Digital Art Show

The Art of Aardman at the Illustration Cupboard

15 May – 07 June 2008
22 Bury St, London, SW1Y 6AL

The Illustration Cupboard in association with Aardman Animations is delighted to present for the first time an exhibition of the original artwork by these world famous studios including Oscar winner Nick Park, Peter Lord and the Aardman Animations studio.

Aardman Animations’ films are now world famous, and the much-loved heroes Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep as well as the original claymation cult character Morph have all become household names.

Included will be original work by both Nick Park and Peter Lord with character studies, film storyboards and character development artwork. All artwork will be on view for at the gallery for enthusiasts and collectors to see and will be available for purchase offering enthusiasts an unmissable opportunity.

To further celebrate the launch of this exhibit, Aardman Animations and The Illustration Cupboard have produced unique giclée edition of the original Morph still photography. This edition will be limited to only 95 and each will be signed and numbered by creator, animator and Aardman founder member Peter Lord.

Aardman Animations was founded in 1976 by Peter Lord and David Sproxton. The first major commission for the studio was to produce animated sequences for the children’s art series Vision On with the popular animated clay character Morph. Nick Park’s subsequent Creature Comforts was the first Aardman production to win a first Academy Award Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 1990.

Nick Park also developed the now world-famous clay-modeled shorts featuring the adventures of two unlikely heroes Wallace and Gromit in A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave. The first won a BAFTA and the subsequent two both Oscars in 1993 and 1995 respectively. In 2000 Aardman Animations produced their first feature film Chicken Run, which was an international hit. This was followed in 1995 by Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit for which Aardman and Nick Park won a further Oscar. More recently the studio has had great success with its character Shaun the Sheep, the star of his own CBBC TV show.

Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 10am to 6pm
Saturday 12pm to 5pm

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