Making "modest art" for all to enjoy
In Serge Bloch's illustrations, glazed doughnuts double as
car wheels, spiders serve as moustaches, and televisions
make lovely eyeglasses. The Paris-based artist — who
illustrated this month's "Changing
Their Tune," about Peabody's new entrepreneurs —
combines photographs of everyday objects with whimsical
line drawings to create images that are both witty and
accessible. Bloch, who studied at the School of Decorative
Arts in Strasbourg, enjoys making readers smile. "I try to
do humorous work," he says. "It's a work of modest art."
His work has been published in The New York Times, The
Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and The Chicago
Tribune. — Maria Blackburn