gallery event of the week - DON'T MISS

 Friday, March 4, 2011

 

DON'T MISS

 

"One of the first successful female artists, 17th-century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi, has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. In 1997, the Italian biopic "Artemisia" told her story, with an emphasis on the young woman's erotic awakening. That made for a marketable film, but experts complained it was mostly fiction.

Ellen Weissbrod took a different approach in her 2010 documentary "A Woman Like That," which screens this week at the National Gallery of Art. She stuck closely to the facts, while taking Gentileschi's accomplishments as a personal inspiration. The director considered the few known works attributed to Gentileschi and interviewed scholars and amateur admirers alike. Weissbrod also reenacted a few moments from the painter's life, drawing on limited biographical information.

Weissbrod will introduce and discuss her 93-minute documentary at 1 p.m. Saturday at the National Gallery of Art, East Building Auditorium, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. www.nga.gov/programs/film. 202-737-4215. 202-842-6799. Free."

- Mark Jenkins

another good review - yeah team!

This is by Jeannette Catsoulis:
 
 'A Woman Like That' Merges A 17th Century Scandal And A Midlife Crisis'  

" . . .  Weissbrod pieces together a lighthearted commentary on art and gender as relevant today as it would have been four centuries ago."

"Following a release strategy as unconventional as its style, A Woman Like That will screen primarily at universities and museums, including on Saturday, March 5th, at 1:00 p.m. at the National Gallery of Art.

" . . . an extraordinary synthesis . . . moving and powerfully revealing"

Arriving home late last night from 3 days of screenings in Massachusetts and Rhode Island - great screenings at URI, RISD and Tufts - and gearing up for The National Gallery screening in DC this coming Saturday March 5th (really glad the government is still in business . . .) we're gratified to see this nice review.

So check out this review of our film on flick filosopher. We really appreciate everyone helping us get the word out.

". . . Weissbrod blends her own experience as an artist with Gentileschi’s -- via the testimony of art experts and Gentileschi’s own words in documents from her time -- to create an extraordinary synthesis that is part art appreciation, part personal diary, and all very moving and powerfully revealing about what it means to be a woman alive in the world, today and four hundred years ago."

And for another positive take check this out from the Washington Jewish Week, Filmmaker models herself after 17th-century painter - "When a middle-aged woman needs a role model, where does she look? Ellen Weissbrod crossed centuries and seas for her answer, finding inspiration at every turn." . . . 

You can click on the links to read the full reviews. More posts coming soon!