Cartoon Brew: Preview: Remixing the Magic

February 14, 2006

Preview: Remixing the Magic

REMIXING THE MAGIC opens this Friday, February 17, at Gallery 1988 (7020 Melrose Ave., corner of Melrose & La Brea). Opening reception is 7-10pm. The exhibit features the work of fifty contemporary artists, including many animation folk, reinterpreting Disney characters and films. Jerry mentioned this show on the Brew last weekend, and now we're offering an exclusive preview of a few of the pieces that'll be on display.

Show co-curator Jon Gibson tells the Brew, "The most amazing part of this show is the broadness of the theme—some artists went all-out theatrical classics, while others dug into the vault of Disney shorts, while others, like Biskup, did Disneyland. There's even an Oswald piece!" Personally, I think there's a great symbolic quality to this show as well: artists are reclaiming classic animated characters that have for too long been slumming it as corporate symbols. The timing of the show couldn't be more appropriate considering that in the past month artists have begun reclaiming the Disney studio as well and helping to set it on the right path again.

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