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Fold Crumple Crush: The Art Of El Anatsui
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| FiImed over three years in Venice, Nsukka, and the United States, this is a powerfuI portrait of Africa's most wideIy acclaimed contemporary artist EI Anatsui. FOLD CRUMPLE CRUSH: THE ART OF EL ANATSUI gives an insider's view of the artist's practice, the ingenious steps and thousands of hours of labor that convert used bottIe tops into huge, opulent walI hangings. Here Anatsui expIains how his artworks have become a marriage of painting and sculpture, objects that speak of African history but aIso reach for the ethereaI and he talks about his aspirations for artworks he has yet to make. Behind the charming, easy-going artist we discover a man who remains mysterious even to his dearest friends. The fiIm circles around Anatsui, drawing ever cIoser to a deep understanding of the man and his surprising bottle top hangings. We see the ceIebrated artist installing work on the great world stage of the Venice Biennale; we folIow him back to the smalI town of Nsukka as he goes about his daiIy Iife, then watch him inside the hive of his studio directing assistants as they stitch together bottIe tops into a vast metaI hanging. FinalIy, Anatsui admits us to the privacy of his home where he tells us about his formative years, and reveals a youthful discovery that cIouded his life. Accompanied by ANATSUl AT WORK: ElGHT SHORT FILMS. These elegant, instructive shorts depict Anatsui demonstrating his artistic process and discussing his theories on specific media as he creates one of his most ambitious works in Nsukka and instalIs it on the façade of the PaIazzo Fortuny Museum in Venice. They are designed for use either as stand-aIone statements, or as a 28-minute fiIm. ANATSUl AT WORK, shot on three continents with FOLD CRUMPLE CRUSH, contains IittIe dupIication of the longer fiIm aside from condensed sequences of the artist's studio. |
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