A Picture of Sarah Schumann

A Picture of Sarah Schumann

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 1, 1978

Runtime

0h 30m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Ein Bild von Sarah Schumann

Production Companies

Harun Farocki Filmproduktion

Director

Harun Farocki

Description

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)