MARIA LASSNIG - FILM WORKS

 

Maria Lassnig (1919–2014) is internationally recognized as one of the most important painters of the 20th and 21st centuries. The leitmotif of her painting, the act of rendering her body awareness visible, found additional expression in film in New York in the early 1970s. While several of these films have long since been part of her canonical works (e.g. SELFPORTRAIT, IRIS, and COUPLES), many remained unfinished. These "films in progress" can be regarded as autobiographical notes as well as an artistic experiment featuring many of Lassnig's recognizable subjects and methods. In 2018, this filmic legacy was restored and in many cases completed according to her original concept and instructions by two close collaborators, artists Mara Mattuschka and Hans Werner Poschauko.

 
 
 

This publication, available in English and in German, provides the first comprehensive index of Lassnig's film works, offering insight into the filmmaker's world of ideas through a wide selection of her own, previously unpublished notes. It includes contributions by James Boaden, Beatrice von Bormann, Jocelyn Miller, Stefanie Proksch-Weilguni, and Isabella Reicher and extensive conversations on the rediscovery of Lassnig’s fascinating films.

The enclosed DVD contains a selection of the "films in progress."

STONE LIFTING. A SELF PORTRAIT IN PROGRESS (1971-1975)

 
 
 

DVD Contents

Format: DVD PAL / Region 0
(No Regional Code); DVD/DSL Bundle

MARIA LASSNIG FILMS IN PROGRESS
(US, 1970-1979)

Director: Maria Lassnig

  • 72 minutes
  • 8mm & 16mm
  • B&W, Color
  • Sound
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Total Running Time: 01:15:00

Published By: Index Edition

Institutional Price for DVD/Book Combination: $300 (DVD and book only); $500 DVD/Book/DSL bundle (plus shipping)

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Book Contents

MARIA LASSNIG. FILM WORK
(AUSTRIA, 2020)

Editor: Eszter Kondor, Michael Loebenstein, Peter Pakesch, Hans Werner Poschauko
Publisher: Filmmuseum Synema Publikationen
Text: Madeleine Bernstorff, Miranda July, Dietmar Schwärzler
Language: English
Format: 192 pages

Included with purchase of DVD.