TEX RUBINOWITZ

It is difficult to label Tex Rubinowitz. This is not due to the diversity of his occupations – he has a reputation as cartoonist, writer (winner of the Bachmann-Preis 2014), musician (Die Mäuse), and painter – but more because he doesn’t want to fit into the different roles for artists like into a perfectly fitting suit. His works rather obtain their energetic and erratic pulse from sudden turns and odd combinations. 
 

Rubinowitz taught already last year at the Salzburg Summer Academy. His 2017 course "Telling stories" will start from a new angle. Together with the students he will explore how to develop a story. The focus is on text/image relations, which are not illustrative, but keep a narrative moving between both, visual and linguistic expression. If you like to learn more about the artist, you may read his new book „Lass mich nicht allein mit ihr“, that merges autobiographical and fictional elements.

This great introduction is some years old now, but still worth seeing, have a look!