A few years ago, the opening line in a catalogue of a small McKean-exhibition in Barcelona block lettered: "Dave McKean es un volca" - "Dave McKean, a volcano". His production is indeed so powerful and unique, relating to volume, but also with regard to quality and diversity. McKean never stops, evolves continuously, renews and surprises always, pushing back the borders with light-years in every field he explores. Whereas he functioned as the guru of the Photoshop-generation for the graphic arts during the 90ties, he accomplishes this role in the universe of digital animation today. Accordingly, he works now on 4 movie projects, including a movie adaptation of "Signal To Noise", and "Mirror mask", a movie for the Jim Henson Company. Meanwhile, one seems to forget that he still remains 1 of the top draftsmen of his generation; as well as a gifted narrator, who wrote with "Cages" 1 of the most ambitious and complete novels in the comic book history.  "Narcolepsy", the retrospective compiled by Beeld Beeld, offers an overwhelming gaze at 1 of the current, most gifted multimedia artists. This 1st exhibition of McKean on the European continent shows an extended selection of his comic books; in addition, a major part is dedicated to his photographs, illustrations, comic- and CD-covers, design, movies, advertising work and the world premiere of his paintings.  Exclusively for this exhibition, Beeld Beeld publishes the following McKean-items: Narcolepsy Catalogue 96 pp, colour 21 cm x 28 cm Includes paintings, pictures, movie shots, drawings, CD-covers, advertising work, ... Texts from Leo De Freitas, Paul Gravett, Keith Griffiths, Dave McKean and Iain Sinclair Texts in Dutch, English and French Published by Beeld Beeld, Allen Spiegel Fine Arts, Hourglass, 2003 ISBN 0-9642069-6-X 24.95 EUR SAC 7 Screen-print (4 colours) Wordless story of 1 page Numbered on 250 copies, signed by Dave McKean Embalmed in white hardboard envelope, printed with "SAC 7 Dave McKean". 300 mm x 240 mm Beeld Beeld, 2003 12.50 EUR Narcolepsy Screen-Print Screen-print (4 colours) Exclusive drawing for this edition Numbered on 250 copies, signed by Dave McKean 479 mm x 392 mm Beeld Beeld, 2003 75.00 EUR Narcolepsy Expo Image Offset Luxurious print of the poster image (without text) Numbered on 200 copies, signed by Dave McKean 600 mm x 420 mm Beeld Beeld, 2003 50.00 EUR This exhibition is realised with the support of: