The "Drawn 2024" exhibition at the Museum of Communication in Bern has chosen the caricature of the year. The work by Stephan Lütolf, alias Cic, which was created for the newspaper The Covenant was created. The drawing relates Donald Trump to the state of world politics and the fatigue associated with it - and leaves the last word to the viewer by symbolically handing them the pencil.
"Cic is a good illustration of the complexity of a successful press drawing," says Marco Ratschiller, illustrator and co-organizer of the exhibition. The work impresses with linguistic wit, visual reduction and a resigned mood - a mirror of political and social sentiment in the year 2024.
The public voted a drawing by Christoph Biedermann into second place. In it, a visibly overwhelmed dove of peace lies on a psychiatrist's couch. With this motif, Biedermann addresses the impression of collective powerlessness in the face of global conflicts. The drawing was seen as an apt expression of current feelings.
Regina Vetter took third place with a reduced depiction of Donald Trump. A shock of yellow hair and the words "He's back" are enough to comment on Trump's re-election as US President - and at the same time make a historical nod to the 193034s.
The "Gezeichnet" exhibition is organized annually by the Museum of Communication and the Gezeichnet association. It shows a selection of the best Swiss press drawings from the past year. In 2024, there were reportedly around 18,000 visitors. The next edition is planned for the period from December 12, 2025 to February 22, 2026.
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Every year, the "Drawn" exhibition at the Museum of Communication brings together the most successful press drawings. Last year, the federal elections and the ailing healthcare system were just two of the topics the illustrators focused on.
The sexual abuse cases in the Catholic Church were also particularly moving, the exhibition organizers wrote in a press release on Thursday. Caroline Rutz, alias Caro, received the most votes from the public with her drawing "The tip of the iceberg".
"Marco Ratschiller, himself an illustrator and co-organizer of the exhibition, stated: "A well-deserved winner. The work illustrates the strengths of press drawings very well. Viewers are introduced to the subject with humor, but on closer inspection the smile gets stuck in their throat.
Draughtsman Ruedi Widmer came in second place with the public. He focused on the federal elections. In third place was Tom Künzli, who focused on the rising costs of healthcare.
The "Drawn" exhibition was launched in 2008 and is held at the Museum of Communication in Bern between December and February. (SDA)
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Around 50 press illustrators and over 200 works can be seen in the "Gezeichnet" exhibition at the Museum of Communication from Friday until January 25. The war in Ukraine resonates just as much as global warming, the abuse scandals in the Catholic Church and the social woke debate.
Press drawing is the art of getting to the heart of daily events in a humorous way. The Museum of Communication writes on its website that it is not uncommon for a single drawing to capture the essence of a story better than a detailed explanation.
Humor offers easy access to topics - but the food that the press cartoonists process is not easy to digest. Sometimes the laughter gets stuck in your throat. The illustrators always hold up a mirror to society. (SDA)
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The Corona virus, the climate crisis, the war in Ukraine, the demonstrations in Iran and the energy crisis inspired Swiss cartoonists this year. Almost 50 of them, French- and German-speaking, exhibit five of their works each in the museum.
Pointed and easy to understand, they dare to bring satire to a crisis with a meaningful image. It's like a medicine for all these crises, said museum director Jacqueline Strauss.
The association Gezeichnet has organized an annual exhibition of the best press drawings of the year since 2008. For the eighth time it is now held at the Museum of Communication. The exhibition lasts until February 26, 2023.
Drawn 2022 is under the patronage of the satire portal Petard. At the vernissage on Thursday, Federal Councillor Viola Amherd and National Councillor Flavia Wasserfallen will be guests of moderator Sandro Brotz. (SDA)
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More than 50 illustrators from all over Switzerland are participating with their works in the exhibition Gezeichnet 2018, which can be seen at the Museum of Communication from December 14, 2018 to February 10, 2019. Also included are all the well-known names such as Chapatte, Max Spring, Felix Schaad and Ruedi Widmer.
Visitors are thus not only given a representative overview of the Swiss press drawing scene, they are also once again immersed with relish in all the important events of the past twelve months with all their absurd and crazy aspects: From No Billag to the heatwave summer to the big discussion about arms exports, it's all there. And, of course, there's no getting around the everyday insanity of US President Trump. The biggest challenge about him for the cartoonists is that he always outdoes even the professional caricature itself. Not to exclude that here and there the laughter also gets stuck in the throat - all in all, but certainly the most humorous review of the year, which can be viewed these days. And: The draftsmen and draftswomen are already sharpening their pencils for the National Council elections in the fall of 2019 and invite you to a special primary election. Let yourself be surprised!
Already for the eleventh time takes place Drawn, again with more than 200 cartoons and caricatures. During this time, the situation for press illustrators and cartoonists has also changed several times. The sad highlight was the terrorist attack on the editorial office of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, which will be the fourth anniversary on January 7, 2019. At the same time, as the media landscape has changed in recent years, the work situation for this condensed form of journalism has also become more acute. Against this background, it is a positive sign that more than 50 cartoonists continue to be present in the exhibition with their press drawings. They don't seem to run out of humor and work that quickly, even in times of fake news. In times when self-irony is largely absent, their humorous reduction to the maximum is more important than ever.
Gezeichnet 2018 is under the patronage of the satirical magazine Nebelspalter and is kindly supported by Migros Kulturprozent, Stiftung Vinetum, Gottlieb und Hans Vogt Stiftung, Ursula Wirz- Stiftung, ProLitteris, Burgergemeinde Bern and SWISSLOS/Kultur Kanton Bern.
More than 200 caricatures by 46 Swiss press cartoonists were on display for visitors to choose from at the "Gezeichnet 2017" annual review exhibition at the Museum für Kommunikation in Berne. In second place, the visitors voted for the article on Polo Hofer's death news by cartoonist Silvan Wegmann, published on July 26 in the Aargauer Zeitung.
Third place goes to another work by Felix Schaad: "Er ist wieder da" was first shown on September 26 at the Tages-Anzeiger printed.
The winner received 4.3 percent of the votes cast, followed by 3.5 percent for the runner-up and 3.0 percent for third place.
Past award winners include Patrick Chappatte, Silvan Wegmann (Swen) and Marco Ratschiller (Karma).
The exhibition "Gezeichnet" was launched in 2008 and hosted this edition from December 15, 2017 to February 12, 2018 at the Museum für Kommunikation Bern. The 2017 edition of "Gezeichnet" received a large, national media response and set a new audience record with more than 10,000 visitors. "The rush of visitors for this wonderfully entertaining exhibition was once again significantly greater in the anniversary year than before," says a delighted Nico Gurtner from the Museum of Communication: "This naturally whets our appetite for next year!"
The 11th edition of "Drawn" will take place again in December 2018 at the Museum of Communication.
The "Wutbürger" article appeared in the October issue of Nebelspalter. More than 200 caricatures by 45 Swiss press illustrators were on display for visitors to choose from at the annual review exhibition "Gezeichnet 2016" at the Museum für Kommunikation Bern.
In second place, visitors voted for the article "Flora Dimitri" by Langnau cartoonist Carlo Schneider, published in the September issue of Nebelspalter. Third place went to the work "Burkenpflanze" by Ruedi Widmer from Winterthur, which first appeared in the Tages-Anzeiger of August 20.
The winner garnered 6.2 percent of the votes cast, followed by 3.6 percent for the runner-up and 3.5 percent for third place. Past winners include Patrick Chappatte, Felix Schaad and Silvan Wegmann.
The prize money offered by Nebelspalter' for the 1st place will be donated by this year's winner to the organization "Cartoonists Right Network International" (CRNI). This organization supports threatened and persecuted cartoonists, currently especially in Turkey.
The exhibition "Gezeichnet" was launched in 2008 and made a guest appearance at the Museum für Kommunikation Bern in this edition from December 15, 2016 to January 29, 2017. The "Gezeichnet 2016" edition received a large national media response and, with 4630 admissions, was well above expectations, as the remaining exhibition areas of the museum are currently closed for renovations and will remain so until the summer.
The 10th edition of "Drawn" will be held again in December 2017 at the Museum of Communication. (pd)
When politics and society go crazy once again, elections get out of hand and issues boil over - then often only a large portion of humor can help. The Swiss press illustrators ensure this at regular intervals with their keen powers of observation and sharp pens.
At the end of the year, the exhibition "Drawn 2016" at the Museum of Communication brings together the most important works and provides an overview of the creative spearheads of the industry. From December 16, 2016 to January 29, 2017, around 50 caricaturists and cartoonists will present 200 selected works on the most important debates and events of the year that is coming to an end in what is guaranteed to be the most humorous review of the year.
The house cartoonists of the best-known Swiss media titles such as Felix Schaad (Tages-Anzeiger), Max Spring (Berner Zeitung), Peter Schrank (Basler Zeitung), Silvan Wegmann (Aargauer Zeitung), Patrick Chappatte (NZZ am Sonntag/Le Temps), Ruedi Widmer (WOZ), Gerald Herrmann (Tribune de Genève) and Ben Marchesini (Le Matin) will also be taking part.
The events of the last few years have not simplified the work at the drawing table - anyone who draws exposes himself and has to deal very carefully with the limits of what is bearable and reasonable. At the same time, however, the importance of press drawing as a complement to the often interchangeable agency image has become clear to a wider public. With the exhibition Gezeichnet 2016, Swiss draftsmen and draftswomen give the interested public an insight into their daily work beyond the newspaper columns.
Gezeichnet 2016 is under the patronage of the satirical magazine Nebelspalter and is supported by Migros Kulturprozent and the Ernst Goehner Foundation.
