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The Dune print portfolio is now available with a unique remarqued sketch by Chris Foss.
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'In the 1970s, when changing the world really seemed possible, the
Chilean maverick Alejandro Jodorowsky was making mind-altering mystical
art cinema like Holy Mountain. He has since abandoned movies for
writing graphic novels and reading the Tarot. Before he made the career
switch, however, Jodorowsky attempted a film version of Frank Herbert's
portentous sci-fi epic Dune. At London's Drawing Room gallery,
the project has been revived with Dune: An Exhibition of a Film of a
Book That Never Was. Jodorowsky's concept of Dune, as a myth with the
potential for infinite retellings, becomes a springy launch pad for
exploring artistic adaptation. Alongside intricate original production
designs from the unrealised film by Chris Foss, Moebius and HR Geiger,
are new commissions from artists Steve Claydon, Matthew Day Jackson and
Vidya Gastaldon. Delightfully out-there, Gastaldon's sugar-sweet pastel
watercolours of snarling, amorphous blobs are inspired by passages
chosen at random from the novel.'
Empire Magazine October issue is out now. 'Jodorowsky's Dune, the greatest sci-fi never made'. Interview & artwork by Chris, Dan O'Bannon, H.R.Giger, Moebius.
Signed special edition prints are offered for sale
This site shows a small percentage of Chris's artwork created in the late 1960's through to the early 1980's. More of Chris's vast output will be added throughout the year, including illustrations from Dune and the Joy of Sex.
Chris is best known for hisbook cover illustrations for Isaac Asimov, James Blish, Philip K Dick and the EE 'Doc' Smith Series. He also created the black and white line drawings for the Joy of Sex in 1971 and later More.
In 1975 Chris created visualisations for an unrealised version of Frank Herbet's Dune. In 1976 Chris worked on three films, Superman, Dan Dare and Alien and in 1977
Flash Gordon. In 1993 Chris worked for Stanley Kubrick creating conceptualisations for
A.I.
First book cover, 1970
