Graham Rawle
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Graham Rawle is a UK writer and collage
artist whose visual work incorporates illustration, design, photography and installation. His weekly Lost Consonants
series appeared in the Weekend Guardian
for 15 years. He has produced other regular series which include ‘Lying Doggo’ and ‘Graham Rawle’s Wonder Quiz’ for The Observer and ‘When Words Collide’ and ‘Pardon Mrs Arden’ for The Sunday Telegraph Magazine. His most recent series, Bright Ideas, appeared weekly in The Times 2009-2010.
He has lectured and exhibited his work internationally, heading the design team that created the 4000 sq ft (371.6 m²) 'Hi-Life' supermarket installation for EXPO 2000 in Hanover
. As director of the Niff Institute, in 2001 he created a range of limited edition art pieces that form the Niff Actuals product range.
Among his astonishing published books are The Wonder Book of Fun, Lying Doggo, Diary of an Amateur Photographer and a reinterpretation of The Wizard of Oz
, which won 2009 Book of the Year and best Illustrated Trade book at the British Book Design Awards. His critically acclaimed Woman's World
, a novel created entirely from fragments of found text, is being made into a feature film.
Graham Rawle is a lecturer on the Sequential Design/Illustration MA at The Faculty of Arts (University of Brighton). He lives in London
.
Collage
A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole....
artist whose visual work incorporates illustration, design, photography and installation. His weekly Lost Consonants
Lost Consonants
Lost Consonants is a comic collage series made by Faculty of Arts lecturer Graham Rawle , appearing in Britain's Guardian and Observer newspapers, where a single consonant is missing from a normal sentence, creating a humorous effect.For example, the proverb "A bird in the hand is worth two in the...
series appeared in the Weekend Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
for 15 years. He has produced other regular series which include ‘Lying Doggo’ and ‘Graham Rawle’s Wonder Quiz’ for The Observer and ‘When Words Collide’ and ‘Pardon Mrs Arden’ for The Sunday Telegraph Magazine. His most recent series, Bright Ideas, appeared weekly in The Times 2009-2010.
He has lectured and exhibited his work internationally, heading the design team that created the 4000 sq ft (371.6 m²) 'Hi-Life' supermarket installation for EXPO 2000 in Hanover
Hanover
Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
. As director of the Niff Institute, in 2001 he created a range of limited edition art pieces that form the Niff Actuals product range.
Among his astonishing published books are The Wonder Book of Fun, Lying Doggo, Diary of an Amateur Photographer and a reinterpretation of The Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children's novel written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. Originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900, it has since been reprinted numerous times, most often under the name The Wizard of Oz, which is the name of...
, which won 2009 Book of the Year and best Illustrated Trade book at the British Book Design Awards. His critically acclaimed Woman's World
Woman's World (novel)
Woman's World is the title of a 2005 novel by Graham Rawle. It is unique for having been created entirely from fragments of text clipped from 1960s women's magazines....
, a novel created entirely from fragments of found text, is being made into a feature film.
Graham Rawle is a lecturer on the Sequential Design/Illustration MA at The Faculty of Arts (University of Brighton). He lives in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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External links
- Graham Rawle's official website
- http://www.niffactuals.com/