Alice's Warped Wonderland

Everybody's talking about Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland which opens today. No doubt Burton's warped sensibility lends itself well to a modern day interpretation of Lewis Carroll's psychedelic classic, but there's another artist of note who has been inspired by the surrealistic text as well. Camille Rose Garcia's "Disney gone wrong style" updates the tall tale in a wonderful post-punk way in a new edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Harper Collins Design). If you're lucky enough to live in the Los Angeles area, you can see the original drawings as well as others inspired by the book at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery (170 S. La Brea) opening March 6 through the 27th. In the exhibit, titled "Down The Rabbit Hole," Garcia continues to explore Wonderland with her distinctive artwork, by picking up where the book leaves off.