Giacometti (1967)

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    Spend a few intense minutes with Alberto Giacometti in his Paris studio and see him at work on his striking sculptures.
    Spend a few minutes with Giacometti in his Paris studio and watch him "squeezing and stretching and mauling the clay in his hands". Through sharply edited close-ups, dissonant soundtrack and solemn commentary, this Arts Council film captures the intensity of the artist's concentration as he rhythmically models the spindly, elongated figures that characterise his work.
    The Arts Council commissioned this film to coincide with their major retrospective of Giacometti's work at the Tate Gallery (now Tate Britain) in the summer of 1965. A similar exhibition was held concurrently at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, sealing the artist's reputation as a modern master. Listen out for Giacometti's voice and hone your French - it isn't subtitled.
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Komentáře • 96

  • @bryantvazquez18
    @bryantvazquez18 Před 3 lety +31

    Everyone complaining about the dramatic music. I love it. Sounds like John Cage, which to me makes sense. Avante garde sculptor/artists meets avante garde composer.

    • @nikobellic339
      @nikobellic339 Před 2 lety +3

      Almost the perfect combination. Two great artists of their generation. No complaints my end

    • @nickfanzo
      @nickfanzo Před 2 lety

      They’ve never seen a Giallo !

    • @spudpud-T67
      @spudpud-T67 Před 2 lety

      I does belittle both the artist and the intelligence of the audience to a novelty show, a circus act. Art is an absurdity to so many people.

    • @MrEdlgar
      @MrEdlgar Před 2 lety

      The music matches the artist's work. It's surrealism. And the narration is classic.

    • @nickfanzo
      @nickfanzo Před 2 lety

      @@MrEdlgar yup

  • @jojojo8835
    @jojojo8835 Před rokem +5

    Thankyou! I’m struck by how much he looks like one of his own figures😂

  • @boleyn123
    @boleyn123 Před 6 lety +37

    Thank you for this. His sculptures are instantly recognizable. He will always be one of the very best. Thank you.

    • @nickfanzo
      @nickfanzo Před 2 lety +1

      He
      Bacon
      Freud
      Picasso
      Matisse
      Auerbach

    • @pinkgummybear766
      @pinkgummybear766 Před 2 lety +1

      You can buy miniature replicas of his work on Etsy by the amazing UK based artist Neil Carter In his shop . I have 3 of them and they are incredible.

    • @rafaelmaia6014
      @rafaelmaia6014 Před 2 lety

      @@pinkgummybear766 Tem como comprar aqui do Brasil?

  • @nhl041976
    @nhl041976 Před 3 lety +4

    Loved him since I was little. A true creative hero

  • @mediumstudio
    @mediumstudio Před rokem +2

    the credits on this film are superb

  • @christophercitro9595
    @christophercitro9595 Před rokem +1

    Wow. So beautiful. Thank you for posting this.

  • @AeroDisco64
    @AeroDisco64 Před 3 lety +1

    Excellent. A moment of grace

  • @andrewbellavie795
    @andrewbellavie795 Před 2 lety +5

    Sinister music aside, this was incredible footage

  • @curlykipper
    @curlykipper Před 5 lety +32

    Worth watching is the film by Stanley Tucci, 'Last Portrait' - an account of Giacometti painting James Lord's portrait. The film is based on Lord's account of sitting for Giacometti. The studio, as seen here and in other clips, is faithfully reproduced.
    The point I wanted to make about Giacometti's figures is they seem to me to represent the irredeemable suffering of humankind. They are lonely figures in an empty world, they stare out at nothing but the void. When we look at them we are asked to explain our own existance in the world.
    The little I know about art is that much value is to be found in the creative process as in the finished work and I wonder what Giacometti was truly experiencing while he drew, painted and sculpted for often the process of creation can be transcendental as well as illusory (and troublesome and elusive as well.)
    Giacometti, I feel, was struggling to clarify what he saw or how he saw the world. Hence the working and re-working and perhaps knowing deep down that, at the end of the day, nothing can be reconciled in the way we might want them to be.
    Perhaps the biography of Giacometti by James Lord will help me to understand better this very special artist.

  • @uranbarimalchjargal2615
    @uranbarimalchjargal2615 Před 7 lety +8

    wonderful

  • @zacklow7706
    @zacklow7706 Před 7 lety +4

    Amazing...

  • @ttescultura
    @ttescultura Před 6 lety +2

    maravillosa publicación
    gracias

  • @eduardorivera-torres7504
    @eduardorivera-torres7504 Před 6 lety +4

    Legend 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

  • @_ata_3
    @_ata_3 Před 2 lety +6

    Are there still artists like this? The ones i know are more obsessed with promoting themselves that to actually commit to their craft.

    • @aruglaempire2518
      @aruglaempire2518 Před 18 hodinami

      ALL artists are promoting themselves. They are doing t his for free or to make you feel good, you know. How pie-eyed.

  • @jennief2108
    @jennief2108 Před 5 lety +1

    Thank you )

  • @donaldelley2802
    @donaldelley2802 Před 6 lety +2

    one of the greatest

  • @GrubblandeGrapplern
    @GrubblandeGrapplern Před rokem +1

    This is so great i'm pissing my pants! Alberto truly was and is the greatest sculptor ever coming from this ball we call earth.

  • @girliedog
    @girliedog Před 7 lety +45

    All time one of my favorite artists. Wonder if he always worked in a jacket and tie. tee hee

  • @marcosgiacometti5178
    @marcosgiacometti5178 Před 4 lety +9

    Que grande mi tío!! Orgulloso de su talento!! 💪

  • @culturehorse
    @culturehorse Před 7 lety +10

    Great film (too short!).. Thanks..

  • @art-animals-life7407
    @art-animals-life7407 Před 4 lety +2

    Great, I liked it!

  • @myfragilelilac
    @myfragilelilac Před 3 lety +2

    Whenever i see this i think about my art teachers imitation of his up and down eye movements. 😂

  • @christianegonbarnthaler1426

    super

  • @watercolourofsanilantonyco7707

    Great ❤

  • @NemesisKult
    @NemesisKult Před 6 lety +5

    accidentaly started played this on full blast with 300w 2.1 speakers... first bleep fucked me up sooo bad

  • @TheAntonborgstrom
    @TheAntonborgstrom Před 3 lety

    Lovley

  • @nenadmarincic7716
    @nenadmarincic7716 Před rokem

    Misterio del.... espíritu
    .....
    ...un " misterio.." , maravilloso...
    A Giacometti...

  • @valeriehitier9026
    @valeriehitier9026 Před 2 lety +1

    On voit l expression et la recherche !!

  • @sharonjack7239
    @sharonjack7239 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks!! USA

  • @MrPiha
    @MrPiha Před rokem

    very deep

  • @likelight2flies
    @likelight2flies Před 7 lety +6

    his eyes always remind me of the statues of gudea

  • @zsuzsablom8731
    @zsuzsablom8731 Před 2 lety +2

    His figures kept getting thinner and thinner. At some point they would become invisible as he kept working on them.

    • @zsuzsablom8731
      @zsuzsablom8731 Před 2 lety

      Why does everything have to have music to tell us how to feel?
      It made sense during the silent film era but now it is just distraction.

  • @nickfanzo
    @nickfanzo Před 2 lety +1

    Looking through the portal of the human soul.

  • @hannawagenknecht6378
    @hannawagenknecht6378 Před 3 lety +1

    Giacometti" schauen muss man" !

  • @thekuzgofficial
    @thekuzgofficial Před 3 lety +3

    Long shot here: could anyone offer info/insight on the instrumentation and music? It's great.

    • @bryantvazquez18
      @bryantvazquez18 Před 3 lety +2

      Definitely avant-garde type composers. I'd look up John Cage, Ben Johnston, Harry Patch, Edgar Varese, Henry Cowell.

    • @thekuzgofficial
      @thekuzgofficial Před 3 lety +1

      @@bryantvazquez18 respect, much thanks.

  • @user-ez4sp1ji7i
    @user-ez4sp1ji7i Před 6 lety +1

    كم انته رائع ياالله

  • @acWeishan
    @acWeishan Před 9 dny

    What drew me to Giacometti as a young man was that he had one style as a surrealist but then he completely reinvents himself..
    Most artist get pegged to that style that made them a commercial success.most don't have the guts to change paths.

  • @amineboulaaba5500
    @amineboulaaba5500 Před 3 lety +3

    Am i the only one to think that his art fits perfectly with post-punk ???

  • @jamesanonymous2343
    @jamesanonymous2343 Před rokem

    ALL OF HIS MODELS APPEAR TO BE THE EMACIATED BODIES OF THE SAME FAMILY MEMBERS. OOOH ! SPOOKIE !

  • @cliffdariff74
    @cliffdariff74 Před 4 lety +5

    No subtitles ☹️

  • @chaseaflu9722
    @chaseaflu9722 Před 5 lety +1

    and yet

  • @peopleunite3605
    @peopleunite3605 Před 7 lety +9

    Check out how he draws, the master's touch. Great video-minus the dramatic music.

  • @hande1235
    @hande1235 Před 5 lety +3

    Whats the music

    • @bryantvazquez18
      @bryantvazquez18 Před 3 lety

      Prepared piano, microtonal music. I'd start with John Cage, Edgar Varese, Ben Johnston, Harry Partch, Henry Cowell.

  • @chihirofujisaki6807
    @chihirofujisaki6807 Před 6 lety +2

    100 Swiss franc

  • @user-xw5ry8ih1y
    @user-xw5ry8ih1y Před 3 lety +1

    ジャコメッティに関して、長年研究しています・

  • @nenadmarincic7716
    @nenadmarincic7716 Před rokem

    ...y , la música,...el taller , la callecita
    ....la luz
    (..y ! humear de... cigarette..!
    .... metáfora

  • @personalexperience3637

    Please sub title the artists words

  • @oskarp7571
    @oskarp7571 Před 7 lety +6

    Subtitles anyone?

    • @christopherspringmann
      @christopherspringmann Před 6 lety +1

      Turn them on, Oscar [CC] but the French translation is qu'est-ce que c'est? Bizarre, oui?!

    • @laelmillo450
      @laelmillo450 Před 5 lety +4

      Giacometti was from italian Switzerland, he had a strong accent when speaking french. The automatic translator cannot give the right translation because it doesn't recognize the sounds. That's very funny :D. I'm French ; if somebody wishes it I can subtitle here what Giacometti says.

    • @cliffdariff74
      @cliffdariff74 Před 5 lety

      Ciao

    •  Před 5 lety

      @@laelmillo450 please 😊

    • @laelmillo450
      @laelmillo450 Před 5 lety +3

      @ Here it is ! I made my best : his way of speaking is far away from usual french, so it is sometimes hard to give a precise sense to his words : I have written what I heard.
      1) « Jusqu’à maintenant, ce que je sais, c’est que si je voudrais faire l’œil comme je le vois, jusqu’à maintenant je n’ai jamais réussi. J’ai jamais réussi en peinture non plus, mais encore moins en sculpture parce que, si vous regardez en face, il n’a pas l’air tellement bombé, il a l’air plutôt d’une forme disons allongée, ovale allongée. Si vous le regarder en profil, il a l’air presque [cannot understand the word]. Alors c’est deux choses contradictoires, complètement, et en réalité c’est bel et bien et large et pointu en même temps. Alors comment voulez-vous faire une chose qui soit en même temps ronde et pointue ? Le problème est presque comme ça, hein. Et par exemple, en face même si vous savez, on croit que si on a de la terre et que je regarde, dans une bonne lumière, je devrais pouvoir faire la courbe de l’œil, la modeler comme je la vois. Mais ça me semble la chose la plus à peu près impossible du monde. Mais impossible pas seulement pour moi, mais pour toujours et pour tout le monde. »
      2) « Ce que je sais c’est que plus j’enlève et plus ça grossit. Mais pourquoi ? Je ne sais pas encore. Parce que le dernier buste que je suis en train de faire, je ne fais qu’enlever et il est euh tellement gros que j’ai l’impression que c’est encore le double d’épaisseur. Donc il faudra enlever, enlever, enlever. Et alors là, je ne sais pas du tout. Là, c’est là où je me perds le plus ! C’est parce que c’est comme si la matière même devenait une illusion. »

  • @stevebarber8501
    @stevebarber8501 Před 5 lety +1

    Sure wish my French was better.

  • @AlexanderVerney-Elliott-ep7dw

    Peppiatt stated: "I didn't dare go and knock." But why not? Why couldn't Peppiatt just go and knock on Giacometti's door and talk to him? I was looking at my most recent sculptures and it was obvious that they were far superior to the sculptures of Giacometti which are so embarrassingly bad, and no one really likes them, but art critics have to pretend to because they are obliged to just as they pretend to like de Kooning because they are obliged to. I am still waiting for Peppiatt to knock on my door but I don't think he dare knock: but it is his loss, not mine.

  • @editepaulsvignere1209
    @editepaulsvignere1209 Před 7 měsíci

    😂😂😂❤😮😅😅😊

  • @andrenewcomb3708
    @andrenewcomb3708 Před 4 lety +1

    Life without the fat.

  • @aiisnice1453
    @aiisnice1453 Před rokem

    Tax e v a s i o n
    the uglier it is the more valuable it is.
    thats why people buy fakes too

  • @SuperSuperSave
    @SuperSuperSave Před 5 lety +1

    malditos hipsters :V

  • @inesdiasmatos
    @inesdiasmatos Před 4 lety +3

    So dramatic... totally unnecessary.

  • @jamesanonymous2343
    @jamesanonymous2343 Před rokem

    WHAT IS ALL THIS FUSS OVER THIS 20THC REPEATER OF THE SAME SHIT, OVER & OVER AGAIN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @TheMarshmelloKing
    @TheMarshmelloKing Před 3 lety +1

    This guy was a sham and a fraud. Had absolutely no artistic talent, only good business sense.

    • @spudpud-T67
      @spudpud-T67 Před 2 lety

      Like all of us minus the business sense.

  • @jamesanonymous2343
    @jamesanonymous2343 Před 11 měsíci

    IT'S OBVIOUS FROM THE IMAGES, GIACO WAS MISSING SOMETHING BETWEEN HIS EARS

  • @jamesanonymous2343
    @jamesanonymous2343 Před rokem

    >>>>> "HE",,,,,COMPOSED A TUNE CONSISTING OF ONLY "ONE NOTE",,,,,,AND THE FOOLS CAN'T STOP LISTENING ! ! !