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Wines for the receptions
are donated by
Calendar of Events January – February, 2009
JUEVES CINE - Thursday, January 8th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Carne Trémula / Live Flesh (1997)
Spain
One of director Pedro Almodóvar's best films recounts the story of Victor, born on a bus to prostitute Penélope Cruz. As a troubled teen, Victor is in the apartment of drug addict Elena (Francesca Neri). He accidentally shoots a policeman and gets sent to prison. Years later, Victor learns Elena has married the now-paralyzed cop, and he begins to stalk her!
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Javier Bardem; Liberto Rabal; Penélope Cruz; Francesca Neri; Angela Molina.
101 minutes
INTIMACIES/INTIMISMOS - January 15 – February 28, 2008
INTIMACIES/INTIMISMOS is an installation of original paintings by Mary Heebner, including those recently published alongside her selection of poetry by Pablo Neruda in the fully bilingual book INTIMACIES: Poems of Love. Ms. Heebner selected poems that speak of love as a way of being – open, vulnerable and embracing what life offers – when one navigates this world with the heart and soul of a lover. As translator Alastair Reid commented, "The poems illumine the paintings and the paintings illuminate the poetry." Mr. Reid's significant changes to his original translations of the 1960s enhance the unique character of this collection.
The multimedia exhibition, in both galleries at Queen Sofia Spanish Institute, will feature Heebner's lush paintings on paper, her accompanying artist's book, and an audio installation of the poetry featuring Dr. Lía Schwartz de Lerner and Valerie Mejer recording the original Spanish and Mr. Reid himself giving voice to his English translations.
This pairing is the second Neruda-based collaboration between Ms. Heebner and Mr. Reid. The first, ON THE BLUE SHORE OF SILENCE: Poems of the Sea by Pablo Neruda, began when Ms. Heebner approached Mr. Reid with a series of her paintings inspired by the Pacific Ocean and several visits to Isla Negra, Chile, wishing to use his translations to create a book that paired painting and poetry. This resulted in a handmade-paper artist's book, printed letterpress in an edition of fifty copies. Harper Collins published a version of this book in 2004 on the occasion of the centenary of Neruda's birth, and now we welcome this companion book, INTIMACIES: Poems of Love.
INTIMACIES/INTIMISMOS represents Heebner's debut solo exhibition in New York and follows the West coast based artist's recent multi-media installation at the UCLA Fowler Museum in 2006. Heebner's paintings are held in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and her artist's books found in the collections of the Getty Research Institute and Yale University among other private and institutional collections.
The exhibition's opening event will take place on Thursday, January 15, 2009 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. A bilingual poetry reading with Mr. Cristian Campos (Cultural Attaché, Embassy of Chile) and PEN Award translator Alastair Reid will precede a gallery viewing with artist Mary Heebner. Free to the public.
Gallery Hours:
Monday - Thursday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Admission:
$5 for the general public and $3 for students and senior citizens
More Information and Press:
- Intimacies Review in Washington Post - when flash movie loads, select tab 22. (Registration required (free); also available as screenshot or full text)
