FROM EXCITING TO - well DIFFERENT
Before an opening the other day, I had two priorities on my list. The documentary by Frederik Weisman on « The National Gallery », then over to the Beaubourg to see Marcel Duchamp and finally onto the opening for Frank Gehry (the Architect). Probably a bit much to take in, in one day. Who knows? The documentary was out of this world. It made the film on the Hermitage seem rather bland. Nearly three hours. Weisman’s techniques always seem so spontaneous to me. No direct interviews; looking at a public; looking at a picture or following the restoration process. Behind the scenes at the National Gallery. For those who have not seen it, there is a preview below. I could see it again as it gave another approach to looking at a picture and one which I would put into practice very fast. It’s probably quite true than we don’t look INTO a painting but only at it. It’s also very true that if you look at a painting twice or more, there is always so much to see. This happens time and time a