In 2006, I had a few paintings in a group show at the Sherry French Gallery in New York City. One of the people who came to the opening was Jules Feiffer the legendary cartoonist for The Village Voice. I had never met him, but managed to become part of a conversational circle at one point which included Jules and seven or eight other men and women including artists, Nancy Bea Miller, Eliza Auth and Tony Auth, the political cartoonist of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Someone asked one of the women I did not know, "what do
you do?"
She answered, "I work at the United Nations Office of
War Crimes."
Without a pause, Jules cocked his head slightly and
mischievously asked "for... or against?!"
What I was struck by, was how his persona in "real
life" was the same as his art: ironic, satiric and funny with a cutting
edge. I was very glad to have gotten
this chance to meet him, and must thank Eliza and Tony for introducing me. His
drawings as well as his wonderful children's
books, and other writings can be found at his web site:
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also in this story:
Tony Auth: http://www.tonyauth.com/
Eliza Auth: http://elizaauth.com/
Nancy Bea Miller: http://nancybeamiller.blogspot.com/
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