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FEJ · 12-31-2007, 10:30 AM

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.

12-31-2007, 10:30 AM	#1
FEJ Living Now Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 563	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.
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