Sambal Oelek (comic artist)

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Sambal Oelek , bourgeois Andreas Müller (born January 28, 1945 in Spiez ), is a Swiss comic artist , architect, writer and illustrator .

Life

After graduating from high school in Thun in 1964, Müller studied architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich from 1965 and graduated in 1972 with an architecture diploma . His student days fell in the phase of the 1968 movement , which had a strong impact on him. During his studies he worked as a student functionary , then as an architect, typesetter , proofreader and press spokesman for a pedestrian organization. From 1977 he published comics and illustrations in periodicals . Oelek has been a freelance comic book author and illustrator since 1988. He mainly worked for the architecture magazine Hochparterre , for which he also wrote articles.

Oelek draws his (art) historical comic albums in a realistic style. The arrangement of the image sequences follows a higher-level design principle: elements of the individual images simultaneously become part of a large form spanning the entire double page. Oelek's works are based on scientific research. He lives in Aeugst am Albis .

Works

  • The left in menopause. Thought fragments in the theory vacuum . Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 1985, ISBN 978-3-85869-039-5 . (Non-fiction book)
  • Grief planks . Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 1987, ISBN 978-3-85869-044-9 . (Comic album)
  • Youth awakening - the first 38% of Le Corbusier's life . Based on an idea by Benedikt Loderer, foreword by Prof. ETH Dr. Adolf Max Vogt , Curti Medien AG publishing house, Zurich 1990.
  • The sprayer from Zurich . Zytglogge, Gümligen 1993. (Comical album with an accompanying text)
  • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - a story of suffering . Verlag Bündner Monatsblatt, Chur 1997. (Comical album)
  • Dufour . Edition Moderne , Zurich 1998. (Comical album for the 150th anniversary of the federal state)
  • Parthenon frieze, in the Antico-mix catalog of the Skulpturhalle, Basel 1999.
  • The enigmatic Erasmus tape . Erasmushaus, House of Books AG, Basel 2001.
  • The embittered federal building architect. The tricky history of the parliament building and its builder Hans Wilhelm Auer (1847–1906) . Orell Füssli , Zurich 2002 (written under the name of Andreas Müller). (Biography)
  • Stockalper, King of the Simplon . Edition Moderne, Zurich 2009. (comic album)
  • Albert Anker reloaded, 1st part: The discovery of the secret paintings. Part 2: Catalog . Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-85869-497-3 . (Novel by Sambal Oelek, catalog by Andreas Müller)
  • The color stroke . Edition Moderne, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-03731-130-1 . (Graphic novel, written under the name Andreas Müller-Weiss)
  • The Pavilion - Murder on the Promenade Le Corbusier . Edition Moderne, Zurich 2019, ISBN 978-3-03731-187-5 . (Graphic novel, written under the name Andreas Müller-Weiss)

Prices

  • Work grant from the Canton of Graubünden 1996.
  • Work grant from the Federal Office of Culture (150 years of the Swiss federal state) 1997.
  • Work contribution to the Burgergemeinde Bern 2001. Work contribution to the Lottery Fund Romandie 2008.
  • Awarded by the City of Zurich's comic work grant in 2010.

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personal data
SURNAME Oelek, Sambal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Müller, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss comic artist, architect, writer and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Spiez