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(News Release)
Lead Guitarist from Metallica Brings Coveted Cinema Art
Collection to the ROM
TORONTO -- It’s Alive! Classic Horror and Sci-Fi Art from the Kirk
Hammett Collection makes its Canadian debut at the Royal Ontario Museum in July
2019.
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett holds one of the most significant
archives of classic horror and sci-fi cinema art in the world.
This
multisensory exhibition presents an international selection of original pieces
that Hammett has amassed over three decades, including rare film posters,
artwork, props, and costumes that explore the connection between artistry,
emotion, and the dark side of popular culture.
It’s Alive! Classic Horror and Sci-Fi Art from the Kirk Hammett
Collection is organized by the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM), Salem,
Massachusetts.
WHEN: July 13, 2019
through to January 5, 2020
WHO: Kirk Hammett
is the lead guitarist for the multiple Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band
Metallica, formed in Los Angeles in 1981 and currently on tour. A
self-proclaimed horror fanatic, Hammett attributes his life-long fascination
with the genre as the inspiration for his musical creativity.
WHERE: Royal
Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. Level 4, Roloff Beny Gallery
ROM
Members see it free
Famous guitarist Kirk Hammett, of the heavy metal band
Metallica, has created one of the world’s most extraordinary collections of
classic horror and sci-fi movie posters. This exhibition explores Hammett’s
significant collection and examines the connection between artistry, emotion,
and popular culture through a selection of works from 20th-century cinema.
It’s Alive! Classic Horror and Sci-Fi Art from the Kirk
Hammett Collection is organized by the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem,
Massachusetts.
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From: Josslyn Johnstone, ROM Communications
jjohnstone@rom.on.ca
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