The Art of Science Fiction

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Millbrae station
1777 California Drive, Burlingame
Wed - Sun, 11 am - 5 pm
June 9 thru Aug. 25, 2013

Unlimited imaginations and awesome talents are required to illustrate scenes (to convince accountants to write the checks), design stage sets, create animations, and all the other art forms needed to produce science fiction films, video games, book covers, and television features.

Curated by the Art Directors Guild, this exhibition features artwork created for major science fiction films (“Avatar,” “Serenity,” “Oz”, “Firefly”) and especially the work of Dylan Cole, the artist responsible for the spectacular opening scenes of the “Star Trek” series.

Real artists create these images, and their real art survives but is seldom seen in public.  “The Art of Science Fiction” provides visitors a rare behind-the-scenes opportunity to observe and understand the careers “out there” for artists. For example, artists work as production designers, art directors, scenic artists, graphic artists, illustrators, matte (background) artists, set designers, and model makers.  A number of these activities show up on the films’ story-boards, which will be included in the exhibition.

Free admission to the exhibition.