Amsterdam Expo is rolling out the red carpet, but not for the kind of celebrities you may be expecting.
Step aside, Angelina. Out of the way Johnny Depp. 'Cause the stars of Pixar just rolled up!
Starting May 30, all your favorite characters from such Pixar classics as Up, Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and Wall-E will be on display at the Pixar: 25 Years of Animation Art Exhibition. More than 500 pieces of art from the archives of Pixar Animation Studios in California will be on display through 27 October.
The international exhibition includes the seven-minute-long documentary The Making-of Monsters University. Just in time to celebrate the Dutch release of Monsters University on 10 June.
Though it may seem odd for computer animation to warrant its own exhibition in a museum, just a quick visit to the event page on the Amsterdam Expo website makes it obvious what fine art goes into creating these films that we all love so dearly. As John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer at Pixar says "Computers don’t create computer animation any more than a pencil creates pencil animation. What creates computer animation is the artist."
The exhibition is based on the three essential aspects of making a Pixar film: Character, Story, and World. Two media installations will also be featured - The Artscape, original drawings by Pixar artists in more traditional mediums than what we associate with Pixar, such as pastels, charcoal, and gouache; and The Toy Story Zoetrope, of which you can see a sneak peak below.
Coming right from a stint in Hamburg, Germany, the exhibition is making its way around the world, having already gone through the US, the UK, Japan, Australia, Finland, Korea, Mexico, Taiwan, Singapore, China, and Italy.
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