McNay Art Museum will present "Dreamland: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas," a 30th anniversary celebration of filmmaker Tim Burton’s 1993 stop-motion animated film.
In the exhibition, visitors can reacquaint themselves with Burton’s awkwardly charming cast that includes Oogie Boogie, Bone Crusher, and the beloved hero, Jack Skellington. They can also meet unusual characters created by artists from the McNay’s collection, including José Clemente Orozco Farías, Julie Heffernan, Eugene Berman, Marilyn Lanfear, Willem de Kooning, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Julie Speed, and others. Visitors can explore colorful and unfamiliar worlds found in large paintings and photographs by artists Paul Maxwell, Claudia Rogge, Robin Utterback, and Sandy Skoglund.
The small models (or maquettes) created for Burton’s iconic film will be in conversation with the range of artworks from the McNay collection, encouraging guests to imagine fantasy narratives of their own.
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Image information: Tim Burton, Jack Skellington and his dog, Zero, in Jack’s Tower from The Nightmare Before Christmas, 1993. Painted wood, metal, plastic, glass, paper, and Styrofoam, with fabric and found objects. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Gift of Robert L.B. Tobin.
McNay Art Museum will present "Dreamland: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas," a 30th anniversary celebration of filmmaker Tim Burton’s 1993 stop-motion animated film.
In the exhibition, visitors can reacquaint themselves with Burton’s awkwardly charming cast that includes Oogie Boogie, Bone Crusher, and the beloved hero, Jack Skellington. They can also meet unusual characters created by artists from the McNay’s collection, including José Clemente Orozco Farías, Julie Heffernan, Eugene Berman, Marilyn Lanfear, Willem de Kooning, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Julie Speed, and others. Visitors can explore colorful and unfamiliar worlds found in large paintings and photographs by artists Paul Maxwell, Claudia Rogge, Robin Utterback, and Sandy Skoglund.
The small models (or maquettes) created for Burton’s iconic film will be in conversation with the range of artworks from the McNay collection, encouraging guests to imagine fantasy narratives of their own.
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Image information: Tim Burton, Jack Skellington and his dog, Zero, in Jack’s Tower from The Nightmare Before Christmas, 1993. Painted wood, metal, plastic, glass, paper, and Styrofoam, with fabric and found objects. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Gift of Robert L.B. Tobin.
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