Ohio at Giverny (1983)

Name: Ohio at Giverny
Released: 2023-02-19
Duration: 19 min

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NR 19 minApr 9th, 1983

Praised by The New York Times as a stunning paean to Monet Ohio at Giverny is the title of Luciers highly acclaimed twochannel sevenmonitor installation Writes Lucier This work is an investigation of light in landscape and its function as an agent of memory both personal and mythic It deals with the convergence of disparate entities geographies epochs sensibilities with transitions from one state of being to another and how within the frame of imagination and collective memory these dissolves take place Nostalgic images from Luciers native Ohio the pastoral countryside and a Victorian home are fluidly juxtaposed and correlated with the lush beauty of Impressionist painter Claude Monets gardens in Giverny France

DirectorMary Lucier

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