Shoah and comic strip
Contemporary memory holds a special place for the Shoah, an unprecedented event in history. The characteristic of any event is to be historicized, mediated, 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 hold of the Holocaust.
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It is this historical and artistic journey that is offered to you in what is commonly 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 The Beast is Dead! of Calvo, where the theme is present since 1944. Nearly 75 years later, these narratives and representations reveal the lines of force, almost a grammar. This exhibition will attempt to take stock of them for the first time.
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On June 8, 2017, from 5 PM, plates from the comic strip "Le Spirou by Yann and Schwartz" Le Groom vert-de-gris and, in preview, original drawings of the next album to be released "Le Spirou by Émile Bravo" The diary of an innocent will be unveiled to the public in the exhibition Shoah and comic strip. These plates and drawings will remain visible in the exhibition until the end.
A presentation of these new plates will be made during the guided tour of the exhibition Shoah and comic strip on June 8th at 7:30 PM.
1st floor, free entry.
To follow the exhibition on social networks: #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 19:30 to 21:00. 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 bookstore of the Shoah Memorial as well as on the online bookstore.
The catalogue received a special mention in the 2017 CatalPa Prize.
Partners of the exhibition
SCIENTIFIC COMMISSION
Didier Pasamonik, comic book editor and journalist, and Joël Kotek, historian, Free University of Brussels.
GENERAL COMMISSARIAT 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
