- July 01 - August 26, 2010
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A Portrait of the Artist, or Fisher-Inspired Films
Phyllis Wattis Theater
The Fisher Collection features significant groupings of works by artists well loved by Doris and Donald Fisher, often with the aim of representing the arc of those artists' careers. In so doing, the collection creates an intimate characterization of these artists and their evolving bodies of work. One can think of the collection as a sequence of portraits. This film series highlights revealing cinematic portrayals of some of the Fisher Collection artists, often made in experimental, documentary forms. It also examines films produced by the artists themselves, which, though not autobiographical, still serve as self-portraits of their creators.
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A Portrait of the Artist, or Fisher-Inspired Films: Program 1
Dreams That Money Can Buy
Hans Richter, 1946, 96 min., 16mm -
It took Richter three years to complete Dreams That Money Can Buy while teaching at the Institute of Film Techniques at the City College of New York. The result is a blockbuster of…
Read moreThursday, July 01, 2010
7:00 p.m.
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A Portrait of the Artist, or Fisher-Inspired Films: Program 2
The Chelsea Girls
Andy Warhol, 1965, 200 min., 16mm -
This art-house classic, Warhol's most commercially successful film, features 16mm films projected split screen with a single audio track. In choreographed scenarios at the Chelsea…
Read moreThursday, July 08, 2010
7:00 p.m.
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A Portrait of the Artist, or Fisher-Inspired Films: Program 3
A Bigger Splash
Jack Hazan, 1974, 105 min., 16mm -
In this hybrid of documentary and fictional filmmaking, actors play themselves in situations that may or may not have occurred in real life. Originally banned for its homosexual…
Read moreThursday, July 22, 2010
7:00 p.m.
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A Portrait of the Artist, or Fisher-Inspired Films: Program 4
Gabriel
Agnes Martin, 1976, 72 min., DVD -
In this rarely screened film directed by Martin, the artist delves into a theme that has long predominated in her paintings: nature. With no dialogue, the camera follows a young…
Read moreThursday, July 29, 2010
7:00 p.m.
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A Portrait of the Artist, or Fisher-Inspired Films: Program 5
Part 1 of the Louise Bourgeois Trilogy
Agnes Martin: With My Back to the World
Mary Lance, 2002, 57 min., DVDChère Louise
Brigitte Cornand, 1995, 50 min., videoIn French with English subtitles.
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Martin was in the final decade of her life when Mary Lance began interviewing her for Agnes Martin. The sole figure in the film, Martin reflects on her philosophy, inspiration,…
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7:00 p.m.
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A Portrait of the Artist, or Fisher-Inspired Films: Program 6
Part 2 of the Louise Bourgeois Trilogy
La Rivière Gentille
Brigitte Cornand, 2007, 100 min., videoCornand introduces the screening.
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La Rivière Gentille is an unusual narrative biography of Bourgeois. Complementing excerpts from diaries Bourgeois had kept since 1923, Cornand captures understated…
Read moreThursday, August 19, 2010
7:00 p.m.
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A Portrait of the Artist, or Fisher-Inspired Films: Program 7
Part 3 of the Louise Bourgeois Trilogy
The Whispers of the Whistling Water
Brigitte Cornand, 2004, 92 min., videoIn French with English subtitles.
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Ninety-one years old when this film was made, Bourgeois recalls her inspirations and family history while providing a tour of her deeply personal artworks. The film follows her on…
Read moreThursday, August 26, 2010
7:00 p.m.
Phyllis Wattis Theater
Support for A Portrait of the Artist, or Fisher-Inspired Films is provided by the Susan Wildberg Morgenstein Fund.
