Dan Allon
Contemporary Art
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I See You Well, graphic novel, markers on paper, 40 pages, Hebrew, 2023-2024
Synopsis:
While working on a new graphic novel, artist Dan Allon is experiencing relationships turmoil with his girlfriend and ill mother. In order to compensate, he seizes the opportunity to travel to Brazil to find his mother's lost uncle, who's found to be the one who assisted the suicide of writer Stefan Zweig and his wife Lotte in 1942 in Rio de Janeiro.
This book was written and created during the artist residency "Sadeh" (field) at the National Library in Jerusalem.
Writing and drawing: Dan Allon
Editor: Rutu Modan
Graphic design: Michal Saar
Thanks: Shimon & Miryam Allon, Mariana and Leo Zanetti, Eran Inbar, Rutu Modan, Tadeusz Wolenski
The realization of this project was made possible with the funding and assistance of the National Library in Jerusalem
Handful of Memories, graphic novel, ink on paper, 104 pages, Hebrew, 2014
Synopsis
Shortly after a ruthless terror attack in town in 2002, Shlomi, the youngest son of the family, mourns the passing of his beloved mother in a unique way: He decides to prove his father, a cook with very little business sense, that he could save the family restaurant by winning a reality show, with the aid of his stubborn grandmother’s recipe. On his way to fulfilling his dream, he starts working in a local brothel and falls in love with a young working girl.
Writing and drawing: Dan Allon
Editors: Nechama Baruch & Uri Mor
Graphic design: Avisar Goldman
Photos: Omer Faragi
Thanks: Shimon & Miryam Allon, Amiram Avrutzky, Sami Berdugo, Nimrod Rappoport, Giora Sadeh, Chef Rafi Cohen, Hilla Alpert, Nissim Krispel, Michal Korman, Avital Globerman
The printing of this book was made possible by the Israeli Lottory Fund
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Cecil's Last Chance, a graphic novel, acrylic on paper, 36 page, Hebrew, 2009
Synopsis
Cecil, a young lab technician at a local hospital, suffers from a chronic skin disease contracted in childhood. Lonely and isolated, he discovers by chance that his condition can be cured by the urine of a specific elderly patient. Confronted with this possibility, he faces a moral dilemma: can he accept a normal life at the expense of another’s daily sacrifice?
Photos: Avraham Cornfeld
Plumbing issues, a graphic novel, ink on paper, 32 pages, Hebrew, 2013
Synopsis
A struggling artist searching for a new medium is inspired by his young cousin Lili. He obtains paint from a gay couple, who mistakenly believe he is hitting on them. In retaliation, one attempts to infect him with an STD, while his uncle accuses him of corrupting Lili’s morals—escalating the chaos even further.
Story and Drawing: Dan Allon
Photos: Shay Dashevsky
Hysteric Behavior, 3 graphic novels and 3 original short stories, ink on paper, 36 pages, Hebrew, 2010
Synopsis
Inspired by Roy Porter’s Madmen: A Social History of Madhouses, Mad-Doctors and Lunatics, Allon created a self-drawn anthology of “medical cases” of madness. The graphic novels adapt six different stories, including works by Israeli authors Etgar Keret and Shoham Smith, as well as short narratives overheard in his doctor’s waiting room, blending personal observation with literary sources.
Stories: Etgar Keret, Shoham Smith & Dan Allon
Drawings: Dan Allon