Going 'down the rabbit hole' at the Disney Museum

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Going 'down the rabbit hole' at the Disney Museum

The Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio of San Francisco is showcasing works by lowbrow artist Camille Rose Garcia and her Alice in Wonderland inspired pieces.

The Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio of San Francisco is showcasing works by lowbrow artist Camille Rose Garcia and her Alice in Wonderland inspired pieces.

On view from May 9th to November 3rd, 2013, the exhibition features some 40 works by Garcia alongside ten Alice in Wonderland concept paintings by Disney artist Mary Blair from the Museum’s collection.

Since its publication in 1865, Lewis Carroll’s Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has been re-interpreted visually in a wide-range of artistic styles and media, including as an animated Walt Disney film in 1951. Over half a century later, Garcia has updated the classic with her distinctive illustrations that capture a young girl’s surreal adventures after following a rabbit down a hole.

Garcia’s illustrations not only draw from a Goth sensibility, but also the thriving “low-brow art” movement in Los Angeles and its references to classic cartoons, 60’s TV sitcoms, rock music, and comic books. However, in keeping with Lewis’s intended audience, the illustrations retain the animation quality of the Disney film that continues to appeal to all generations.

She also drew inspiration from John Tenniel who was the artist who illustrated Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

“I though I’d do it as sort of an homage to Tenniel, and also Walt Disney,” said Garcia. “I used his (Walt Disney) Alice in Wonderland animation for the color reference, and I used the Tenniel illustrations for an overall compositional reference.”

For more information, visit WaltDisney.org

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The Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio of San Francisco is showcasing works by lowbrow artist Camille Rose Garcia and her Alice in Wonderland inspired pieces.

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