Description
A full-color collection of scathing satirical portraits by Ori Hofmekler, a brilliant young Israel artist rapidly gaining worldwide recognition. When Hofmekler's portrait of former French President Valรฉry Giscard d'Estaing appeared in L'Express, editors there were fired. His Margaret Thatcher as Churchill and his Chaplinesque Reagan are masterpieces of interpretive portraiture. With a fine art brush dipped in acid, Hofmekler has populated his gallery with dozens of the major world political figures of our day, including Brezhnev, Arafat, the Pope, Quaddaffi, Kissinger, Begin, Sadat, Lech Walesa. In addition to the full-color caricatures, Hofmekler offers double-page spreads from his sketchbook. Words quoted from the subjects' own speeches appear alongside the portraits, with telling effect. This is a stunning collection from a devastatingly effective major new talent.
ISBN:0030633710
