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Shaun Tan
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Keywords

Surrealism: Surrealism is an artistic movement with the goal of erasing all constraints on the mind, in order to achieve the unrestrained expression of subconscious thought. Surrealism renounced logic and realism; and overturned social and cultural conventions of the time. Encyclopædia Britannica. (n.d.). Surrealism. Britannica School. https://school-eb-com-au.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/levels/middle/article/Surrealism/313741 

Alienation: In psychology, the feeling of being estranged or separated from one’s culture, environment, family, peer group, or self. Sufferers are usually unhappy and uncertain, often turning to alternative ways of life in search of meaning. Encyclopædia Britannica. (n.d.). Alienation,. Britannica School. https://school-eb-com-au.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/levels/middle/article/Alienation/316065

Film and TV Influences

Brazil (film, 1985)

Yellow Submarine (film, 1968)

Tim Burton (film producer/director)

Stanley Kubrick (film producer/director)

Ridley Scott (film producer/director)

The Twilight Zone (series, 1959)

Art and Literature Influences

Francis Bacon (painter)

Raymond Briggs (author, artist)

Ron Brooks (author, illustrator)

Frederic Clement (artist)

Joseph Cornell (artist)

Shaun Tan Explains his Drawing Process


HCBoz. (2013). Shaun Tan explains his drawing process -- The 'Extras' for Rules of Summer [online video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5etuXDP3xc4

Bunyips and Dragons | Shaun Tan


NGV Melbourne. (2015). Bunyips and Dragons | Shaun Tan [online video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klM366mH5CQ

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