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Biography
Taking inspiration from popular culture, Tim Burton (American, b. 1958) has reinvented Hollywood genre filmmaking as an expression of personal vision, garnering for himself an international audience of fans and influencing a generation of young artists working in film, video, and graphics. This exhibition explores the full range of his creative work, tracing the current of his visual imagination from early childhood drawings through his mature work in film. The Tim Burton Exhibit brings together over seven hundred examples of rarely or never-before-seen drawings, paintings, photographs, moving image works, concept art, storyboards, puppets, maquettes, costumes, and cinematic ephemera. On display as well are unrealized and little-known personal projects that reveal his talent as an artist, illustrator, photographer, and writer working in the spirit of Pop Surrealism. The gallery exhibition is accompanied by a complete retrospective of Burton’s theatrical features and shorts, as well as a lavishly illustrated publication.
Tim Burton
ENTER THE MIND OF
TIM BURTON
11 W 53rd St, Between 5 & 6 Ave NYC, NY
HOURS
Sunday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Monday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Tuesday closed Wednesday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Thursday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. (Open until 8:45 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month and every Thursday in July and August) Friday 10:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m.–5
Drawings and Paintings
:30 p.m.
ADMISSION
Adults $20 Seniors (65 and over with ID) $16 Students (full-time with current ID) $12 Children (16 and under) Free
November 22 to April 26, 2010
Drawings and Paintings
The Collection
Though most of Tim Burton’s drawings and paintings are untitled, many are recognizable. This exhibit features some of the first concept drawings for Tim Burton films such as Mars Attacks!, Edward Scissorhands, Batman, and Beetlejuice, along with some concept schetches for films unrealized. To organize the less recognizable untitled artwork, the curators have classified the pieces into different collections or series. These series include the creature series, the Boy series, the clown series, the World of StainBoy collection, and the Romeo and Juliet collection. From November 22, 2009 to April 26, 2010, Burton has a retrospective at the MoMA in New York with over 700 “drawings, paintings, photographs, storyboards, moving-image works, puppets, maquettes, costumes, and cinematic ephemera,” including many from the filmmaker’s personal collection. The exhibit shows the artist beyond the movies, focusing on much of his early drawings and paintings, as well as the sketches that formed the basis of his movies. Included are early works such as his children’s book, The Giant Zlig, and some never-before-seen sketch books. Even when you leave the room full of recognizable movie images, some of Tim Burton’s painting and sketches still feel familiar. There are several blue girls with red hair that remind us of a Nightmare Before Christmas and the Corpse Bride.Influenced by the Mexican Day of the Dead and mysterious carnival-like images, Tim Burton’s art, like his movies, captures and recaptures us over and over again. The exhibit does a fine job or capturing the spirit of Tim Burton as we follow his progression from early childhood to the artist we know and love today.
Drawings and Paintings by Tim Burton in this brochure
Front Cover, clockwise from top left 1. Blue Girl with Wine c. 1997 2. Untitled (Ramone) 3. Untitled (Joker) 4. Untitled (creature series) Inside, from top left to bottom right: 1. Untitled (clown series) 2. Untitled (Romeo and Juliet collection) 3. Untitled (Trick or Treat) 4. Mars Attacks 5.. The Giant Zlig 6.Edward Scissorhands 7. Untitled (The World of StainBoy)
Taking inspiration from popular culture, Tim Burton (American, b. 1958) has reinvented Hollywood genre filmmaking as an expression of personal vision, garnering for himself an international audience of fans and influencing a generation of young artists working in film, video, and graphics. This exhibition explores the full range of his creative work, tracing the current of his visual imagination from early childhood drawings through his mature work in film. The Tim Burton Exhibit brings together over seven hundred examples of rarely or never-before-seen drawings, paintings, photographs, moving image works, concept art, storyboards, puppets, maquettes, costumes, and cinematic ephemera. On display as well are unrealized and little-known personal projects that reveal his talent as an artist, illustrator, photographer, and writer working in the spirit of Pop Surrealism. The gallery exhibition is accompanied by a complete retrospective of Burton’s theatrical features and shorts, as well as a lavishly illustrated publication.
Tim Burton
ENTER THE MIND OF
TIM BURTON
11 W 53rd St, Between 5 & 6 Ave NYC, NY
HOURS
Sunday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Monday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Tuesday closed Wednesday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Thursday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. (Open until 8:45 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month and every Thursday in July and August) Friday 10:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m.–5
Drawings and Paintings
:30 p.m.
ADMISSION
Adults $20 Seniors (65 and over with ID) $16 Students (full-time with current ID) $12 Children (16 and under) Free
November 22 to April 26, 2010
Drawings and Paintings
The Collection
Though most of Tim Burton’s drawings and paintings are untitled, many are recognizable. This exhibit features some of the first concept drawings for Tim Burton films such as Mars Attacks!, Edward Scissorhands, Batman, and Beetlejuice, along with some concept schetches for films unrealized. To organize the less recognizable untitled artwork, the curators have classified the pieces into different collections or series. These series include the creature series, the Boy series, the clown series, the World of StainBoy collection, and the Romeo and Juliet collection. From November 22, 2009 to April 26, 2010, Burton has a retrospective at the MoMA in New York with over 700 “drawings, paintings, photographs, storyboards, moving-image works, puppets, maquettes, costumes, and cinematic ephemera,” including many from the filmmaker’s personal collection. The exhibit shows the artist beyond the movies, focusing on much of his early drawings and paintings, as well as the sketches that formed the basis of his movies. Included are early works such as his children’s book, The Giant Zlig, and some never-before-seen sketch books. Even when you leave the room full of recognizable movie images, some of Tim Burton’s painting and sketches still feel familiar. There are several blue girls with red hair that remind us of a Nightmare Before Christmas and the Corpse Bride.Influenced by the Mexican Day of the Dead and mysterious carnival-like images, Tim Burton’s art, like his movies, captures and recaptures us over and over again. The exhibit does a fine job or capturing the spirit of Tim Burton as we follow his progression from early childhood to the artist we know and love today.
Drawings and Paintings by Tim Burton in this brochure
Front Cover, clockwise from top left 1. Blue Girl with Wine c. 1997 2. Untitled (Ramone) 3. Untitled (Joker) 4. Untitled (creature series) Inside, from top left to bottom right: 1. Untitled (clown series) 2. Untitled (Romeo and Juliet collection) 3. Untitled (Trick or Treat) 4. Mars Attacks 5.. The Giant Zlig 6.Edward Scissorhands 7. Untitled (The World of StainBoy)
