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ISBN
9788949101118
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Author
Lee Suzy이수지
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Publisher
BIR Publishing Co., Ltd.(주)비룡소
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Year Published
2024
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Category
Essay 에세이
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Description 작품 소개
The book recounts Suzy Lee’s journey to becoming a writer and publishing several books, featuring various photographs taken by herself.
After earning a fine arts degree in Korea, Suzy Lee studies book art in the UK, laying new creative foundations with her book Alice in Wonderland. This assignment-turned-project lets her explore the materiality of her media, the fluid border between reality and fantasy, and picture-led storytelling. A professor warns that her bold work is unlikely to be published, but an Italian publisher prints it in time for the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Suzy Lee’s singular experiences in the UK lead her down a rabbit hole of picture books that fly in the face of convention.
Suzy Lee’s work revolves around children and play. She shares in their free-flowing flights of whimsy and amplifies them with wordless pictures. Unencumbered by text, picture-led stories speak to readers of all ages and invite them into a world where everyone lends their imagination to the narrative. Her pictures act as “keys unlocking stories that are already within readers.”
Meaningful life events make their way into Suzy Lee’s art. Her first art teacher is immortalized in My Bright Atelier; stone lithography lessons from The Printing Museum’s artist-in-residence Charles Criner bear fruit in The Black Bird; scenes of Galveston Beach are recreated in Wave; the rescue dog adopted by her family is remembered in River, the Black Dog; her children’s rollicking summer of play in a country cottage is captured in Summer.
Suzy Lee blazes her trail while joining the ranks of working mothers. While she admits to the challenges, she carries on with lectures, exhibitions, and book fair events around the world. Practical aspects of bookmaking also keep her grounded. Suzy Lee details the process of contacting editors with dummy books, her work as an illustrator bringing a writer’s text to life, and her proposal to use the physicality of pages as a part of storytelling in See You Someday Soon.
Suzy Lee’s essays testify to the ever-evolving nature of her work. She perpetually starts anew, founding the independent publisher Hintoki Press and launching Vacances, a collective of like-minded artists inspired by folk themes. Suzy Lee concludes with her acceptance speech for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, an honor considered the holy grail of picture book artists. Yet her postscript makes clear that she will not rest on her laurels. She is more determined than ever to keep exploring and experimenting, portraying children’s play in all its wonder.
Author Bio 작가 소개
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