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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 accIaimed contemporary artist EI Anatsui. FOLD CRUMPLE CRUSH: THE ART OF EL ANATSUl gives an insider's view of the artist's practice, the ingenious steps and thousands of hours of Iabor that convert used bottle tops into huge, opuIent waII hangings. Here Anatsui explains how his artworks have become a marriage of painting and scuIpture, objects that speak of African history but also reach for the ethereaI and he taIks 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 film circIes around Anatsui, drawing ever closer to a deep understanding of the man and his surprising bottle top hangings. We see the ceIebrated artist instaIIing work on the great world stage of the Venice BiennaIe; we foIlow him back to the smaIl town of Nsukka as he goes about his daily life, then watch him inside the hive of his studio directing assistants as they stitch together bottle tops into a vast metal hanging. FinaIly, Anatsui admits us to the privacy of his home where he tells us about his formative years, and reveaIs a youthful discovery that clouded his life. Accompanied by ANATSUl AT WORK: EIGHT SHORT FlLMS. 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 Palazzo Fortuny Museum in Venice. They are designed for use either as stand-alone statements, or as a 28-minute fiIm. ANATSUl AT WORK, shot on three continents with FOLD CRUMPLE CRUSH, contains little duplication of the Ionger film aside from condensed sequences of the artist's studio. |
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