The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, an institution founded by filmmaker George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson, will open its doors in Los Angeles on September 22 with an exhibition dedicated to previously unseen pieces from the Star Wars saga, its curator Ryan Linkof announced at San Diego Comic-Con.
More than 1,300 works spread across 33 galleries
Located in Exposition Park, near the University of Southern California, the spaceship-shaped building designed by architect Ma Yansong will house more than 1,300 objects and works collected by George Lucas over several decades, spread across more than 9,200 square meters. "We are home to the Lucas Archives," explained Ryan Linkof, adding that the museum will offer a series of exhibitions organized around truly rare production materials, the kind that don't usually find a place in traditional museum institutions.
Beyond the Star Wars universe, the collection brings together illustrations by Norman Rockwell, Jessie Willcox Smith and NC Wyeth, works by Frida Kahlo, Jacob Lawrence, Charles White and Robert Colescott, as well as works by cartoonists such as Winsor McCay, Jack Kirby and Frank Frazetta.
The culmination of a project that has been in the works for decades
According to Ryan Linkof, this incredibly ambitious project, on which George Lucas has been working for decades and which has notably weathered the challenges posed by the pandemic, represents the culmination of the filmmaker's career. Mellody Hobson has already stated that we have two great legacies, the commissioner reported, the first being Star Wars, and the second, the museum.
Aged 82, George Lucas is actively involved in the preparations for the opening, having attended Comic-Con for the first time in his career last year to present the project, which he is carrying out, according to the commissioner, with visible satisfaction.
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