Comments on: UPA MOMA Exhibit, 1955 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/09/12/upa-moma-exhibit-1955/ The official blog of the new Chronicle book CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:08:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Jill McElmurry http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/09/12/upa-moma-exhibit-1955/#comment-1161 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:41:51 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/09/12/upa-moma-exhibit-1955/#comment-1161 Hey Amid, a note to say THANKS to you for your site and your interest in these people and this subject. The names and art are all so familiar and wonderful. Yay for you! Hey Amid, a note to say THANKS to you for your site and your interest in these people and this subject. The names and art are all so familiar and wonderful. Yay for you!

]]> by: Matthew Rose/ Paris, France http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/09/12/upa-moma-exhibit-1955/#comment-1152 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:54:56 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/09/12/upa-moma-exhibit-1955/#comment-1152 One has to wonder what effect this exhibition had on the generation of Pop Artists to come along in the 1960s. Putting cartoons in a museum must have blown away the Ab Ex artists and those struggling with the messy emotionalism of unbridled (or untethered) paint. Good find. Photos might provide some fodder for my own work. Thanks... One has to wonder what effect this exhibition had on the generation of Pop Artists to come along in the 1960s. Putting cartoons in a museum must have blown away the Ab Ex artists and those struggling with the messy emotionalism of unbridled (or untethered) paint. Good find. Photos might provide some fodder for my own work. Thanks…

]]> by: Marc Crisafulli http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/09/12/upa-moma-exhibit-1955/#comment-1151 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:26:26 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/09/12/upa-moma-exhibit-1955/#comment-1151 Awesome. Dig that cel from "The Jaywalker" and that early design of Waldo! Awesome. Dig that cel from “The Jaywalker” and that early design of Waldo!

]]> by: Michael Sporn http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/09/12/upa-moma-exhibit-1955/#comment-1150 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:13:46 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/09/12/upa-moma-exhibit-1955/#comment-1150 Thanks for the post. These photos are priceless. I wonder if the museum has a more elaborate set of photos. They usually record everything for their archives. Thanks for the post. These photos are priceless. I wonder if the museum has a more elaborate set of photos. They usually record everything for their archives.

]]> by: Robert Schaad http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/09/12/upa-moma-exhibit-1955/#comment-1149 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:32:26 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/09/12/upa-moma-exhibit-1955/#comment-1149 Wow, Amid! These are fantastic images. Makes one wish for the proverbial time machine... Wow, Amid! These are fantastic images. Makes one wish for the proverbial time machine…

]]> by: Amid http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/09/12/upa-moma-exhibit-1955/#comment-1148 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:56:06 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/09/12/upa-moma-exhibit-1955/#comment-1148 <b>Steve</b>: Suprisingly some of the artwork I see in these photos still exists today. I guess since they had had it mounted and exhibited, they kept better care of some of these pieces. I remember scanning in one of the Magoo pages up on display from Mike Glad. I'll try to dig through my scans and see if I can pull it out. <b>Ward</b>: It was a tough decision, but these photos aren't in the book. There were so many amazing shots of the artists at work in the studio that we decided to focus on them instead of showing museum photos. But that's why there's this blog...to share things that I can't fit into other projects. Steve: Suprisingly some of the artwork I see in these photos still exists today. I guess since they had had it mounted and exhibited, they kept better care of some of these pieces. I remember scanning in one of the Magoo pages up on display from Mike Glad. I’ll try to dig through my scans and see if I can pull it out.

Ward: It was a tough decision, but these photos aren’t in the book. There were so many amazing shots of the artists at work in the studio that we decided to focus on them instead of showing museum photos. But that’s why there’s this blog…to share things that I can’t fit into other projects.

]]> by: Ward http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/09/12/upa-moma-exhibit-1955/#comment-1147 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:20:42 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/09/12/upa-moma-exhibit-1955/#comment-1147 Now THIS is the way to exhibit animation! What a great set up. Too bad these aren't in color. That would've been very cool to see how color played a big part in this exhibit. Many thanks for posting these, Amid! Are we to assume that these will be featured in your new UPA book? (By the way, I still need to order that....) Now THIS is the way to exhibit animation! What a great set up. Too bad these aren’t in color. That would’ve been very cool to see how color played a big part in this exhibit. Many thanks for posting these, Amid! Are we to assume that these will be featured in your new UPA book? (By the way, I still need to order that….)

]]> by: Stephen Worth http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/09/12/upa-moma-exhibit-1955/#comment-1146 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:36:48 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/09/12/upa-moma-exhibit-1955/#comment-1146 In the Magoo photo, the panel on the right consists of Hubley redesigns of Magoo done about the time of Barefaced Flatfoot. I have a stack of sketches that are very similar to these. Great post! In the Magoo photo, the panel on the right consists of Hubley redesigns of Magoo done about the time of Barefaced Flatfoot. I have a stack of sketches that are very similar to these. Great post!

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