This engaging traveling exhibition celebrate Mary Shelley who was 17 years old when she began writing ‘Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus’. On display are over 150 vintage Frankenstein-themed toys, comic books, games, posters, photos, packaging, media and more from the 1960’s to the present. These items from SuperMonster市City! co-founder David Barnhill’s private collection, estimated to contain over 200,000 items. Specially commissioned original artworks created by artists from around the world are also on display.
Informative didactics recount the night that Mary Shelley conceived of the Frankenstein story and the influence of her creative contemporaries, and follow the evolution of her ‘Creature’ in pop culture over the past 200 years!
First published in 1818, Shelley’s novel is a complex tale of the quest to create life, of wrenching emotional loss, and of a bloody rampage of revenge. The novel also explores the pursuit of knowledge and the longing for love and acceptance from the perspective of a misunderstood outsider. Films, games, and pop culture parodies have helped her iconic Creature remain relevant for 200 years.
Scholars consider Frankenstein the first science fiction novel in part for its examination of the tension between science and natural laws, as well as the unintended consequences of a living science experiment turning against its creator. This exhibit is designed for smaller spaces and budgets.
Opening Night of ‘Mary Shelley and Her Monster’
EXHIBITION DETAILS
Mary Shelley and Her Monster: 200 Years of Frankenstein includes:
- 10 original artworks and digital prints created for this project by artists from around the world
- 30 vintage comic books, posters and photos of Frankenstein from popular culture
- 150 Frankenstein-themed vintage toys, figures, models, trading cards, games and packaging from the 1960’s to the present
- Media files containing film trailers, television commercials, and more (monitors not included)
- Narrative didactics present an overview of Frankenstein as well as profiles of author Mary Shelley, her contemporaries poets Percy Shelley and Lord Byron, actor Boris Karloff and make-up artist Jack Pierce, and director James Whale who realized the iconic Universal Studios version of the creature, and more!
- Venues will receive a sample press release and photos, registrar’s packet, object label files.
- Display cases not included
- Onsite installation team from SMC (travel expenses not included in fee)
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- SPACE REQUIREMENTS: Exhibition scales from 750 – 1,500 square feet and requires a minimum 50 running feet wall space
- FEES: $18,000 for 12 weeks; $1,000/week for additional weeks; plus shipping, insurance, and onsite installation team expenses
- SHIPPING: (1) 42″ x 52″ pallet weighing less than 500 pounds
- INSURANCE: $50,000 coverage required in transit and on location
MERCHANDISE: Merchandise is provided upon request with the proceeds split with the venue. Unsold items are returned to SuperMonster市City! at no cost to the venue.
BOOK: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the original 1818 text and original artworks from around the world. A new publication celebrating the 200th anniversary of the first publication.
BOOK: The Frankenstein Companion, a photo book featuring selected artworks from the exhibition, additional original artworks, photos of Frankenstein inspired vintage toys, comic books, games, posters, packaging and more from the 1960’s to the present.
More Fun! T-shirts, posters, jigsaw puzzles & board games featuring monsters, superheroes, and villains