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An illustration of a figure on a black horse fighting a dragon. The scene is composed of bold, geometric shapes in red, yellow, blue and green against a white background.

Impossibly good illustrative folk vibes from the very great Gwénola Carrerè

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Date
7 June 2012

Wonderful new work by Gwénola Carrerè, the Brussels-based illustrator with a Russian folk aesthetic that uses the stylistic restraints of silkscreen printing and a colour palette reserved for children’s books. Her latest poster work is for the Festival Solstice Arts du Cirque happening next week and it is an exemplar treat from a body of work that specialises in the vibrantly engaging graphics for modern musical folklorists and the like. Gwénola is a creative whose appeal covers children and adults, traditionalists and those who appreciate a good contemporary digital craft, which is very well likely down to her impossible knack for telling a story in a single frame.

An illustration for a circus festival featuring a central figure with arms raised towards a red sun. A diagonal banner reads “15/24 JUIN 2012”, while a red circle above reads “FESTIVAL SOLSTICE ARTS DU CIRQUE”. Other stylised performers float around the composition against a black background with colourful geometric shapes.
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Gwénola Carrerè: Festival Solstice Arts du Cirque

An illustration of six stylised figures floating horizontally against a plain white background. The figures wear colourful, eclectic clothing and are arranged in a vertical column.
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Gwénola Carrerè: Série d’illustrations pour la revue BRUXXL de août-septembre 09

A colourful, abstract illustration featuring stylised figures in dynamic poses across a white, yellow, red and green background. Vertical text on the right reads “Expo 20/3 > 20/5/09” and “Paris”.
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Gwénola Carrerè: Expo Illustrissimo

An illustration of a colourful, surreal city where the buildings and architecture form the letters of the alphabet. At the bottom, a bold title reads “Alphaville”.
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Gwénola Carrerè: Alphaville

An illustration of an alphabet chart where each letter is integrated into a character representing a different profession. The characters are rendered in a bold, graphic style using red, blue, black and green. At the bottom, the text reads “A BCD métiers”.
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Gwénola Carrerè: ABCD Métiers

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Bryony Quinn

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Bryony was It’s Nice That’s first ever intern and worked her way up to assistant online editor before moving on to pursue other interests in the summer of 2012.

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