Shoah and comics
Contemporary memory holds a special place for the Holocaust, an unprecedented event in history. The characteristic of any event is to be historicized, mediatized, in short to become a subject of fiction. The Shoah could not escape it. Not without caution, errors and trial and error but also with genius, the comic strip thus took over the Shoah.
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It is this historical and artistic journey that is offered to you in what is called the 9th art by questioning the visual sources of these representations, their relevance, their scope and their limits. How the Shoah was mobilized by fiction, whether in comics or in the Franco-Belgian comic strip with La Bête est morte! in Calvo, where the theme was present as early as 1944. Nearly 75 years later, the main lines of force, almost a grammar, emerge from these narratives and representations, which this exhibition will attempt, for the first time, to take inventory.
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On June 8, 2017, starting at 5 p.m., boards from the comic strip "Le Spirou de Yann et Schwartz" by Le Groom vert-de-gris and, as a preview, original drawings from the upcoming album "Le Spirou d'Émile Bravo" Le Journal d'un ingénu will be unveiled to the public in the exhibition Shoah et bande dessinée. These plates and drawings will remain visible in the exhibition until the end.
A presentation of these new boards will be given during the guided tour of the exhibition. Shoah and comics on June 8 at 7:30 p.m.
1st floor, free entry.
To follow the exhibition on social media: #ExpoShoahBD
This exhibition is extended until January 7, 2018.
Free guided tours of the exhibition for individuals on Thursdays 14 and 28 September, 26 October, 9 and 23 November, 7 and 21 December 2017, from 7:30 pm to 9 pm. Without prior reservation.
PUBLICATION
Catalogue of the exhibition Shoah et bande dessinée, a co-edition Mémorial de la Shoah/Éditions Denoël Graphic 2017 (144 pages, 200 illustrations) – €29.90
On sale at the Shoah Memorial bookstore as well as on the online bookstore.
The catalogue received a special mention from the 2017 CatalPa Prize.
Partners of the exhibition
SCIENTIFIC COMMISSION
Didier Pasamonik, comic book publisher and journalist, and Joël Kotek, historian, Free University of Brussels.
GENERAL COMMISSION AND COORDINATION
Marie-Édith Agostini, assisted by Géraldine Franchomme, Shoah Memorial.
SCENOGRAPHY
Gilles Belley.
GRAPHICS
Cécilia Génard and Julien Martin.
Painting: © Enki Bilal – Credit: Shoah Memorial
