To Exalt the Ephemeral: Artists on Screen

December 8–22, 2024

Three programs offer insight into some of the artists whose work is currently on view at BAMPFA. The program includes films about or made by Bruce Conner, Imogen Cunningham, Jay DeFeo, Eva Hesse, Agnes Martin, Joan Mitchell, and Chiura Obata. 

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  • Marion Cajori: Joan Mitchell: Portrait of an Abstract Painter, 1993, © The Art Kaleidoscope Foundation, courtesy of the Joan Mitchell Foundation

  • Agnes Martin: Gabriel, 1976

  • Meg Partridge: Portrait of Imogen, 1988

  • Marcie Begleiter: Eva Hesse, 2016

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Past Films

  • Joan Mitchell: Portrait of an Abstract Painter

    Marion Cajori
    United States, 1993

    New Digital Restoration

    Sunday, December 8 1:30 PM
    Introduced by Meg Partridge

    In Marion Cajori’s elliptical and intimate documentary, Joan Mitchell—the creator of an eloquent vocabulary of abstract gesture, color, and light—speaks about painting and life. Screens with Meg Partridge’s Academy Award–nominated portrait of photographer Imogen Cunningham.

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  • Gabriel

    Agnes Martin
    United States, 1976
    Sunday, December 15 1:30 PM

    Gabriel, Agnes Martin’s cinematic celebration of freedom, happiness, and the beauty of the natural world, screens with Bruce Conner’s The White Rose, an elegiac ode to painter Jay DeFeo and her monumental masterpiece. 

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  • Eva Hesse

    Marcie Begleiter
    United States, Germany, 2016
    Sunday, December 22 1:30 PM
    Introductions by Margot Norton and Adam Prieto

    Marcie Begleiter’s compelling documentary is an indispensable aid to understanding and appreciating the groundbreaking work of artist Eva Hesse. Screens with Obata’s Yosemite, which reflects on the painter and educator’s life and his relationship with Yosemite’s landscapes. 

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