitung editor Reinhold
Dotollo. The exhibition, which received wide media attention,will
stay open until the end of April.
Austrian town appears on the map of international festivals
Wolfsberg, Austria, September 14, 2002
- The 1st International Cartoon Festival opened in Wolfsberg on the 7th
of this month. The event was organized by Andreas Weber
and Petar Pismestrovic. Members of the jury were
Joerg Friessnegg, Heinz Ortner,
Wilfried Steuerer, Heimo Toefferl
(representing the town of Wolfsberg), and Petar Pismestrovic, who
presided over the panel. The exhibition will be open until October
13, 2002 at the Bartlbauer-Bauernhof in Wolfsberg. See "Festival
Results" on the right.
  Cartoon Museum built
by cartoonist architect in Austria
Krems, Austria, May 21, 2002 - Last fall,
a House of Caricature built by Viennese architect Gustav
Peichl--also known as cartoonist Ironimus--opened
its doors in Krems, a small town on the Danube, about one hour by
car from Vienna. The roof of the museum is inspired by the Alpine
landscape and is topped by a pointed hat. Underneath, on the building's
facade, two windows simulate a puzzled look and a red light, a clown's
nose. Commonly known as the Manfred Deix Museum because,
although the ground floor is open to temporary exhibitions, the
upper floor is devoted fully to the works of the most famous cartoonist
in Austria, known for his merciless representation of his compatriots.
Austrians, as Deix (see an example of his work on the right) likes
to portray them, are variations on their peasant ancestry, stuffed
by modern prosperity and drawn with simpleton looks.
 Public outcry over
"The Life of Jesus"
Vienna, Austria, May
15, 2002 - An illustrated book that turns Jesus into an incense addicted
surfer surrounded by venal disciples and whose miracles are only strokes
of luck, has scandalized Catholic Austria. The publication, just before
Easter, of "The Life of Jesus" by cartoonist Gerhard Haderer,
well known to the readers of the Viennese weekly Profil and the Hamburg
magazine Stern, has shocked public opinion and been publicly denounced
by the clergy. Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, archbishop of Vienna,
did not appreciate this very personal vision of Christ's life and let it
known in the pages of the conservative daily Die Presse.
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