Mario Merz

Mario Merz was made in San Gimignano in Tuscany Italy where Dean was invited to a residency in summer 2002 Deans film is a study of the ageing artist in the last year of his life Merz is observed sitting in silence under a tree a large pinecone in his hand The film is ostensibly a portrait but more importantly is a study of light in space and form in nature central concerns in Merzs sculptural investigations