Louisville's Courier-Journal Front Page Completely Drawn By Artist

The Courier-Journal of Louisville handed over its front page Friday to Turkish artist Serkan Ozkaya, who created a hand-drawn replica of the newspaper's front page.

The paper says it is part of a "public art partnership" it has entered into with Ozkaya and nonprofit organization artwithoutwalls.

From the Courier-Journal:

Ozkaya said his art is intended to make people "look at your experience in a new way."

Courier-Journal publisher Arnold Garson said the project intrigued him because it can generate discussion, and because it points out how art is a valuable part of everyday life.

"It is about starting the thought process, which is what art is about," Garson said. "It makes you stop and think.

"We are in the business of communication. This is just another way of doing that," he added. "I hope it's exciting, surprising to our readers."

Watch Ozkaya work in this slideshow or view the full cover below, embedded via DocStoc:

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Comments

[Bingolong]

03:01 PM on 04/12/2009

While the masses move toward the Internet, they decided to regress back in time ?
Let me guess, GM is coming out with a new "Green" horse drawn carriage too.

[larry278]

11:42 PM on 04/10/2009

Louisville's Courier-Journal is a Gannett paper. There are people in Louisville who get the Lexington, Ky paper because the C-J is dreck now. It is strange but, a few years ago, when a local family owned the C-J; it was Ky's best paper. The Lexington Herald-Leader changed owners; now it's Ky's best paper. Many years ago, in & before the 1960s, the H-L was a really lousy sheet. Since people in Ky like to gamble, I wonder what odds Ky bookies give for the C-J folding within 5 years.

[ChristopherAtom]

06:05 PM on 04/10/2009

I like it, I hope it draws more readership. No pun intended.

[Shaddup]

04:27 PM on 04/10/2009

Wow. Give this guy a medal just for the lettering. Also I notice it's a paper getting involved with a something local. What a novel idea.

[Tracy Hale]

03:14 PM on 04/10/2009

So cool!

[bklynnupe]

02:27 PM on 04/10/2009

This is why printed media is in trouble.

What's next, will they guess the weight of each subscriber to home delivery?
Nice, but who really cares?
They should be out getting reader more information on Dick Cheney’s “Papa Doc” style hit squads if you really want to impress me.

[msblkwidow]

01:46 PM on 04/10/2009

gives Art students hope.

[JimBozo]

04:06 PM on 04/11/2009

Kentucky Universities have been producing talented Art graduates for who knows how many decades, and the Courier Journal teams up with a Turkish artist? What's wrong with this picture?

[elcerritan]

12:56 PM on 04/10/2009

Love it!

[Bitsko]

12:37 PM on 04/10/2009

Interesting and cool, but the cover has obviously been traced, which is not exactly the same as "hand drawn" -- which by the way is a term that would be used by fifth graders, not a professional artist like Mr. Ozkaya.

[Kelly Lincoln]

12:16 PM on 04/10/2009

This is why the newspaper will not die. It will transform into an art form. a Hand Craft.

[iamnumba1]

11:41 AM on 04/10/2009

excellent work.

[therblig]

11:36 AM on 04/10/2009

that is just cool. at least there are some newspapers with innovative ideas.

[liminal67]

11:21 AM on 04/10/2009

That's great...

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