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Original artwork created for film by visionary illustrator Syd Mead — as well as pieces by seven other artists whose work he has inspired — will make up “Future Noir,” an exhibit at the Williams Visual Arts Building, 243 North 3rd St. The exhibit runs June 7 through July 26 in the Richard A. and Rissa W. Grossman Gallery.
Artist, illustrator, and conceptual designer for Blade Runner, Aliens, Dune, Tron, and other top Hollywood science-fiction movies, Mead will make a rare personal appearance at the Visual Arts Building Sunday, June 8.
In addition to Mead’s pieces, the exhibit will feature the works of Hilary Harkness, Julian Laverdiere, Fabian Marcaccio, Chris Morris, Paul Noble, Alexis Rockman, and Christoph Steinmeyer. John Post Lee, co-owner of Gorney Bravin + Lee Gallery in New York, is curator of the exhibit.
“Mead is the one who started to define the whole genre visually and aesthetically,” says Jim Toia, director of the Grossman Gallery and the art department’s community-based teaching program. “An annual magazine covers his work. The others are mostly contemporary New York artists who are making compositions that deal with a ‘world gone mad.’”
Events on June 8 will include an opening reception from 4:30-6 p.m. and a panel discussion from 6-7 p.m. with Lee and artists Laverdiere, Marcaccio, Mead, Morris, Noble, and Rockman. At 9 p.m., the film Blade Runner will be screened in the Visual Arts Building’s rear parking area as part of the “Sci-fi Under the Sky” festival.
The series will continue every Monday at 9 p.m. from June 16 through July 14 (rain date: following day):
Tron — June 16
Dune — June 23
Road Warrior — June 30
Silent Running — July 7
Metropolis — July 14
All events are free and open to the public.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sunday, June 8, only. For more information, contact the gallery at (610) 330-5828.