A Picture of Sarah Schumann (1978)

This Harun Farocki film shows the creation of a picture on which the artist worked for nine weeks. Sarah Schumann lives in Berlin and is a pioneer of the feminist scene. 1977 together with several other artists she organized the first large exhibition in which only work by women was shown. Sarah Schumann paints figuratively, that is to say she has developed a technique using layers of collage and painting worked on top of and into one another. Regarding a picture becomes an adventure. (harunfarocki.de)

Released

1978-04-01

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

30 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Harun Farocki

TMDB rating

9.0/10 from 1 votes