{"id":12287,"date":"2019-05-27T21:30:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T01:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=12287"},"modified":"2019-05-27T21:30:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T01:30:34","slug":"episode-322-steven-guarnaccia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-322-steven-guarnaccia","title":{"rendered":"Episode 322 – Steven Guarnaccia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 322:
\nSteven Guarnaccia<\/a><\/p>\n

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“I’m an illustrator. It took me a while to realize I was born an illustrator.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>On the eve of its New York City debut, illustrator (and designer and author)\u00a0Steven Guarnaccia<\/a> joins the show to talk about his Fatherland exhibition<\/a>! We get into how he made the leap from 2D to 3D, the moment he realized he was an illustrator and not an Artist, what it was like to come up in a golden age of magazine illustration, the balancing act of professional and personal projects, the strong influence of the Pop Art on his work, the anxiety of the first time he got a color illustration assignment (he’s been around a long time), getting his first NYT assignment from Steven Heller<\/a>, and why Seymour Chwast<\/a> & Milton Glaser may be the Lennon & McCartney of their field. We also get into his love of letterforms, his ingenious idea for my next podcast\/documentary series, the process of learning illustration on the job, how he taps his unconscious drawing to break out of creative ruts, the benefits of a two-artist household (he’s married to Nora Krug<\/a>), his lament for the American culture of specialization, becoming the accidental archivist for Rooster Ties, and our ongoing competition for best-dressed guy at Society of Illustrators events. Give it a listen!<\/a> And go see the Fatherland exhibition at the YUI Gallery in NYC<\/a>!<\/p>\n

“My father is just as opaque to me now as he was in life, but making Fatherland has enabled me to talk to him in a different way.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n