Maids of Honor
1975-01-01
20 minutes.
Overview
Las Meninas is a brilliant essay on illusionism, mirrors and perception in art, life and video, articulated by Downey as a subjective interpretation of Velasquez's eponymous Baroque masterpiece. Through a theatrical reenactment of the painting's pictorial tableau and a re-articulation of its complex perspectival structure, Downey brings to life the spatial dynamics, illustrating the psychological tension of the relationship between viewer and subject. Placing Las Meninas in a historical context, Downey relates the painting's thematics to Spain's economic and political systems of the late 17th century.
Year 1975
Studio
Director Juan Downey
Crew George Kubler (Writer), Juan Downey (Writer), Juan Downey (Director), Elaine Summers (Camera Operator), Michel Foucault (Writer)
Popularity 0
Language English
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