Neel juxtaposes relaxed interview footage and archival clips including a blackandwhite video interview in ms. Don gray and jessie benton evans gray art 697 views. The film tells the story of neels life, exploring the struggles she faced as a woman artist, a single mother, and a painter who defied convention. She reinvented the genre of portraiture by expressing the.
By will heinrich you cant beat art documentaries for sheer. Alice neel painting ginny neel, 1969 film still from alice neel, courtesy seethink productions less alice neel, a documentary by andrew neel. All it takes is the ability to recognize that no one can define you. Her paintings have an expressionistic use of line and color, psychological acumen, and emotional intensity. Alice neel was able to be a loving mother as well as an extraordinary artist. A short trailer for the film alice neel, directed by andrew neel, alice s grandson.
Alice neel reinvented the genre of portraiture by expressing the inner landscape of her varied sitters. Alice neel premiered at the sundance film festival in 2007 and later won the audience award at the 2007 newport beach film festival later that year. T he first of three artistdocumentaries of the week sees a biography of the american figure painter alice neel, generally unregarded during her life until she was being adopted by the womens. Alice neel is a 2007 documentary film about the life of alice neel, exploring the struggles she faced as a woman artist, a single mother, and a painter who defied convention. Alice neel january 28, 1900 october, 1984 was an american visual artist, who was known for her portraits depicting friends, family, lovers, poets, artists, and strangers. A complete guide to all the new original series and films. Directed by her grandson andrew neel, this featurelength documentary tells the story of american painter alice neel 19001984. Turn subtitles on and open subtitles settings menu.