In May of this year, Tim Burton's retrospective debuted at LACMA charting his extraordinary talents from his reclusive days as a teenager in prosaic Burbank to current day where he is acclaimed as one of the most successful film directors.
Burton's talents span numerous modes and modalities and his work has been prolific. The costumes for his films such as Edward Scissorhands, Alice in Wonderland and Batman have allowed him and his collaborators to push the boundaries in all their respective areas of film making.
In September of 2009 Burton was invited by Harper's Bazaar to do a spread for Halloween which preceded the opening of his retrospective at the NY Met.
The images are of phantasmagorical creations by Armani, Oscar de la Renta, Balmain, Chanel and the list goes on that
are styled and imprinted with Burton's inimitable and unmistakable imprimatur.
Burton has the most wonderful and whimsical eye and crazily mashes and crashes colours and textures and silhouettes in a delightfully visual cacophonic symphony.
A true genius, the exhibition shares his writings, animation, live action films, sketches, costumes, puppets, storyboards, cartoons and ephemera. His witty and sophisticated humour is reflected in his work.
photos courtesy of Harper's Bazaar, Disney,
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