Au Praxinoscope

ORDINARY DRAWINGS FROM
Theodore Ushev of LIPSETT DIARIES

12th January - 14th April, 2018
We hold the original drawings by Teodore Ushev, a director from Bulgaria and Canada who has won various awards such as Academy Award nomination and Genie prize and is active in the world.
Drawing animation "Lipsett Diaries" is a work that attempted to reproduce the lost diary of Canadian legendary film artist Arthur Lipsett who was passt away at 49 years old. Draw the writer's inner face towards destruction with intense brush and calm gaze and present skepticism to existence.
We will exhibit and sell original drawings of "Lipsett Diaries" and image sketches of "Physics of Sadness" currently under construction.

Theodore Ushev

Theodore Ushev（Bulgaria, Canada, France)
He was born on February 4, 1968 in Kyustendil, Bulgaria and graduated stage decoration, animation, and make-up at Plovdiv's School of Scenic Arts. He obtained a master's degree in graphic design from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia. He first made a name as a poster and graphic designer, before moving to Montreal in 1999. There he quickly gained a reputation as an animation filmmaker with for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), with films such as Vertical, The Man Who Waited, Tower Bawher, Tzartitza, Sou and Drux Flux, winner of the Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation at the Ottawa International Animation Festival. In 2010, he completed a short animated documentary about Arthur Lipsett, entitled Lipsett Diaries. In March 2011, Lipsett Diaries received the Genie Award for Best Animated Short at the 31st Genie Awards.

LIPSETT DIARIES
Canada / 14 min. / 2010
Director: Theodore Ushev
Script: Chris Robinson
Narration: Xavier Dolan
Legendary Canadian filmmaker Arthur Lipsett, revered by Stanley Kubrick and said to have influenced George Lucas' "Star Wars" series, recreates his lost diary, which he took his own life at the age of 49, and depicts the artist's inner life as he moves toward destruction. » Wiki