Rise and Fall of the Middleman

Honza Zamojski

Who is the Middleman? A viewer? An author who mediates between the world of ideas and the material world by creating drawings, sculptures, and texts? Or a simplified, symbolic puppet moved by various forces? In his latest book, artist Honza Zamojski poetically explores the Middlemen, their everyday lives, and the realities surrounding them. The book’s short punchlines set the rhythm of the Middlemen’s lives, and their movements in illustrations reminiscent of Kafka’s fictional world. Produced by the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC) in Ljubljana for the exhibition "Middleman" (10. 3.–28. 5. 2023), the publication includes a Middleman cardboard puppet—literally the "hero taken from the book and put aside." This playful object can be assembled, disassembled, and sometimes leaves you with a feeling of guilt.

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