ATAK

ATAK (* 10. August 1967 in Frankfurt (Oder) as Georg Barber ) is a German comic draftsman.

Life

After training as a type and graphic painter, ATAK founded the comic group and the comic magazine Renate in 1989 together with CX Huth , Peter Bauer and Holger Lau . From 1990 to 1995 he studied visual communication at the Berlin University of the Arts .

In 1999 ATAK presented solo exhibitions at the Schuster und Scheuermann gallery and in the Shining Laboratory in Berlin and took part in group exhibitions such as the much-noticed Mutanten - The German-language comic avant-garde of the 1990s in Düsseldorf .

In 2004 ATAK taught comics and illustration for one year at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences as part of a visiting professorship . The work that was published by Reprodukt in 2005 in the volume Klassenfahrt was created in a seminar held by the Design Department . ATAK and his brother Martin Barber created an animated video clip for the Berlin band Monoland .

In addition to the comic series Wondertüte are present on the seven issues, the band ATAK vs. Ahne or the booklet King Kong and NATO from the R-24 series, there are many other publications from ATAK, which have been published by Amok, Jochen Enterprises , Antje Kunstmann Verlag or Zyankrise , among others . ATAK has illustrated various prose texts, including FUP by Jim Dodge , Ada by Gertrude Stein and The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain , and has published numerous picture books for children and adults.

ATAK has held a professorship for illustration at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art in Halle (Saale) since the winter semester of 2008 . ATAK lives and works as a freelance artist in Berlin. His works have already been exhibited in Basel , Helsinki , Ljubljana , Paris , Rome , Stockholm and Zurich , among others .

Publications

• ATAK the Flowers of Romance. Verlag Martin Barber, Berlin 1992 (100 copies)
• Alice, kiss the moon before it sleeps. Jochen Enterprises , Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-930486-06-7 .
• Wonder bag 1. Jochen Enterprises, Berlin undated, ISBN 3-930486-33-4 .
• Wonder bag 2. Jochen Enterprises, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-930486-51-2 .
• Wonder bag 3. Jochen Enterprises, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-930486-57-1 .
• Wondertüte 4. Reprodukt , Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-931377-23-7 .
• Wonder bag 5/6. Reprodukt, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-931377-32-6 .
• Box of Wonder. City of Osnabrück / Kunsthalle Osnabrück / Galerie Schuster & Scheuermann / Berlin / Reprodukt, 2001, ISBN 3-931377-78-4 .

• King Kong and NATO. Reprodukt, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-931377-50-4 .
• Wonder bag 7. Reprodukt, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-931377-62-8 .
• Wondertüte 8. Reprodukt, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-931377-63-6 .
• with ancestor : ATAK vs. ANCESTOR. AVANT-Verlag , Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-9807725-4-3 .
• with Jürgen Barber : Frankfurt bypass: ballads, poems, moritats. viademica.verlag berlin, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-932756-99-1 .
• with Fil : Mosaik , Episode 20b - In the shadow of the Bebrafaxe. Special edition on the occasion of a live event by the Berlin artists Fil and ATAK from March 2005 (limited to 100 pieces)
• as editor: class trip. Reprodukt, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-938511-03-6 .
• Ada. Text by Gertrude Stein , published in the series Die Tollen Hefte. Edition Büchergilde / Büchergilde Gutenberg , Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 1-907704-05-1 .
• with Angela Lorenz, Fons Hickmann , Cyan, Attachments: 5X Berlin. Pyramyd, Paris 2006, ISBN 978-2-35017-035-0 .
• with Muriel Bloch: Comment la mort est revenue à la vie. Editions Thierry Magnier, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-84420-475-2 .
• Kub. Reprodukt, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938511-78-7 .
• illust_ratio 2: ATAK - artist and illustrator. Art Association Rüsselsheim eV and own company Education and Culture of the City of Rüsselsheim , Rüsselsheim 2008.
• with Fil: Der Struwwelpeter : Funny stories and funny pictures freely based on Heinrich Hoffmann . Kein & Aber , Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-0369-5260-4 .
• Crazy world. Publishing house Jacoby & Stuart , Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-941087-24-8 .
• Meanwhile ... ATAK - Works from 1991-2011. Metrolit Verlag, Einbeck 2011, ISBN 978-3-8493-0023-4 .
• Targets for the modern home. Exhibition catalog. Re: Surgo !, Berlin 2012.
• The mysterious stranger. Carlsen Verlag , Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-551-78623-4 .
• The garden. Verlag Antje Kunstmann , Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-88897-875-3 .
• Martha. The story of the last passenger pigeon. Aladin Verlag, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-8489-0077-0 .

Exhibitions

• 1991: Galerie Seelow, Berlin. Where is Rudolph
• 1992: Odersign Gallery, Frankfurt (Oder). ATAK - The Flowers of Romance
• 1994: Museum Eisenhüttenstadt X94, Eisenhüttenstadt. ATAK's wonder room
• 1994: Academy of the Arts, Berlin. ATAK's wonder room
• 1995: Grober Unfug Gallery, Berlin. 324290 cm2 full of mushroom heads, superkings.
• 1996: Wiederhold & Mink, Berlin. ATAK's animal, book and poster shop
• 1997: Un Regard Moderne, Paris (France). Liberté à quatre sous
• 1997: Galerie Haus Schwarzenberg , Berlin. Freak show
• 1997: Selve, Thun (Switzerland). Freak show
• 1998: Galerie Pipifax, Zurich (Switzerland). The Toy Box
• 1998: SSK Gallery, Berlin. The Toy Box
• 1999: PS1, New York (USA). Children of Berlin
• 1999: NRW Forum for Culture and Science, Düsseldorf. Mutants. The German-speaking comic avant-garde
• 1999: Galerie Shining, Berlin. Pop silence
• 1999: Galerie Himmelsreich, Magdeburg. Family library
• 1999: Alagalleria, Helsinki (Finland). The Toy Box
• 1999: Galerie Schuster & Scheuermann, Berlin. March icons: flowers, books & superheroes
• 2000: Arts Factory, Paris (France). Alice
• 2000: Salava di Bologna, Bologna (Italy). underground: europe chiama america
• 2000: Ljubljana (Slovenia). The Toy Box
• 2001: Galerie Schuster & Scheuermann, Berlin. Bastian vs. ATAK
• 2001: Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Osnabrück. Introduction to Pop Culture, Lesson II: Comics for Beginners
• 2001: Wilfried von Gunten Gallery, Thun (Switzerland). The world in 9 comic books
• 2001: Kulturforum Luzern, Luzern (Switzerland). Masterpieces of Pop Culture, Vol. II
• 2002: Neurotitan, Berlin. White Trash Carnival
• 2002: Streitenfeld Gallery, Oberursel. Alice
• 2003: Shining Labor, Berlin. ATAK - The Best of
• 2003: Salao Lisboa, Lisbon (Portugal). The Toy Box
• 2003: Streitenfeld Gallery, Oberursel. Fup & Old School
• 2003: German House, New York (USA). Neue Illustration - The Book And Poster Art Of Eleven German Illustrators
• 2004: Kulturhuset Stockholm , Stockholm (Sweden). The Toy Box
• 2004: Myymälä2, Helsinki (Finland). old school
• 2004: Arts Factory, Paris (France). Targets For The Modern Home
• 2005: Verkligheten, Umeå (Sweden). Greetings from Berlin
• 2005: Stockholm (Sweden). Stockholm Art Fair
• 2008: Art Association Rüsselsheim. ATAK - artist and illustrator
• 2009: caricatura museum frankfurt. Superpeter - Struwwelpeter Superhero (together with Fil )
• 2009: Gallery bongoût, Berlin. ATAK vs. Blexbolex (together with Blexbolex )
• 2013: Kunsthaus Stade . Sixpack (with 44flavors )
• 2014: Koeppenhaus, Berlin. The mysterious stranger (together with Franz Zauleck )
• 2015: Cartoon Museum Basel . Atak. The miracle of Berlin
• 2016: Goethe Institute , Rome. Crazy World - Mondo Matto
• 2016: Ministry of Illustration, Berlin. A monument to Martha
• 2017: Burg Gallery in the Volkspark, Halle (Saale). ATAK. The last man (as curator and participating artist)

Web links

• ATAK website
• Literature by and about ATAK in the catalog of the German National Library
• ATAK at Jacoby & Stuart

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Show Description mutants - The German-language comic avant-garde of the 90s on dorgathen.org
2. ↑ Video clip for the song Pimp by the band Monoland on YouTube
3. ↑ Interview with ATAK
4. ↑ ATAK: facts listing of the exhibitions on the ATAK homepage