Last night I got to accompany a friend to a party and sneak preview at the MoMA in honor of the Tim Burton
retrospective that opens to the public on November 22nd. There are no words. Okay, a few, which could not begin to do him justice: quirky, creepy, wacky, whimsical, definitive, bizarre, macabre, imaginative, unparalleled, otherworldly ... nope. The man defies description. The exhibit displays his dark humor and widespread vision by leading the viewer from his early years of alienation in Burbank, CA, through sketches and drafts of his work on films like
Mars Attacks!,
The Nightmare Before Christmas,
Edward Scissorhands, and more. His body of work is a visionary masterpiece far from completion: Burton's upcoming adaptation of
Alice in Wonderland has fans of the filmmaker and the classic tale waiting with bated breath.
I could go on and on about the pitch-black room displaying his blacklit sculpture and velvet paintings, or the candy cane-nosed witch of his adaptation of Hansel and Gretel (previously screened just once), or his illustrated volumes of poetry, but ... you should see for yourself. I plan to. Again.
Last night I got to accompany a friend to a party and sneak preview at the MoMA in honor of the Tim Burton retrospective that opens to the public on November 22nd. There are no words. Okay, a few, which could not begin to do him justice: quirky, creepy, wacky, whimsical, definitive, bizarre, macabre, imaginative, unparalleled, otherworldly ... nope. The man defies description. The exhibit displays his dark humor and widespread vision by leading the viewer from his early years of alienation in Burbank, CA, through sketches and drafts of his work on films like Mars Attacks!, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, and more. His body of work is a visionary masterpiece far from completion: Burton's upcoming adaptation of Alice in Wonderland has fans of the filmmaker and the classic tale waiting with bated breath.
I could go on and on about the pitch-black room displaying his blacklit sculpture and velvet paintings, or the candy cane-nosed witch of his adaptation of Hansel and Gretel (previously screened just once), or his illustrated volumes of poetry, but ... you should see for yourself. I plan to. Again.
1 comment:
SO COOL. i want full details soon.
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