Norman boy
Norman Junge (* 1938 in Kiel ) is a German sculptor and internationally renowned illustrator of picture books who won the Bologna Ragazzi Award (1998) and the German Youth Literature Prize (2012), two of the world's most important prizes in the field of children's and youth literature . The best-known book to which he contributed illustrations is ottos mops (2001).
life and work
Since his apprenticeship as a typesetter and studying at the Werkkunstschule and Werkakademie in Kassel , Junge has initially worked as a commercial artist. Junge has been making sculptures from a wide variety of materials since the 1970s . In the 1980s, Junge was artistically active in public spaces. At that time he applied screen prints on walls, which, based on the novel 1984 , used pictograms to criticize the increasing mechanization and surveillance of human life.
Junge was best known for his illustrations of picture books . To date he has illustrated 20 books. He made his debut in 1985 with Lehn dich und dream - stories for bright children (text: Monika Seck-Agthe ). This was followed by Zaubertrottel (1988, text: Josef Schnelle), Nix Kuckuck (1989, text: Stephan Köster), The Ballade of Mr Yellow and Ms. Blau (1992), Jakob and his 200 grandfathers (1992, text: Miloš Macourek ), Eine cozy apartment (1994, text: Paul Maar ), the sky fell out of all the clouds (1994, text: Fredrik Vahle ), higher and higher (1996, text: Ernst Jandl ), being fifth (1997, text: Ernst Jandl), antipodes - On the other side of the world (1999, text: Ernst Jandl), Der Schlafbewacher (2000, text: Erwin Grosche ), Der Schnupfen (2000, text: Christian Morgenstern ), Norbert, der Nachtwandler (2001, text: Donna Bee), ottos mops (2001, text: Ernst Jandl), Maler Moll (2003, text: Joachim Rönneper ), Das große Lalula (2004, text: Christian Morgenstern), Secret Children's Play Book (2005, text: Joachim Ringelnatz , other illustrators : Michael Sowa , Isabel Pin , Katja Wehner, Aljoscha Blau ), Alphabet with Draftsmen - The Beauties and the Beasts by Nikolaus Heidelbach and Norman Junge ( 2008, text: Thomas Linden, further illustrator: Nikolaus Heidelbach), children's confusion book (2008, text: Joachim Ringelnatz) and Pustekönig (2011, text: Erwin Grosche).
Junge illustrated poems by Ernst Jandl in four of his books - Always Higher (1996), Fifth Being (1997), Antipodes - On the Other Side of the World (1999) and ottos mops (2001) . He illustrated poems by Joachim Ringelnatz - Secret Children's Game Book (2005) and Children's Confusion Book (2008) - and by Christian Morgenstern - Der Schnupfen (2000) and Das große Lalula (2004) twice .
Junge's in-house publishers are Beltz & Gelberg- Verlag, which has published ten of his books, and Aufbau-Verlag , which has published five of his books. Of Junge's 20 books are A cozy apartment (1994), always higher (1996), being fifth (1997), ottos mops (2001), Maler Moll (2003), Secret Children's Play Book (2005), Alphabet with Draftsmen - Die Schönen und die Biester by Nikolaus Heidelbach and Norman Junge (2008), Kinder-Verwirr-Buch (2008) and Pustekönig (2011) only nine publications available in bookshops, all others are out of print. Books illustrated by Junge have been translated into twelve languages (Basque, Chinese, Danish, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Slovenian, Spanish).
In addition to his work as an illustrator of picture books, Junge has made numerous films for Die Sendung mit der Maus . In 2004 he drew various episodes for the television series Das Hippopotamus Nödel .
Junge has been awarded many important prizes for his illustrative work, including the Lynx of the Year for being fifth (1997), the Bologna Ragazzi Award for being fifth (1998) and the special prize of the German Youth Literature Prize for the complete work of illustration (2012). Junge lives and works as a black artist , sculptor and draftsman in Cologne.
Press review
General importance as an illustrator and sculptor
“For his illustrations, Junge mainly chooses texts that presuppose that there is another world beyond the world of sensual experiences; In the texts by Christian Morgenstern , Joachim Ringelnatz , Ernst Jandl and Paul Maar , the imagination is given its own right. With his art, Junge not only manages to build a bridge to these texts, but also to add another level of interpretation to them with his illustrations. In doing so, Norman Junge uses his own visual language, which consistently evades desperation; his work stands for beauty and freedom and recognizes the reality of the imagination. Such language is necessary at all times to indicate the freedom inherent in art. And for this language of the imagination, Norman Junge created unmistakable and unforgettable images. "
“Norman Junge is one of the veterans of Cologne's art scene. He became known with illustrations not only for children's books , but also with bizarre and absurd picture stories . [...] The highlights in the exhibition certainly include Norman Junge's series of images from the representatives of German nonsense poetry such as Christian Morgenstern , Joachim Ringelnatz and Ernst Jandl - the draftsman feels related to them in spirit and nature. The same nonsense with a twisted logic can also be found in Junge's concrete sculptures, which are also shown in the exhibition. "
"Young condensed, simplified, shortened between the elementary block structure and uninhibited association. The joy of the effect, the temptation to build on the verge of harmless catastrophes, remains the most sophisticated form in cheerfulness. "
always higher (1996)
“The imaginative illustrations by Norman Junge turn a 36-page picture book into a small masterpiece that captivates with its wit and cleverness and will not only delight small reading friends - like Jandl's poem, which pays homage to the game with the enchanting poetry and is great fun . "
to be fifth (1997)
“For the picture book , Junge combined illustrations from one of his cartoons for Die Sendung mit der Maus . It accompanies Jandl's twelve-word counting rhyme, which thrives on the power of repetition, with minimal variations. The light cone of the swinging ceiling light sets additional accents. "
The Cold (2000)
"Boy, boy, one might say, dear draftsman Norman Junge, that’s class."
ottos pug (2001)
“Norman Junge has ingeniously and wickedly translated the scarcity and comedy of Jandl's language into a pictorial form: a grotesque that makes the absurd visible in everyday life. He reduced his stage design to a few props in order to give the two actors free space, and Mops is clearly the superior one who leads his master by the nose. The view into the small stage area remains consistently frontal as in the theater. In return, however, the room itself changes, depending on the mood and situation. Boy sometimes warps it into a nested structure without right angles, then tilts it to one side or lets its walls melt away. At the climax of the little drama, the illustrator bathes the picture, until then drawn in warm reddish-brown tones, in pale yellow-blue light, because "ottos pug pukes."
Alphabet with Draftsmen - The Beauties and the Beasts by Nikolaus Heidelbach and Norman Junge (2008)
“Here the Little Red Riding Hood with the basket, there - based on Ernst Jandl - Otto's puking pug , here the self-portrait of the brooding artist in a plaid shirt, there the monkey family in Sunday clothes. - The nibs in this ABC book by two brilliant artists are sharp. A fun dance on the alphabet. "
Children's Confusion Book (2008)
“In this way, an illustrator opens up new ways of understanding Joachim Ringelnatz's playful and bitter poems and fairy tales. Because Norman Young's absurd and profound illustrations encourage perseverance and joy of discovery to conquer texts that are more than 70 years old. At the same time, with their reduced, blue-dominated and transparent colors, they offer their own aesthetic pleasure. With the sailors and sea motifs that run through the book, Junge repeatedly makes clear references to the “language-loving” poet Ringelnatz. This is how Norman Junge succeeds in creating a book that not only offers children the texts of an important German author, but also the key to understanding them. "
“That is Norman Junge's art: that he does not depict Ringelnatz , but rather trains him. The book offers illustrated interpretations of the texts. And even if death, which plays a major role here, is not directly depicted, the grandfather's empty armchair, on which glasses and hat are still lying and two canes are leaning next to it, is impressive enough - especially since there is still a ring of smoke in the top right blown away. Is that the soul or just the last bit of your grandfather's cigar? To avoid misunderstandings: The texts and pictures are more cheeky than melancholy - and congenial. Did we know Ringelnatz like that before? No, we didn't know. But we should get to know as soon as possible. "
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions:
- 1986: Norman Junge (sculpture) , Kunstraum Wuppertal
- 1987: Bewegt (sculpture) , picture book museum Troisdorf
- 1988: Battle painting , Ultimate Academy Cologne, Pantheon Bonn
- 1989: Freilauf (plastic) , Gallery Tailoring Cologne
- 1990: Model or plastic , Galerie Pazzi Both Cologne
- 1996: Painter minor and poet major (drawing) Text: Joachim Rönneper, Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg, Städtisches Museum Gelsenkirchen, Museum der Stadt Ratingen, Picture Book Museum Troisdorf
- 1999: Painter Moll & Poet Major , CCAA Gallery Cologne
- 1999: Norman Junge as a draftsman , Duisburg City Library
- 2000: Norman Young Drawings , City Museum Freising
- 2001: Painter minor and poet major (drawing) Text: Joachim Rönneper, City Library Nettetal
- 2001: Sculptures and drawings , Kunstverein Pumpwerk Siegen
- 2003: Painter minor and poet major (drawing) , Museum of Applied Arts Cologne
- 2004: so so (small sculptures) , Erdrand 432 uNN Weweler / Belgium
- 2005: boy, boy! , Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg, Emden Art Gallery, Fulda Children's Academy
- 2006: boy, boy! (Drawings and sculptures) in the Burg Wissem picture book museum of the city of Troisdorf from 11.6. – 20.8.
- 2006: Children's playbook , Ringelnatz Museum Wurzen
- 2009: Jandl meets Junge , Literaturhaus Vienna / Austria
- 2009: Paper screws & aerated concrete (sculptures), Atelier Barczat Wuppertal
- 2010: Ungeheuer Nikolaus Heidelbach / Norman Junge, Museum of Applied Arts Cologne from April 17th to July 4th (approx. 600 original sketches, drafts and drawings as well as 30 sculptures, plus books and films)
- 2010: The frog was so sick for three weeks ... , foyer of the Angelika Lautenschläger Clinic in Heidelberg
- 2012: VERZEICHNET , Städtische Galerie am Abdinghof Paderborn
- 2012: The big Lalula , Langes Tannen Uetersen Museum from 21.9. – 25.11.
- 2013: Alphabet with draftsmen , illustrations by Norman Junge and Nikolas Heidelbach from November 28th
Group exhibitions (selection):
- 1976: Participation in theater poster exhibition at the Goethe Institute Amsterdam
- 1989: Participation in the Biennale for children's book drawings in Bratislava / Czechoslovakia
- 2005: Children's playbook Norman Junge / Michael Sowa, Ringelnatzmuseum Cuxhaven
- 2009: From the trunk. The sensuality of the material , Ettlingen Art Association
- 2010: Illness in the picture , Angelika Lautenschläger Clinic Heidelberg
- 2010: In the realm of fantasy , Mindelheim City Cultural Office
bibliography
| First edition | title | text | illustration | Publisher (place) | ISBN | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Lean in and dream - stories for bright children | Monika Seck-Agthe | Norman boy | Beltz & Gelberg ( Weinheim ) | ISBN 978-3407802958 | only available antiquarian |
| 1988 | Sorcerer idiot | Josef Schnell | Norman boy | Beltz & Gelberg ( Weinheim ) | ISBN 978-3407803573 | only available antiquarian |
| 1989 | No cuckoo | Stephan Köster | Norman boy | Beltz & Gelberg ( Weinheim ) | ISBN 978-3407803672 | only available antiquarian |
| 1992 | The ballad of Mr Yellow and Mrs Blue | Norman boy | Hedgehog ( Dortmund ) | ISBN 978-3893530397 | other other contributors to the book: Klaus W. Hoffmann, Ulrich Türk
only available antiquarian |
|
| 1992 | Jacob and his 200 grandfathers | Miloš Macourek | Norman boy | Beltz & Gelberg ( Weinheim ) | ISBN 978-3407803962 | Translated from the Czech
by Peter Sager only available antiquarian |
| 1994 | A cozy apartment | Paul Maar | Norman boy | Beltz & Gelberg ( Weinheim ) | ISBN 978-3407791375 | only available antiquarian
New edition 2010: Beltz & Gelberg ( Weinheim ), ISBN 978-3407760364 |
| 1994 | The sky fell from all clouds | Fredrik Vahle | Norman boy | Beltz & Gelberg ( Weinheim ) | ISBN 978-3407796547 | only available antiquarian |
| 1996 | higher and higher | Ernst Jandl | Norman boy | Beltz & Gelberg ( Weinheim ) | ISBN 978-3407791788 | only available antiquarian
New edition 2011: Tulipan ( Berlin ), ISBN 978-3939944614 |
| 1997 | be fifth | Ernst Jandl | Norman boy | Beltz & Gelberg ( Weinheim ) | ISBN 978-3407791955 | only available antiquarian
New edition 2012: Beltz & Gelberg ( Weinheim ), ISBN 978-3407760050 |
| 1999 | Antipodes - On the other side of the world | Ernst Jandl | Norman boy | Beltz & Gelberg ( Weinheim ) | ISBN 978-3407792327 | only available antiquarian |
| 2000 | The sleep guard | Erwin Grosche | Norman boy | Gabriel ( Vienna ) | ISBN 978-3707266153 | only available antiquarian |
| 2000 | The cold | Christian Morgenstern | Norman boy | Construction ( Berlin ) | ISBN 978-3351040079 | only available antiquarian |
| 2001 | Norbert, the night walker | Donna Bee | Norman boy | Construction ( Berlin ) | ISBN 978-3351040154 | edited by Ute Blaich
only available antiquarian |
| 2001 | ottos pug | Ernst Jandl | Norman boy | Beltz & Gelberg ( Weinheim ) | ISBN 978-3407798077 | only available antiquarian
New edition 2013: Tulipan ( Berlin ), ISBN 978-3864291470 |
| 2003 | Painter minor | Joachim Rönneper | Norman boy | Kindermann ( Berlin ) | ISBN 978-3934029200 | publication of the same name already appeared in 1995 as a catalog for the exhibition of the same name |
| 2004 | The great Lalula | Christian Morgenstern | Norman boy | Construction ( Berlin ) | ISBN 978-3351040567 | edited by Ute Blaich
only available antiquarian |
| 2005 | Secret children's game book | Joachim Ringelnatz | Michael Sowa , Isabel Pin , Norman Junge, Katja Wehner, Aljoscha Blau | Construction ( Berlin ) | ISBN 978-3351040611 | only available antiquarian
New edition 2008: Aufbau ( Berlin ), ISBN 978-3351040871 |
| 2008 | Alphabet with draftsmen - The beauties and the beasts by Nikolaus Heidelbach and Norman Junge | Thomas Linden | Nikolaus Heidelbach , Norman Junge | Greven ( Cologne ) | ISBN 978-3774304062 | edited by Thomas Linden |
| 2008 | Children's confusion book | Joachim Ringelnatz | Norman boy | Construction ( Berlin ) | ISBN 978-3351040857 | Epilogue: Roger Willemsen |
| 2011 | King of blows | Erwin Grosche | Norman boy | Buoy ( Cologne ) | ISBN 978-3414822925 |
Further publications:
- 1975: Cannain / Pieniak / Voigt: Realizing ideas rororo
- 1987: Battle painting, in: Hans Kultur Heft 11
- 1987: Peter Tange: Moved. Picture book museum of the city of Art Troisdorf Burg Wissem
- 1988 Gaida, Klaus Georg / Norman Junge: Quasar - Investigations in the incomprehensibility Cologne
- 1994: Arnaud Aiméras: Mystère et carabistouilles. Bayard Press Jeune Paris
- 1995: Poet major / painter Moll Malung & Dichterei, City Museum Ratingen, Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg, City Museum Gelsenkirchen, Picture Book Museum Troisdorf
- 1996: Dieter Höss: Time to save your skin - textbook against house cancer. Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs NRW
- 1998: Wiltrud Beringer: Spiel mit mir - Spielebuch. Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs NRW
- 2000: Pochoir: screen printing on house walls
- 2005: Paper screws & aerated concrete sculptures and drawings , children's museum in the Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg, art gallery in Emden, children's academy Fulda, picture book museum of the city of Troisdorf Burg Wissem
- 2006: Poems and Pictures , Carlsen Verlag Hamburg
- 2009: From the trunk . The sensuality of the material, wooden sculpture today. Art Association Wilhelmshöhe Ettlingen eV, Städt. Singen Art Museum and Singen Art Association
Nominations and Awards
- 1972: Rosarium poster of the city of Dortmund (1st prize) at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Toronto / Canada
- 1982: Konkret competition, June 6, 1892 (1st prize)
- 1986: Troisdorf picture book prize (3rd prize) for Zaubertrottel (video)
- 1987: Troisdorf picture book prize (1st prize) for Nix Kuckuck (video)
- 1990: Special Prize Film City Troisdorf for wedding ball
- 1990: Video award for The Sad Hippopotamus
- 1997: Lynx of the month for being fifth in September
- 1997: Lynx of the year for fifth place
- 1997: Eselsohr Munich, Radio Bremen, The most beautiful German books Stiftung Buchkunst Frankfurt am Main for fifth
- 1997: Dog-eared Munich forever higher
- 1998: Ragazzi Award Bologna for being fifth
- 1998: Nomination for the German Youth Literature Prize for being fifth in the picture book category
- 1999: Children's and young people's book award from the German Medical Association for fifth place
- 2000: Vlag en Wimpel Amsterdam finished fifth
- 2000: Feather Rabbit Prize Vienna, list of honor for the Austrian Children's and Young People's Book Prize, Federal Chancellery Vienna for The Sleep Guard
- 2001: Schnabelsteherpreis for ottos mops
- 2004: Book of the month of the working group for children and youth literature for Das große Lalula in December
- 2008: The 7 best books for young readers Deutschlandfunk for the children's confusion book
- 2008: Illustration prize for children's and young people's books of the community work of Evangelical Publizistik Frankfurt am Main for the children's confusion book
- 2008: The best 7 books for young readers for Alphabet with Draftsmen - The Beauties and the Beasts in August
- 2009: Nomination for the German Youth Literature Prize for children's confusion book in the picture book category
- 2012: Special prize of the German Youth Literature Prize for the complete work of illustration
Web links
- Official website of Junge
- Biography: kunstserviceg - Goethe-Institut
- Bibliography: German Youth Literature Prize - Christian Morgenstern Archive
- Article about young sculptures
- Award ceremony of the German Youth Literature Prize 2012 for Norman Junge: Clip 1 , Clip 2
- Foundation Illustration Boy Collection
- fifth : complete book - French-language teaching material (PDF; 153 kB) - FAZ review - play
- ottos mops : complete poem - FAZ review
- Edge of the earth: sculptures by Junge
- Literature by and about Norman Junge in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Young screen prints on walls and walls - see below a. in the book by Bernhard van Treeck : Pochoir , pp. 30-33.
- ↑ http://www.grafik-film.de/KFB.htm
- ↑ http://www.djlp.jugendliteratur.org/sonderpreis_jurybegruendung-19.html
- ↑ http://www.koelner.de/kunst/ausstellungstipps/ungeheuer.2902/
- ↑ http://www.kunstserviceg.de/junge/text.html
- ↑ http://www.literaturmarkt.info/cms/front_content.php?idcat=79&idart=4617
- ↑ http://www.djlp.jugendliteratur.org/datenbanksuche/bilderbuch-1/artikel-fuenfter_sein-1146.html
- ↑ Susanne Mayer: Piiiitschü . In: The time . No. 43/2000 ( online ).
- ↑ Jens Thiele: When Otto's Pug defies . In: The time . No. 17/2001 ( online ).
- ↑ http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendung/jungeleser/815012/
- ↑ http://www.djlp.jugendliteratur.org/datenbanksuche/bilderbuch-1/artikel-kinder_verwirr_buch-50.html
- ↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, June 7th, 2008, No. 131 / page 42: How to beat up grandma. In: FAZ.net . June 7, 2008, accessed October 13, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.citynews-koeln.de/angewandte-kunst-koelner-museum-citynews-stadt-koeln-_id984.html
- ↑ http://www.uena.de/lokales/uetersen/3559222/absurd-und-komisch
- ↑ http://www.landes-zeitung.de/portal/kultur/lokale-kultur_Verkehre-Welten-%26ndash%3B-mal-originell-und-mal-gemein-_arid,491398.html
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.djlp.jugendliteratur.org/datenbanksuche/bilderbuch-1/artikel-fuenfter_sein-1146.html
- ↑ http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendung/jungeleser/815012/
- ↑ http://www.djlp.jugendliteratur.org/datenbanksuche/bilderbuch-1/artikel-kinder_verwirr_buch-50.html
- ↑ Homepage of the German Youth Literature Prize 2012 (endowment: € 10,000), accessed on October 14, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boy, Norman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German illustrator and artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiel |