ArtOnWater presents EISENSTEIN: The Mexico Years 1931-1932 September 30, 2004
217 South Water Street
Northfield, Minnesota 55057
Northfield, Minnesota 55057
ArtOnWater presents a month-long showing of art, plus film and lecture, based on drawings from world-renowned Russian film director Serguei Eisenstein (1898-1948). The exhibition, created by guest artistic directors Jens and Meredith Johannessen, includes 30 reproductions of Eisenstein?s sketches made during the Great Depression Years while filming his never-to-be-released epic ?Que Viva México!.
Regular hours: Thur-Sun 4:00 to 7:00 pm at 217 S. Water St. Tel. 507 645-1380 Check Upcoming.org regularly for special event updates.
Added by ArtOnWater on September 28, 2004
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MORE INFO The exhibition, EISENSTEIN: THE MEXICO YEARS (1931-1932) is sponsored by ArtOnWater gallery and includes 30 drawings from the facsimile edition entitled ?Mexican Motifs? published by Leningrad Ivan Fedorov Press in 1971 for the Association of Russian Film Makers.
Over his 25-year career, Soviet film director Serguei Mikhailovic Eisenstein was able to complete just six films, and most of these only with approved revisions and under the eyes of Stalinist censors. His major works include: Battleship Potemkin (1925), October?Ten Days That Shook The World (1927), Alexander Nevsky (1938), and Ivan The Terrible, Part 1 (1945).
His sketches, in themselves, are works of art. During this period, Eisenstein used clear lines and a surreal, flowing abstract style to create refreshingly innocent archetypes of peasants, bulls and bullfighters, indigenous peoples, as well as complex religious themes which pulse with energy.
Special events will be presented throughout October, including lecture and film showing evenings. Detailed schedule updates for month long events are posted at www.Upcoming.com
Jens and Meredith Johanessen can be reached in Northfield at 507 581-6585.
ArtOnWater provides unique artist?s gallery space in Northfield and new exhibits open every few months or so throughout the year. The gallery is located on the footbridge river walk on the west bank of the Cannon River in downtown Northfield just opposite the Archer House and The Northfield Arts Guild. We welcome inquiries regarding availability of space for individual artists or special exhibitions.
For Information contact: Dean W. Kjerland, 217 South Water Street, Ste. 101, Northfield, MN 55057, visit ?gallery? at www.archeopaleo.com, or tel. 507 645-1380