The Last of Its Kind
His films are cult classics: Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland. Less well known, but no less relevant, is the artwork that Tim Burton creates outside of Hollywood. His drawings and paintings, poems and short stories delight his fans just as much as his adventures on the silver screen. In the spirit of Surrealism, Burton playfully blends elements from popular culture–cartoons, comic books and B-movies, as well as gothic culture. This catalogue affords fascinating insight into the bizarre, magical imagination of this exceptional multimedia artist. And like the title of his new film, these pictures leave the viewer in amazement, inspired, with Big Eyes.
Specific areas on the cover were printed with night luminous color such as the typography, logos and the illustrated head. The luminous elements charge with light so that they glow in the dark. Furthermore, the cover is enriched with partial UV coated drawings from one of Burton’s illustrations.
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Client: Max Ernst Mueseum Brühl des LVR
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Art Direction: Pascal Tedjagutomo
Graphic Design: Denise Hoffmeister, Ulrich Pohl
Photography: Manuel Ernst
