Movie Night at tha Museum / Urs Fischer | dir. Iwan P. Schumacher (2009)

The Museum is delighted to launch a new series of events linking its ongoing exhibitions with movies from Israel and abroad. Once a month, we will screen a movie relating to a prominent exhibition, preceded by an introductory lecture by either a curator of the exhibition or one of its featured artists.
The series program is linked to the exhibition program; we recommend visiting the exhibition before viewing the movie!

Urs Fischer | dir. Iwan P. Schumacher (2009)
102 minutes, English and Swiss German, with Hebrew subtitles

Urs Fischer, a prominent contemporary artist, has been enjoying international fame for some years. The documentary follows him during the preparation of his exhibition at the New Museum, New York, while he attempts to determine how to install his works in the gallery space. The film presents an artist who draws his power from a combination of contrasts and contradictions. Fischer wavers between the joy of creation and creative madness, between the grave tradition of art history and that of Pop culture, between spontaneous creation and works based on complex technologies. In his works he repeatedly succeeds in achieving a synthesis of all these opposites. Along the way, we are rewarded with an intimate acquaintance with an extraordinary artist, whose talent and success enable him to play with art and fulfil his fantasies.

We recommend visiting the exhibition Urs Fischer: PLAY before viewing the movie
The movie is preceded by a short lecture by Mira Lapidot, curator of the exhibition

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Spaces are limited.
Participation in the encounter includes entrance ticket to the Museum.

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Movie Night — additional encounters:
24/11 Encounter at the Exhibition “The Last Photograph: Ran Tal After Micha Bar-Am" / “The Museum" | Dir. Ran Tal >
8/12 Encounter at the Exhibition “Shira Zelwer: Gathering of Birds” / “Igor & the Cranes’ Journey" | dir. Evgeny Ruman >
12/1 Encounter at the Exhibition “A History of Beauty: Helena Rubinstein’s Miniature Rooms” / “The Powder & the Glory | dir. Ann Carol Grossman & Arnie Reisman >