Mario Merz

Mario Merz

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2002

Runtime

0h 9m

Original Title

Mario Merz

Director

Tacita Dean

Description

'Mario Merz' was made in San Gimignano in Tuscany, Italy where Dean was invited to a residency in summer 2002. Dean's film is a study of the ageing artist in the last year of his life. Merz is observed sitting in silence under a tree, a large pinecone in his hand. The film is ostensibly a portrait, but more importantly is a study of light in space and form in nature - central concerns in Merz's sculptural investigations.