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Illustrator James Yang explores the idea that illustrators “can live anywhere” because they don’t have “a real job”. It’s a globe-trotting look at artists and how they create on the move. Part One interviews James Yang (of course), Hanoch Piven (Israel), Michael Bartalos and Fernanda Cohen (United States).

You can watch the entire video here. Also featured are Nate Williams (Argentina), Monika Aichele (Germany), Ingo Fast (Germany), and Laurie Rosenwald (United States).

And P.S.: Hanoch Piven is speaking tonight at the Society of Illustrators in NYC at 6 PM. Tomorrow he is conducting a hands-on workshop at Materials for the Arts (fully booked, alas!) And then onto Toms River, New Jersey!

—Anne D. Bernstein

Hanoch Piven is a unique illustrator who combines painting and 3-D objects in his artwork. He is best-known for memorable portraits of famous people, both real and fictitious. Behold Borat:

On his website, Pivenworld, you can see examples of his work. He also has a Drawger blog. And the book Faces: 78 Portraits from Madonna to the Pope contains a great gallery of merry mugs.

Now Piven’s art stars in a show called Superstuff, airing on Hop! TV (the Israeli pre-school channel). It’s fascinating to watch a pair of hands juggle a pile of miscellaneous junk until it’s transformed into a recognizable image and then springs to life. The show uses mostly real time live-action footage, but there’s a bit of stop motion animation sprinkled in.

More clips from the show after the jump… [Read more…]