Mary Blair Exhibit-SF
 

Via boingboing

The Art and Flair of Mary Blair

October 27, 2007 - March 18, 2008

"Mention the name Mary Blair, and few will recognize it. But say she designed 'Alice In Wonderland,' the 'It's A Small World' ride at Disneyland, and painted many of the most popular Little Golden Books, and people will 'Oh yeah!' in recognition. Few others working in animation in the '40s and '50s were as innovative, interesting, and accessible as Mary Blair. Through her unique color styling and graphically strong shape language, her work pushed animation design in a different direction towards a more evocative, suggested feeling of the subject matter.

"Blair's work is decidedly not realistic, but it evokes powerful emotions in the audience. Her sense of color defies logical explanation, yet somehow feels emotionally perfect. No wonder Walt Disney loved her work. Like animation itself, her paintings were a caricature of real life; more intensely evocative of the thing than the thing itself."

--Pete Docter, Director of "Monsters, Inc.," Pixar Animation Studios



This looks pretty cool. It is at the Cartoon Museum. They also have a Edward Gorey Exhibit going on.

Hmm... I think I owe my dad a visit :)

Oooh! How did I not know about this until now?

I'm SO going next weekend! Hopefully I can take pics and report!

FEJ, many thanks!

Thanks FEJ!! Maybe I can make it out there next weekend!

I hadn't heard about it. I'm not the biggest Mary Blair fan but it would probably be a good social outing for me.

Given the storming weather we're supposed to have, I may not brave a MUNI/BART trip to the exhibit this weekend.

I'll hope for better weather in the next week or so.

Let me know when you plan to go. I have such a jones to get back to San Francisco that I can hardly contain myself.

San Fran is only an hour away for me!! You guys should come up!:D

Prolly next weekend, weather permitting!

Ugh, next weekend's impossible for me.


Don't delay on my account, but if you could wait until the following weekend (Jan 19, 20), I would seriously consider coming up.

I'm sure I can go more than once, but, I can also wait!

ok, lemme look into coming up ... um, were you going to go this weekend (i.e, tomorrow or Sunday)? Because I probably could not tell if I can get to SF for the 19/20 weekend till Monday or so.

Oh darn it all! I'll be in San Fran in April!! Color me irritated!

iSm, you & who ever can stay at my apt in San Jose(if you don't mind the hour drive to San Fran). I would love to see her artwork.:cool:

iSm, I'm dealying until I know when you are coming on up, so it will be a Mary Blair mini-swanking (Belleh, you too and maybe Libraryvixen?)

i'll try to check flight prices tomorrow. If i take BART into the City from the airport, is there public transport of somesort to Snowflake vicinity. And, oh yeah, any reasonably priced hotels nearish you??

I will wait until iSm comes up. :cool: A mini Swank meet!!

Sorry folks, my Christmas bills just came in and it's time for some serious belt-tightening. No travel for me.


My apologies for any inconvenience in delaying anyone's visit to the exhibit.

I might go to WonderCon in February. This might be a stop for me. (wishing, wishing, wishing!)

iSm, no apologies necessary. It's your smiling face and sparkling personality I will miss seeing in my fair city. But, you've got until March 18th, too! :)

Okay, weather permitting, I'll be going soon! (and I will post non-flash pics if they're allowed) It's raining again.

Oh, hurumph, I will definitely be up before March 18. I am seriously considering relocating, and need to spend more time in the fair city.