The result is works like preliminary drawings of his better-known children’s books including In the Night Kitchen and the “Nutshell Library” series, but also pieces that were particularly important to Sendak, like a drawing of his dog Jennie that appeared in the book Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or There Must Be More to Life. Weinberg had known Sendak since childhood, and he brings a uniquely intimate perspective to the exhibition. The artist and art historian serves as curator of The Maurice Sendak Foundation, which created the touring exhibition with the Columbus Museum of Art. “I want people to realize that he’s a great artist.” “It bothered him that people would only know Wild Things when he had such an extraordinary range,” says Jonathan Weinberg, the exhibition’s guest curator. The exhibition includes 150 sketches, storyboards and paintings, ranging from children’s books to design concepts for theater productions. “Wild Things Are Happening: The Art of Maurice Sendak,” at the Columbus Museum of Art through March 5, is the first retrospective of the artist’s work since his death in 2012. There’s no denying that the wildly popular children’s book Where the Wild Things Are, by author and artist Maurice Sendak, is a pop-culture icon. It is an image that is familiar to, well, pretty much everyone. Special Announcement: "Wild Things Are Happening: The Art of Maurice Sendak" will be extended through Sunday, March 19.Ī group of fanged monsters frolic through the woods alongside a little boy wearing a crown.
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