By David Weiner
4:12 PM PST, November 21, 2013
This week, The Paley Center for Media partnered with CBS Consumer Products to present the Los Angeles premiere gallery exhibition of Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz, the artist's groundbreaking effort to personify each of the original series' 79 episodes (and the original pilot) through a collection of original art posters. ETonline is proud to present a sampling of Ortiz's work, along with his unique perspective on the show and art.
The Paley Center for Media Trek exhibit in Beverly Hills, CA, is free and open to the public through January 5, 2014.
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'Mirror Mirror'
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This week, The Paley Center for Media partnered with CBS Consumer Products to present the Los Angeles premiere gallery exhibition of Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz, the artist's groundbreaking effort to personify each of the original series' 79 episodes (and the original pilot) through a collection of original art posters. ETonline is proud to present a sampling of Ortiz's work, along with his unique perspective on the show and art.
The Paley Center for Media Trek exhibit in Beverly Hills, CA, is free and open to the public through January 5, 2014.
The Paley Center for Media Trek exhibit in Beverly Hills, CA, is free and open to the public through January 5, 2014.
'Bread and Circuses'
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Watching Trek over and over, Ortiz tells ETonline, "Sometimes you see something different, something you didn't see before."
'A Taste of Armageddon'
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Ortiz tells ETonline of Star Trek, "I watched bits of it in the late '60s. I was young, but I remember some of that. And then of course in the '70s... I still watch it now if it's ever on reruns. If it's on TV, I've got to watch it."
'Spectre of the Gun'
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What Does Star Trek mean to Ortiz? "It's progress," he says. "It's positiveness, really, if that's a word."
'The Gamesters of Triskelion'
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Using the original Gold Key Comics Star Trek logo, this comic book look draws inspiration from legendary Marvel Comics artist Jack Kirby.
'Obsession'
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A wild-eyed William Shatner is smack in the middle of a Russian poster design with a nod to filmmaker Georges Melies.
'Tomorrow Is Yesterday'
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An imaginary "fanzine" was the inspiration for this poster.
'Charlie X'
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Ortiz says, "The twist key helps depict the Enterprise as a toy for Charlie to play with and then discard, in this case in the sand."
'Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz'
Ortiz tells ETonline, "Hope, I think, kind of means things will get better in the future, whereas I think we can be positive now and bring about the change I think that [Star Trek creator] Gene Roddenberry envisioned. Otherwise, we're just stuck in hope, you know?"
Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz from Titan Books is available now.
Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz from Titan Books is available now.
'Plato's Stepchildren'
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In representing the first interracial kiss on TV, Ortiz says the poster took a while to create and his favorite part is "the eyelashes."
'The Way to Eden'
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An owner of a few black light posters in his day, this trippy entry about space hippies was inspired by a Jimi Hendrix poster Ortiz had.