Alan Magee: art is not a solace
Directed by David Wright and David Berez
USA | 2019 | Documentary | 58 min
Film Source: Filmmakers
Followed by Q&A with director David Wright
Alan Magee: art is not a solace takes the viewer on a breathtaking visual journey—an exploration of the artist’s recurring subjects, locales, and the historical sources which have sustained his passion for five decades. Through his paintings, sculpture, monotypes, music, and short films, Magee invites viewers to travel with him through the unsettling recesses of human experience and back into the affirming light of day.
Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold’s Ghost, Bury The Chains, and To End All Wars, has said this about the documentary:
“This is a remarkable film about a remarkable artist. It’s a long time since I’ve seen anything that so skillfully gets inside the life of a highly creative person at work. And Alan Magee: art is not a solace does this on so many levels, attentive to Magee’s background, his technique, the influences on him, and—something so often ignored when we talk about artists—the great lies and injustices of the times in which we live.”
David is an award–winning director and cinematographer (Emmy & BAFTA) and has worked in over 60 countries. He shoots stories relating to both environmental and human justice issues. Plus works on television series such as David Attenborough’s Life and Frozen Planet.