Tim Burton
On my trip to the Museum of Modern Art we went to the Tim Burton exhibition. In the exhibition there was a large variety of different mediums. I noticed his works are very creative and detailed. I discovered he is not limited to types of mediums because his works showed he can work with almost anything. Some of the mediums I noticed that he uses are water color paints, acrylic, oil, pencil sketches, clay, ink, colored pencils, crayon, markers, pastels and many others. He also experiments with all sorts of paper, and canvases. His work can be in black and white or contain a large variety of colors. His work varies from simple yet creative to very complicated. When I was walking through the exhibit I noticed that he isn’t afraid to work with different tools. Three pieces of work that he did that really stood out for me was the Blue Girl with Wine. I also really liked his painting of The Green Man. I also liked his works of Edward Scissorhands.
In the painting the Blue Girl with Wine, I really liked the colors he used which were red, black, white, orange, yellow and blue. It was a very strong painting that really stood out. He made this painting in 1997, out of oil paints on canvas. I really liked the composition of this painting and the girl seems very mysterious and just like all of his works out of the ordinary. She has scars everywhere and the bottle of wine she is drinking has the hazard symbol on it.
The painting of The Green Man was done around the same time frame as the Blue Girl with Wine. The difference is that he used both Oil and acrylic paints on the canvas. It was very out of the ordinary and the man was also scarred. This painting seemed like Tim Burton used a lot more colors than the last on. I also really like the background of this painting. It was light around the green man but it got darker as it was away from him.
Also I really liked the drawing of Edward scissor hands he made. This picture alone was made up of Ink, Crayon, Colored pencil, and correction fluid on paper. I really liked the mysterious look of Edward in this picture. This picture had a lot of scribble looking lines. Certain parts of the picture like the hand lack detail. But other part, such as the face has lots of details and is very dark. This artwork was very mysterious and I got the impression of Edward that he seems alone and very unhappy which is the same feeling I experienced from the movie.
Tim Burton’s exhibit was very nice and inspiring. I never realized how much work he did and how creative he is. I definitely wish to see more of his future works. Tim Burton is an inspiring artist that works with many different mediums to create beautiful popular art work.
Artur Kazak | Akwebstudio
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