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Exhibtion poster designed by
Majid Abbasi, 2006 |
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Alain Le Quernec & Ben Bos
Exhibition In Tehran
Organized by Neshan Magazine, Curated by Majid Abbasi
Iranian Forum Artists, Tehran; August 26-31, 2006
Alain Le Quernec, 1944- Born in Brittany (France), Professor of art
and graphic designer, admitted in AGI, 1990;works and lives in
Quimper (Brittany).
The first ‘poster’ I remember (I was 4) was not a real poster, but a
painted wall by Loupot. After the secondary school in Lorient I
studied in Paris (1961) to become a professor of art. Besides that I
practiced poster design as an autodidact. My first poster was
printed in 1962. I became a professor of art in 1965. Being in love
with the Polish poster, I stopped teaching for one year, to study at
the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw with professor Henryk
Tomaszewski. Back in Bretagne (1972) as a professor, I developed my
practice of poster design in this remote province, applying very
simple techniques. This atypical work is presented in international
events. My exhibition, 1987, at the Paris Poster Museum meant for me
a ‘landmark’ in my development.
My production 1999-2006 remains political, social and cultural,
without contact with advertising and such. The technological
revolution permits the creation of large size posters, which are no
longer pasted on walls, but are cleanly presented on/in special
panels.
Apart from posters I have a varied graphic design practice in
editorial design, signage projects and press drawings (for Le
Monde).
Ben Bos ,1930- born in Amsterdam,
Admitted to AGI, 1978.
Studies at the Amsterdam Graphic College and Rietveld Academy (with
Wim Crouwel) 1955-1962. Worked for Ahrend, first as a copywriter,
later as their art director. Within Total Design and 2D3D and
finally as a freelancer, Ben was a designer/consultant for that firm
for 50 years. Last job: creating their in-house museum.
He was the first employee of Total Design in 1963, became a creative
director; he left TD after 28 years. He specialized in corporate
identity. Major clients: Randstad Employment Agency (1966-1997),
Furness Logistics Group (1968-1994), Belgian General Bank. At his
retrospective exhibition, Breda 2000, there was a special show of
his more than 100 logotypes. He won several international prizes
(Ljubljana, Stuttgart, Brno, and a World Logotype Award 1998.
Honorary member of Dutch Designers Association BNO and Brno
Biennale. Ben lectured and taught all over Europe, USA and Japan.
Eye (#59) wrote: ‘He is a Renaissance man: designer, journalist,
copywriter, photographer, studio manager, initiator and chairman of
the Nederlands Archief Grafisch Ontwerpers’. He is now also
painting. An author of several books, including this AGI book
(together with his wife Elly). Monograph: ‘Design of a Lifetime’
(2000), Dutch and English editions.
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