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Mary Ryan Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by award-winning artist and author Peter Sís. The exhibition will feature
original artwork published in Sís' brand new book, The Conference of the Birds (Penguin Press), Sís' interpretation of the twelfth-century Sufi epic
poem of the same title and his first book for adults.
This exhibition will include a selection of published drawings along with objects that Sís created in the process of writing the book. Sís, the author
of twenty children's books, is known for his finely detailed drawings which often include maps and mazes, meticulous stippling, playful borders,
and intricately drawn worlds. Using watercolor and ink, he translates this classic tale of the human journey and the quest for answers into
something distinctly his; imbued with grace and spirituality that speaks to all.
Sís first discovered the tale of the birds when he was illustrating Jorge Luis Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings (Penguin Press, 2005). One of the
illustrations was of Simorgh, the king that the birds journey to find. Sís says, "I immediately thought, 'what a fitting story of the human struggle to
find a perfect king, a guru, a president who would make sense of our lives...The poem is 800 years old; the story is ancient....yet we are still
looking today."
Born in Brno, in the former Czechoslovakia, in 1949, Sís is an internationally acclaimed artist, author, and filmmaker. He has been the recipient of
numerous awards such as the New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year (seven time winner), The Boston Globe-Horn Book
Award, the Society of Illustrators Gold Medal, and the Caldecott Honor. In 2007 his autobiographical children's book, The Wall: Growing Up
Behind the Iron Curtain, was the story of Sís's struggle to preserve artistic freedom growing up in Communist Prague, and his eventual
liberation through art. Sís was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1949 and attended
The Academy of Applied Arts in Prague as well as the Royal
In 2003 Sís was named a MacArthur fellow in the Visual Arts. He has contributed editorial illustrations to The Atlantic Monthly, Time, Newsweek,
Esquire, and has published close to 1,000 drawings in the New York Times Book Review. He has completed public commission for 86th
Street/Lexington Avenue subway line in New York City, The Champaign Public Library Foundation, the Baltimore-Washington International Airport,
the University of Minnesota, and created the "Whale" poster for New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority, which was displayed in subway
cars throughout the city.
original artwork published in Sís' brand new book, The Conference of the Birds (Penguin Press), Sís' interpretation of the twelfth-century Sufi epic
poem of the same title and his first book for adults.
This exhibition will include a selection of published drawings along with objects that Sís created in the process of writing the book. Sís, the author
of twenty children's books, is known for his finely detailed drawings which often include maps and mazes, meticulous stippling, playful borders,
and intricately drawn worlds. Using watercolor and ink, he translates this classic tale of the human journey and the quest for answers into
something distinctly his; imbued with grace and spirituality that speaks to all.
Sís first discovered the tale of the birds when he was illustrating Jorge Luis Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings (Penguin Press, 2005). One of the
illustrations was of Simorgh, the king that the birds journey to find. Sís says, "I immediately thought, 'what a fitting story of the human struggle to
find a perfect king, a guru, a president who would make sense of our lives...The poem is 800 years old; the story is ancient....yet we are still
looking today."
Born in Brno, in the former Czechoslovakia, in 1949, Sís is an internationally acclaimed artist, author, and filmmaker. He has been the recipient of
numerous awards such as the New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year (seven time winner), The Boston Globe-Horn Book
Award, the Society of Illustrators Gold Medal, and the Caldecott Honor. In 2007 his autobiographical children's book, The Wall: Growing Up
Behind the Iron Curtain, was the story of Sís's struggle to preserve artistic freedom growing up in Communist Prague, and his eventual
liberation through art. Sís was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1949 and attended
The Academy of Applied Arts in Prague as well as the Royal
In 2003 Sís was named a MacArthur fellow in the Visual Arts. He has contributed editorial illustrations to The Atlantic Monthly, Time, Newsweek,
Esquire, and has published close to 1,000 drawings in the New York Times Book Review. He has completed public commission for 86th
Street/Lexington Avenue subway line in New York City, The Champaign Public Library Foundation, the Baltimore-Washington International Airport,
the University of Minnesota, and created the "Whale" poster for New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority, which was displayed in subway
cars throughout the city.
| Peter Sís: The Conference Of The Birds Mary Ryan Gallery 527 West 26th Street New York, NY 10001 T 212-397-0669 Original artwork for Sís's celebrated new publication October 27 - December 22, 2011 Reception: Saturday, October 29, 4-6 PM |