Waissman

Waissman is a documentary film by Eduardo Montes-Bradley featuring the life and works of Argentine artist Andrés Waissman. The film was entirely shot in Palermo a district of Buenos Aires where Andrés Waissman and his wife, art-dealer Gachi Prieto, live and work.

Andres Waissman, production still
Waissman
Promotional artwork
GenreBiography
Written byEduardo Montes-Bradley
Directed byEduardo Montes-Bradley
StarringAndrés Waissman
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerSoledad Liendo
CinematographyEric Elizondo
Running time30 minutes
Production companyHeritage Film Project
Release
Original release
  • November 23, 2010 (2010-11-23)

Waissman was produced by Heritage Film Project as part of series of biographical portraits on contemporary artists from the Americas. The series included previous portraits of Calzada, Ernesto Deira, Pérez Celis, and John Borden Evans.[1]

Waissman premiered on November 23, 2010, on WPBT Channel 2 (PBS),[2] and shown at the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) on November 26, 2010.[3][4]

Synopsis

From the intimacy of his atelier in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, Andrés Waissman reveals the complex circumstances that contributed to shape his life-time canvas. The fundamental theme of his focus are multitudes, displacement, exodus, ships and migrants, and the diaspora of Jewish in search of the Promised Land. The theme of human tragedy, and Human Rights coexists with the unreal or surreal universe of mythological mammoths, and other fascinating creatures. The attempts to reveal the relationship between the creator and his creatures.

HD | 30 min. | English Distributed by Alexander Street Press and Kanopy

References
    • Estrenan en Argentina el documental ‘Waissman’. MALBA-Fundación Costantini. November 19, 1010
  2. Arts and Wealth http://en.arts-wealth.com/comment/article_view.php?articleid=13
  3. Estrenan en Argentina el documental Waissman. Arteenlared | Latinoamerica
  4. El cine argentino que se viene La Nación, Buenos Aires]


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