M.S. Bastian / Isabelle L.

About

M.S. Bastian and Isabelle L. are an artist group who freely moves around in the no-man's-land between art and comics, confusing comic readers with his avant-garde cartoons, and provoking art lovers with quotes from the frivolous world of comics.

During there stay in New York (2002), they met artists Gary Panter and David Sandlin, who didn't seem bothered by any demarcations between "high" and "low" art. From then on, they decided to go their own way, whether in painting, silk screen, comics or sculptures. As one of the first artists recognized and criticized in both art and comics, they play an important role as pioneer and ambassador. Some of there works are "Crunch" (1993), "Päng" (1995), "Squid" (1997) and "Squeeze" (1997).