Waissman

Waissman

Promotional artwork
Genre Biography
Written by Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Starring Andrés Waissman
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Producer(s) Soledad Liendo
Cinematography Eric Elizondo
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Heritage Film Project
Distributor Alexander Street Press
Release
Original release
  • November 23, 2010 (2010-11-23)
External links
Website

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 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

  1. ↑
    • 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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