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Cartoon Gallery Osijek
«SEARCHING FOR ONESELF»
Cartoon Gallery Osijek opened 47th exhibition on Monday, May 30th.
It represented the work of French cartoonist Bernard Bouton, and
was named "Searching for Oneself".
Bernard Bouton, was born on June 19th 1940, lives in Franchevilla
near Lyon. His first cartoon has been published in L `EXPRES.
Ha had 6 independent cartoon exhibitions until now. His last cartoon
exhibition was in 2000 in Mouscron, Belgium.For many years he
had two jobs: as a teacher of physics and as cartoon drawer. But
in 2004 he decided to quit the teacher job (too serious for him)
and to dedicate himself completely to the drawing job.
He worked for some financial newspapers («Enterprise Rhone-Alps»
from Lyon), a medical magazine («Tonus» from Paris),
as well as a couple of domestic daily newspapers, such as «Le
Progres» from Lyon, in which he created the character of
Archimeda the Aquanaut, as a daily strip.
He has used many aliases; successfully: delben, Stadtwort, berny,
Alfax, hypercroix, McFerson, until he discovered that the best
one is the simpliest one, so he uses only his inicials now: BB.
He is a member of EIRIS (Equipe Interdisciplinaire de Recherche
sur L Image Satirique ). 
I am a member of EIRIS (Equipe Interdisciplinaire de Recherche
sur l’Image Satirique). Since its foundation E.I.R.I.S. has
pursued the following aims :The analysis of the origin and nature
of laughter, smiles, weeping and the grinding of teeth The examination
of the process of communication via pictorial satire, using various
analytical methods Research into the history of pictural satire
The examination of the influence of pictorial satire on the civilisation
and the collective imagination of various historical epochs
Others things : I drink coffee at any time of
the day and night. I collect snails but I do’nt know yet
why .I did’nt publish any book (I often leave my cartoons
by agencies or magazines editors). But for one year, I decided
to conserve my cartoons and so I research an publisher...
The opening of the exhibition has been embelished by the boyscouts
of the Scout Club "JAVOR" ("MAPLE").
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