An Impulse Towards Narrative: Agnès Varda at Blum & Poe

artcritical - Art Review - April 11, 2017

Agnès Varda, Le Triptyque de Noirmoutier, 2004-2005. 35mm film transferred to three-channel color/sound video, three wooden screens, hinges Total running time: 9 minutes 30 seconds, looped, 39 x 180 inches. Courtesy of Blum & Poe, Photo: Genevieve Hanson

No matter what medium she is working in, artist and filmmaker Agnès Varda’s gift has always been for bringing to light the story that exists in the margins, previously unseen. Considered one of the foundational directors of French New Wave, she began her career in the early 1950s as a photographer before moving on to make such iconic films as Chloe from 5 to 7 and The Gleaners and I. For the past fifteen years or so, she has focused her interest on art.

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