The Cartoonmuseum Basel present the incredible work of Posy Simmonds as a celebrated and innovative women
Rules, creativity and beyond...
Posy Simmonds (Rosemary Elizabeth "Posy" Simmonds) was born on the 9th of August 1945 in the small town of Berkshire, near London. During her studies, she passed a degree at the Sorbonne university in Paris before coming back to the UK to receive a Bachelor of Art and Design at the Central School of Art & Design of London.
After her long but fruitful studies, going back and forth from the UK to France. She started her first job in 1969 in the magazine "The Sun" where she started her daily sketch titled Bear. Nonetheless, she also appeared on "The Times" and on the "Cosmopolitan magazine".
From her day job to the printer
During her years at The Guardian, Posy Simmonds saw her works and worlds evolving at a rapid paste. From her daily stories and creations in The Guardian to the new story with a publishing company. Therefore, she was evolving, breaking and making new rules.
After a few years in the Magazine, she launches her first weekly strip titled The Silent Three of St Botolph's. The story will feature three friends : Betty Roland (mask #1), Joan Derwent (mask #2) and Peggy West (mask #3) inspired by the 1950s and 1960s comic strip of the same title.
Furthermore, she continues her publishing "program" with the creation and development of many children books. Nonetheless, the cinema industry adapted a few of her books such as Fred (1996), after the book of the same titled publish in 1987.
In the 2000, the artist took a rough but important turn : popularity. Even thought she was already famous for her works in Magazine and Books, her work evolve with a more freely and playful approach.
She also explores a more freely approach to the magazine with a series of one-page story in the Saturday edition of The Guardian. But like every masterpiece and well routed work, a part of the story will be published in a book in 2003.
2007 - Ongoing, a new kind of representation
Due to her husband, an owner of an Art gallery, where they sold "Fake" art. This is how fraud and justice appear in her life... While wearing a weapon, the character travel the streets of London during the winter and festive months to find her new way of life.
Informations about the exhibition
Place: Cartoonmuseum Basel
Date: 28.8.2021 – 24.10.2021
Curators: Paul Gravett and Anette Gehrig
Ticket: Available at the front desk of the museum
Informations about the Cartoonmuseum Basel
Cartoonmuseum Basel
St. Alban-Vorstadt 28
CH-4052 Basel
Phone: +41 61 226 33 60
Fax: +41 61 226 33 61
Mail: info@cartoonmuseum.ch