Exhibition on Screen – James McNeill Whistler
‘Making Art for Art’s sake.’ A quote repeated almost too many times to count and yet, with each time spoken a new weight of how important independent vision truly is to human expression.
This film takes us through a spectacular exhibition, starting at Whistler’s early discoveries on page- slowly stretching into new and exciting fields to finally land on some of his work that have stood the test of time.
Alongside closer looks at his work, it is paired beautifully with letters sent by Whistler himself explaining his process. It is a wonderful thing to hear an artist express such light and excitement about the journey of artistry. Whistler would often journey into areas most would fear to go, we now have impressions of people who might never have had a chance to get a portrait and in r...