McEvoy Foundation for the Arts presents My Art, the feature directorial debut from acclaimed contemporary artist Laurie Simmons. When she is invited to house-sit for a famous friend in upstate New York, artist Ellie Shine (Simmons) seizes the opportunity to escape her urban artworld malaise and get down to work. Ellie finds her new surroundings full of creative potential. She turns the home’s adjoining barn into her new workplace, staging elaborate recreations of classic Hollywood movies. When various local men become intrigued, Ellie invites them to co-star in her performances for the camera. My Art is presented in conjunction with MFA’s exhibition True Blue Mirror: Ellen Berkenblit and Sarah Braman, on view February 8 – May 4, 2019. The film elaborates upon the exhibition’s concerns with physical acts of art-making and sensorial reanimations of found materials and cultural tropes.
1275 Minnesota St America/New_York publicMy Art: Laurie Simmons
McEvoy Foundation for the Arts presents My Art, the feature directorial debut from acclaimed contemporary artist Laurie Simmons. When she is invited to house-sit for a famous friend in upstate New York, artist Ellie Shine (Simmons) seizes the opportunity to escape her urban artworld malaise and get down to work. Ellie finds her new surroundings full of creative potential. She turns the home’s adjoining barn into her new workplace, staging elaborate recreations of classic Hollywood movies. When various local men become intrigued, Ellie invites them to co-star in her performances for the camera. My Art is presented in conjunction with MFA’s exhibition True Blue Mirror: Ellen Berkenblit and Sarah Braman, on view February 8 – May 4, 2019. The film elaborates upon the exhibition’s concerns with physical acts of art-making and sensorial reanimations of found materials and cultural tropes.