Joyce in Other Places, Other Forms

OTVORENJE IZLOŽBE, 16.6.2012. u 11:45

FILOZOFSKI FAKULTET U ZAGREBU

 Izložba ilustracija Mačak i vrag Tomislava Torjanca

Poklonicima Jamesa Joycea manje je poznata njegova uloga djeda Stephenu Joyceu. Unuk je, dakako, nazvan prema mladom intelektualcu Stephenu Dedalusu koji je tumarao nizom Joyceovih djela. Stari je Jimmy pisma unuku koji je s ocem Giorgiom živio u Parizu redovito začinjavao anegdotama i dječjim pričicama osmišljenim samo samo za njega. Jedna od njih napisana je u pismu 1936. naslova Mačak i vrag, prvi put objavljena 1965. godine u Londonu kao slikovnica. Svoju je hrvatsku varijantu 40 godina kasnije ponudio Tomislav Torjanac, ponudivši posve drukčiju reinterpretaciju ove dječje, ali i dalje joyceovske igre riječima kroz bogat kolorit i ekstravagantna oblikovanja likova.

Ilustrator Tomislav Torjanac ove će godine biti poseban gost proslave Bloomsdaya gdje će na Filozofskom fakultetu predstaviti slike iz Mačka i vraga napravljene za nedavno objavljeno reizdanje, a otvorenju izložbe prethodit će izlaganje samog autora o procesu adaptacije Joycea u vizualne umjetnosti, odnosno prilagodbe u formu ilustracije.

Biografija:

Tomislav Torjanac ilustrator je i slikar. Godine 2006. pobijedio je na velikom međunarodnom natječaju za ilustriranje posebnog izdanja romana Pijev život Yanna Martela, dobitnika nagrade Man Booker za 2002. godinu. Natječaj su zajednički raspisali škotski nakladnik Canongate Books, britanske novine The Times, australske novine The Age i kanadske novine The Globe and Mail. Ilustrirano izdanje s Torjančevim ilustracijama do sad je objavljeno u deset zemalja.

Torjanac je također ilustrirao nekoliko slikovnica, uključujući Mačka i vraga Jamesa Joycea.

Izlagao je na brojnim skupnim izložbama u Hrvatskoj i inozemstvu te samostalno u Londonu.

Za svoj je rad u Hrvatskoj nagrađen s dvije nagrade Kiklop, dvije nagrade Lice knjige te dvije nagrade Grigor Vitez.

Ove je godine dobio veliku nagradu (Grand Prix) na Četvrtom hrvatskom biennalu ilustracije.

Opening of the Exhibition

Cat and the Devil by Tomislav Torjanac

Fans of James Joyce are less familiar with his role as a grandfather to Stephen Joyce. His grandson was, of course aptly named after the young intellectual Stephen Deadalus who wondered down a series of Joyce's works. Old Jimmy regularly seasoned his letters to his grandson who lived with his father Giorgio in Paris with anecdotes and children's tales devised solely for Stephen. One of them, written in a 1936 letter, titled The Cat and the Devil was first published in London in 1965 as a children's book.  Forty years later Tomislav Torjanac presented us with the Croatian version of the tale that offered a whole new perspective on these children’s, but still Joyce’s wordplay through rich colours and extravagant shaping of characters.

The illustrator Tomislav Torjanac will be a special guest of Bloomsday this year. He will exhibit his The Cat and the Devil paintings made for the recent reprint of the book. The exhibit will be preceded by the author’s lecture on the process of adapting Joyce into visual arts, i.e. into the form of illustration.

Biography:

Tomislav Torjanac is an llustrator and painter. In 2006 he won the international competition to illustrate a special edition of Yann Martel's 2002 Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi. The competition was run by Scottish publisher Canongate Books, UK newspaper The Times, Australian newspaper The Age and Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail. The illustrated edition with Torjanac’s illustrations has so far been published in ten countries.

Torjanac also illustrated several picture books, including James Joyce's The Cat and the Devil.

He participated in many group exhibitions in Croatia and abroad, and had a solo show in London.

In Croatia, he has been awarded for his work with two Kiklop literary awards, two Lice knjige illustration awards and two Grigor Vitez awards for the best illustrated children's book.

This year Torjanac has won the Grand Prix at the Fourth Croatian Biennial of Illustration.