Today is the Rose Monday parade in Düsseldorf (and other cities), the brightest event of North Rhine Westphalia’s Karneval season. Since 1983, Düsseldorf’s own Jacques Tilly has designed the legendary, tastelessly satirical sculptures adoring the festival’s most popular parade floats. Samples from today’s commentary below:
(And let’s not forget Ashley’s website, jam-packed with portraits and other drawings, his illustrated rant column, The Symptoms, his highly-affordable prints and books currently available, his eagerness for your portrait commission, and his contact email, thrdgll@gmail.com, where he longs to hear from you.)