Karim Saab was one of the most important editors of the artists’ publication ANSCHLAG, which was first printed in 1983 in Leipzig. Trained as a librarian in Leipzig, Saab later pursued a university degree in theology in Naumburg during the 1970s, becoming politically engaged during the 1980s, initiating the group Hoffnung Nicaragua. Around the time of the fall of the regime, he left the GDR and since 1992 has worked as a journalist in Potsdam.
Lembit Saarts was an Estonian artist. From 1942 to 1948 he studied at the Pallas Art School, which was later renamed the Tartu State Art Institute. He was a member of the Tartu Circle, and, like most other members, he was arrested in 1949 and sent to a prison camp in Jezkazgan in Kazakhstan. He was released in 1956. He then returned to Tartu, worked there as a drawing teacher, and became a member of the Estonian Artists' Union. From 1966 to 1984, he also worked as an artist at the Experimental Repair Factory in Tartu.
Sculptor, autodidact. His carreer started at the beginning of the seventies. In his sculptures he redrafted folk objects and devices, adding tale- and ballad-related elements to the figures resembling idols or puppets. His favorite material was wood, but he often employed differents materials as well, like feather, stone, bone. From 1976 he created installations and environments as well. His most important exhibitions were the
Installation experiment in Műcsarnok, and his participation in the XLIII. Venice Biennial. His permanent exhibition is on view at Pécsvárad, in the Samu Géza Museum.
Painter, graphic artist. Graduated at the Hungarian Art Academy in 1974. In the middle of the seventies he was one of those young artists experimenting with a conceptual approach who regularly met in the Rózsa espresso. Since 1979 he lives in Eger.
Tadeusz Schaetzel (1891-1971) was a Polish army colonel, diplomat, politician, and activist of the Promethean Movement. He fought in the Polish Legions in World War I and held senior positions in the Polish military intelligence and foreign service. Member of Polish parliament in the 1930s. During World War II he was interned with Foreign Minister Józef Beck in Romania. From 1947 until his death, he lived in London where he co-founded the Józef Piłsudski Institute and revived the Promethean movement. He was also one of the activists of the League for Polish Independence, a Pilsudskiite political group in exile.
