Roman Genn

By LatAm ARTE

Genn was born in Moscow, in 1972, in the middle of the Cold War. He quickly assessed the political reality of his country and, at age 5, began collaborating with the communist regime by drawing propaganda posters for his kindergarten class, including "Thank you, Comrade Brezhnev, for our happy childhood." This work earned him extra food, cool toys, and soft toilet paper. In his teens, ungrateful for his free education and Soviet healthcare, a greedy and unpatriotic Genn began drawing a series of reactionary cartoons critical of the Soviet government and system. At first, these attempts were nothing more than a teenage ploy to gain cheap popularity and a way to look good in front of girls. However, later, when he attempted to sell these works on the streets of Moscow, there were many unpleasant encounters with police officers. The administration of the Moscow Art School, who had been foolish enough to admit this, reprimanded him. It was time for him to leave the Homeland and, thanks to the kindness of strangers, Genn landed in Los Angeles in 1991, where he lives and thrives. Since achieving the American dream (owning a car wash or body shop) was out of Genn's reach, he had to stoop to selling his cartoons to the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street. Journal”, “Washington Post”, “Chicago Tribune”, “Baltimore Sun”, “New York Daily News”, “International Herald Tribune”, “Newsday”, “Newsweek”, “Harper-Collins”, “Penguin Group”, “Saatchi & Saatchi”, “TV Guide”, “Barron's”, “The American Lawyer” and many others. Genn is a contributing editor to The National Review, and one of his most scandalous Clinton-era covers sparked protests in the streets of New York and Washington, D.C., as well as a New York Times article and a "debate" by CNN Crossfire on the topic of freedom of expression in cartoons and cartoons. Genn proudly accepts the title “The Attack Dog Buckley Unleashed on Mankind” from the great David Levine of the New York Review of Books. Sent to Moscow by the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Newsday to cover the 1996 Russian presidential election, Genn had to be rescued by his sponsors after Moscow police realized he was in trouble. new to your jurisdiction. In the years 2000-2002, the Los Angeles Times published Genn's biweekly article, "The Gallery by Roman Genn," where he turned his pen to the unsuspecting citizens of this great metropolis. The ethnic grievance industry regularly draws attention to Genn's modest performances on news networks and television shows, such as ABC's "Nightline," CBS' 60 Minutes, CNN's "Crossfire" and NBC's "Dateline," among others. . Genn's caricatures have appeared in several personal and group exhibitions. In 2006, James Gray Gallery first presented his “Sic transit Gloria Mundi” oil paintings, which paid tribute to the genius of the white elders, the only group who stoically resisted the abuse and humiliation of Genn's poison pencil.

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