Tim Burton at The MOMA

When I visited the MOMA in New York City this past year, it was the first major museum experience that I had. I was very impressed with the variety of exhibits that the museum had to offer and I found it very interesting. Besides the Marina Abramovic exhibit which I already discussed, there were many other interesting exhibits. My favorite by far was the Tim Burton exhibit. The exhibit included his early childhood drawings and his other visual creations up until this point in his career. It also included paintings, photographs, moving image works, storyboards, puppets, costumes, and cinematic ephemera from such films as Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman, Mars Attacks!, Ed Wood, and Beetlejuice, and from his little-known personal projects. It really made me appreciate Burton's work a lot more. He not only creates unbelievably unique films, but he is a skilled drawer and painter and he is the true mastermind behind the unique characters that have become synonymous with his films such as The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, and Edward Scissor Hands.