6pm This
American Life
Our weekly listening
party for the weekly NPR show.
admission: FREE no reservations necessary
7:30pm How
To Draw A Bunny(2002)
The story of the artist Ray Johnson, as told by his friends
and contemporaries, including Christo and Jeanne-Claude,
Chuck Close, Richard Feigen, Morton Janklow, Judith Malina,
Roy Lichtenstein, and James Rosenquist. A performance artist
and conceptualist creating works way before his or their
time; unknown by most until after his death from an apparent
suicide in 1995.
Duration: 100 minutes
admission: FREE no reservations necessary
10pm The
Mystery of Picasso(1956)
Renown French director, Henri-Georges Clouzot films his
friend painting onto glass accompanied by a cool jazz soundtrack.
Brush strokes pile on top of each other until the glass
canvas is finished. When the film is completed, all the
paintings are destroyed.
Duration: 78 minutes
admission: FREE no reservations necessary
Sunday,
February, 12
6pm This
American Life
Our weekly listening party for the
weekly NPR show.
admission: FREE no reservations necessary
7:30pm Andy
Goldsworthy's Rivers and Tides (2001)
While this film flirts with the maudlin a couple/few
too many times, Goldsworthy remains a compelling subject
throughout. Earth art gets its day on film.
Duration: 90 minutes
admission: FREE no reservations necessary
9:30pm Christo:
Umbrellas (1994) This time last year you may have been running
beneath their saffron Gates. This film documents their massive,
simultaneous project involving 3,100 umbrellas installed
in Japan and California.
Duration: 81 minutes
Christo:
Running Fence (1978) Before the Gates, the Umbrellas, and the Pont
Nuef, Jean-Claude and Christo unveiled a billowing white
nylon fence through California ranch country. And the Maysles
brothers document everything from the town meetings to the
installation.
Duration: 52 minutes
admission: FREE no reservations necessary
Sunday,
February, 26
6pm This
American Life
Our weekly listening party for the
weekly NPR show.
admission: FREE no reservations necessary
7:30pm The
Life and Times of Andy Warhol: Superstar
(1990) Released three years after his accidental death after
surgery, this film attempts to portray the life of the 20th
Century's grand master of conceit through interviews with
dozens of his contemporaries.
Duration: 87 minutes
admission: FREE no reservations necessary
9:30pm Francis
Bacon (1988) The master painter gets drunk and talks about
the painter's life, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and the
modern world with his inquistor, Melvyn Bragg. Please order
some wine while watching.
