Gauguin: Maker of Myth: Part 4
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- Опубликовано: 29 май 2014
- Narrated by Willem Dafoe and with Alfred Molina as the voice of Paul Gauguin, this film was made in conjunction with the exhibition Gauguin: Maker of Myth. Gauguin (1848-1903) abandoned impressionism to create an art driven less by observation than by imagination. His gifts as an artist were matched by a talent for creating myths about places, cultures, and most of all, himself. This film explores his search for an authenticity he felt missing in modern Europe, a search that took him to ever more remote lands: Brittany, Martinique, and Polynesia. Never finding the paradise of his dreams, he recreated it in his paintings, sculpture, drawings, and prints. The film is available for sale at the National Gallery of Art. The film is made possible by the HRH Foundation.
My favorite documentary.
More, More, More!............. This was wonderfully presented
This was such a great series!
I watched all 4 parts here's my final analysis - the writer was obsessed with imparting the importance of Gauguin's failure to make money or to move the arts establishment that didn't want to lose it's grip on owning rights to anything cultural they could capitalize from. As soon as the arts establishment could no longer deny the influence of Gauguin the establishment claimed to own his work and perpetuated the myth that he was failure in life who got lucky in painting. Gauguin hated the establishment for their inhumane blunders like human zoos in The Paris worlds fair (where Posseidon, plaster clams and horse drawn chariots were supposed to symbolize how far France had come in the past hundred years). The same arts establishment is reflected here today with it's dispassionate recitation of the facts they want you to memorize for the quiz and none of the magic that his brave leaps of faith into adventures showed us where he let us live vicariously through him, like the protagonist in a novel. Being shipwrecked on a desert island was not an uncommon fantasy in Gauguin's time - he was living the fantasy of the common man who worked 9-5 in Paris - what kind of monetary value can you put on that? - he died richer than anyone who buys the 'died in poverty' angle that these guys keep drilling into the viewer. The narration is well done and the pictures are gorgeous and an A+ grade to the video editor - perfect job!
I couldn't agree with you more on your final analysis. Truly we live in such times where money and material gain is celebrated. I really like the inscription quote: "Be in love and you will be happy."
1830ties not 1930ties in part 4 subs
This guy was the CEO of cultural appropriation.