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A Dream For Disney Fans
The ACMI’s upcoming exhibition allows visitors to delve into the behind-the-scenes magic of some of our favourite animated movies.
While currently housing the immensely popular Tim Burton: The Exhibition, the ACMI is already gearing up for a major new exhibition which will celebrate over 70 years of Disney animation.
ACMI Director Tony Sweeney has announced that Dreams Come True: The Art of Disney's Classic Fairy Tales, will be coming to the ACMI direct from the US this November.
Conceived by John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer at Disney/Pixar Animation Studios, as a cultural gift to the people of post-Katrina New Orleans, the exhibition features over 600 original artworks, maquettes and animation cells from Disney's much-loved movies.
The exhibition includes early conceptual and creative artworks from legendary features including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and The Princess and the Frog.
"Visitors of all ages will love seeing their favourite Disney characters as they were first imagined, seen through the creative process of the talented artists who transformed the works from idea to reality," Sweeney says.
Beautiful concept art, background paintings, and character designs by influential Disney artists will be accompanied by film clips to demonstrate how the artworks are brought to life as celluloid masterpieces.
The Melbourne exhibition will feature new exhibits on first display, including exclusive artworks from Disney's upcoming feature film, Tangled (pictured), an adaptation of the classic Rapunzel fairy tale which is set to be released in Australia in January 2011.
Dreams Come True: The Art of Disney's Classic Fairy Tales will be on show at the ACMI from 18 November, 2010 to 2 April, 2011. More information will be released closer to the exhibition opening on the ACMI website.