A Guest Cat

Takashi Hiraides’ novel “A Guest Cat” will be published on 7th March 2015 by Insel Verlag. Over the last year since publication it has become a surprise bestseller in the USA as well as in England.

The novel is translated from Japanese by Ursula Gräfe, the illustrations and cover design are by Quint Buchholz.

There is more about the book and a detailed extract from it on the Insel Verlag site.

Takashi Hiraide
“A Guest Cat”
Hardcover 133 pages
€ 14,00 (D)
ISBN: 978-3-458-17626-8

Also published as an audio book by Steinbach Sprechende Bücher.
€ 17,99 (D)
ISBN  978-3-86974-213-7

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1. January 2016 | General

Canon of Literature – Book Lovers

The Canon of Literature is an incredible and attractive major project that feeds enthusiasm for books in unusual ways and tells us about many well-loved books.

It was initiated, got under way and designed by the bookseller Thomas Schmitz and designer Dirk Uhlenbrock from Essen Werden, and brought into being and filled with life by 20 booksellers and 2000 readers from 20 places in Germany. In the 21st volume 100 people whose lives are involved with books such as publishers, authors, illustrators and booksellers are given one page each to tell us about their favourite book.

Anyone who would like to know more, to see the splendid colourful clothcover – well, virtually, at least, – or immediately order the whole series or volume 21 can find all further information here.

For the text by Quint Buchholz – on an exhibition catalogue of the Canadian painter Alex Colville – see here.

1. January 2016 | General

Draughtsmen in Defence of Freedom of Expression

Twenty-nine draughtsmen and women collaborating on a book project initiated and edited by Klaus Humann. With a preface by Andreas Platthaus (FAZ). The pictures in it were done within a few days of each other in January 2015, just a short time after the Paris attack.

Aladin Verlag is publishing the book on 12th February 2015, all profits to go to the PEN “Writers in Prison” campaign.

The contributors are: ATAK, Jutta Bauer, Larissa Bertonasco, Quint Buchholz, Flix, Bob Graham, Nikolaus Heidelbach, David Hughes, Janosch, Joelle Jolivet, Ulf K., Regina Kehn, Reinhard Kleist, Ole Könnecke, Isabel Kreitz, Marine Ludin, Ulli Lust, Hildegard Müller, Thomas M. Müller, Christoph Niemann, Moni Port, Chris Riddell, Axel Scheffler, Peter Sís, Ralph Steadman, Philip Wächter, David Wiesner, Sabine Wilharm and Barbara Yelin.

You can click to see Quint Bucholz’s picture below, another picture on the theme, but not in the book, is here.

There is more about the book on the Aladin Verlag website.

“Zeichner verteidigen die Meinungsfreiheit”
(Draughsmen in Defence of Freedom of Expression)
Klaus Humann (Editor)
Hardcover 48 pages
€ 12,90 (Germany)
ISBN: 978-3-8489-2070-9

1. January 2016 | General

A Portrait.

“A consideration of the pictures of the Munich artist Quint Buchholz makes you forget the time, calm down, begin to marvel and to question, to be spellbound by a magic that most of us have let slip through our fingers because of the hectic pace at which the world works.”

Julia Kortenjann wrote this in a wonderful and detailed appreciation of the work, pictures and books of Quint Buchholz on the website of the Borromäusverein (The Borromeo Society).

1. January 2016 | General

“Eye Music” concert reviewed by the Süddeutsche Zeitung

The concert “Eye Music – Renaissance of the Madrigal” took place on June 4, 2016. Accompanied by an animated show of pictures by Quint Buchholz, the vocal ensemble “Canzone 11”, directed by Tanja Wawra, sang songs by Michelangelo Rossi, Clement Jannequin, John Hoybye und Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen.

An extensive critique of the event is now available on the Süddeutsche Zeitung’s website.

More information about the concert as well as “Canzone 11” can be found on the ensemble’s official website.

 

31. December 2015 | General

„In the Land of Books“: A Hymn to the Joy of Reading

The magical, atmospheric, poetic pictures in Quint Buchholz’ new book sing the praises of the colourful variety of books – and of the variety of life itself and how very different our experience of it is.

“Quint Buchholz is the painter of gentle dreams. His pictures, with their clever minimal text, tell us everything that a book can be to us: comfort, home, protection, a shield, a bed – we dream and dive through this book, happiness gently snowing down upon us until we emerge again at the end.”
Elke Heidenreich

“This is a book of books, full of devotion, in which the pictures work hand in hand with words, sound, rhythmn and (colour-)tones. A gift.”
Christine Knödler in the Münchener Feuilleton

“The author tells us all that a book can be to us and what the virtual world can never give us in 26 still, quiet, wonderful, cheering yet melancholic pictures accompanied by the lines of a poem: the actual, tangible experience of another world when we pick up a book and set out on a journey with him.”
Lena Naumann in mundus

“Buchholz has indeed created something to treasure here: the text is short, but moving. And with pictures, that – moving somewhere between photorealism and surrealism – arrest the attention as something both magically strange and subtly humorous.”
Udo Watter in the SZ

“What he paints is always mysterious in his very own special way. It contains wisdom – and an inner freedom, that looks self-evident here, although it isn’t so for most of us in everyday life.”
Neues Deutschland

Book trailer – Spanish Edition.

A beautiful review written by Donna McKinnon on
“32 pages – a passion for picture books”

The book was published on 26th August 2013 by Hanser Verlag.

 

31. December 2015 | General

Reading and Exhibition: Quint Buchholz at Villa Herrmann in Gustavsburg

From June 1 to September 27, 2017 the Villa Herrmann Gallery is exhibiting newer originals as well as autographed, limited fine art prints by Quint Buchholz.

As part of the vernissage Quint Buchholz read from some of his new books, such as “Zauberworte” (“Magic Words”) and “Im Land der Bücher” (“In the Land of Books”). A projection of pictures from those books was shown during the reading.

Photos of the reading as well as more information about the exhibition can be found on the website of the Villa Herrmann Gallery.

Bookstore/Gallery for Book Art at Villa Herrmann
Mozartstraße 3
65462 Ginsheim-Gustavsburg

28. September 2015 | General
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