As every sci-fi buff knows, fantasy auteur Tim Burton brings an eye like no other to his visually sumptuous movies. Art lovers in New York will get a chance to view the filmmaker's non-cinematic wares starting in November, when an exhibition of Burton's work goes on display at The Museum of Modern Art.
Slated to run Nov. 22 through April 26, Tim Burton will include more than 700 drawings, storyboards, costumes, puppets and paintings, including the untitled watercolor and pastel alien portrait, pictured above, created during preproduction for Mars Attacks!
In a MoMA statement, exhibition curator Ron Magliozzi said: "There is no other living filmmaker possessing Tim Burton’s level of accomplishment and reputation whose full body of work has been so well hidden from public view. Seeing so much that was previously inaccessible in a museum context should serve to fuel renewed appreciation and fresh appraisal of this much-admired artist.”
In addition to art pieces related to such Burton hits as Batman, Sweeney Todd and Edward Scissorhands, the MoMA exhibition will include lesser-known oddities including 1984's Frankenweenie.
Image courtesy The Museum of Modern Art © 2009 Tim Burton
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