NYAB Event - Brian Selznick "Wonderstruck in the Panorama"

Brian Selznick "Wonderstruck in the Panorama"

Queens Museum of Art

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Wonderstruck in the Panorama: Drawings by Brian Selznick parallels the preparation of the author/illustrator’s latest novel with the construction of the Panorama of the City of New York scale model at the Queens Museum of Art, a mythical location steeped in nostalgia. From its beginnings as the main attraction at the New York City Pavilion in the 1964-65 World’s Fair to its contemporary role as a crowd pleasing destination for museum visitors of all ages, the Panorama has served as muse, impetus for reflection, and an idyllic escape. For Brian Selznick, bestselling children’s book author, artist, and Caldecott Award Winner, it proved to be a locus of memory and he cast the Panorama as a leading character in Wonderstruck, released by Scholastic Inc. on September 13, 2011. In conjunction with the release of the book, and marking the culmination of an ongoing collaboration with Selznick, the Queens Museum of Art presents Wonderstruck in the Panorama: Drawings by Brian Selznick, featuring 35 drawings, maquettes, sketches and storyboards that so magically capture the expanse of the Panorama, the experience of viewing it, and the process of writing about it. Wonderstruck in the Panorama: Drawings by Brian Selznick is being exhibited on the walls overlooking the Panorama with original model artifacts and photographs documenting the design/construction process by the great architectural model makers Raymond Lester Associates, in the three years before the opening of the fair.

Wonderstruck in the Panorama: Drawings by Brian Selznick is curated by Louise Weinberg, Collections Manager.

Wonderstruck in the Panorama: Drawings by Brian Selznick is supported in part by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts.