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Wikipedia article
'Waissman' is a documentary film by Eduardo Montes-Bradley featuring the life and works of Argentine artist Andrs Waissman. The film was entirely shot in Palermo a district of Buenos Aires where Andrs Waissman and his wife, art-dealer Gachi Prieto, live and work.
'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, Prez Celis, and John Borden Evans.*Estrenan en Argentina el documental Waissman. MALBA-Fundacin Costantini. November 19, 1010
'Waissman' premiered on November 23, 2010, on WPBT Channel 2 (PBS),Arts and Wealth http://en.arts-wealth.com/comment/article_view.php?articleid=13 and shown at the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) on November 26, 2010.Estrenan en Argentina el documental 'Waissman'. Arteenlared | Latinoamerica [http://www.arteenlared.com/latinoamerica/argentina/estrenan-en-argentina-el-documental-waissman.html]El cine argentino que se viene [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1357942-cine-argentino-lo-que-viene-en-2011] La Nacin, Buenos Aires]
Synopsis
From the intimacy of his atelier in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, Andrs 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
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