- Title: ARGENTINA: Argentine artist celebrates Woody Allen in new exhibition
- Date: 6th February 2014
- Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (FEBRUARY 6, 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ENTRANCE TO EXHIBITION HONOURING U.S. FILMMAKER, WOODY ALLEN, CALLED "WE LOVE WOODY SO MUCH" PAINTING OF ALLEN PLAYING THE CLARINET GENERAL VIEW OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND THE EXHIBITION VARIOUS OF A VIDEO INSTALLATION MIXING IMAGES OF ALLEN WITH WORKS BY VARIOUS ARTISTS ARTIST BEHIND THE EXHIBITION, HUGO ECHARRI, TALKING TO JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ARTIST BEHIND "WE LOVE WOODY SO MUCH" EXHIBITION, HUGO ECHARRI, SAYING: "I thought it would be interesting to do an exhibit about Woody Allen. He has an extensive body of work and many of his characters are very plastic and they seduced me. There was enough material and I made the decision. I began to work on sketches to make pictures, drawings, installations and then added four video-installations. That (the video-installations) emerged as an idea to make moving pictures, given that we were making an exhibit that was a tribute to Woody Allen." VARIOUS OF A PROJECTION ON A WALL OF SUPER-IMPOSED IMAGES OF WOODY ALLEN IN BLACK AND WHITE VARIOUS OF A PAINTING OF WOODY ALLEN VARIOUS AN INSTALLATION OF A MOBILE FEATURING HEADS OF WOODY ALLEN AND HIS ICONIC EYEGLASSES VARIOUS OF A PAINTING WHERE WOODY ALLEN APPEARS CRUCIFIED (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ARTIST BEHIND "WE LOVE WOODY SO MUCH" EXHIBITION, HUGO ECHARRI, SAYING: "I believe greatly in this - that the work is independent of the artist and the consumer of art completes it and it has its own life, that it is independent of the luck and of the life of the artist. Whereupon, from this position, I believe that it is not a great leap because I am honouring a great film director, recognised by many people and whose films I love." VARIOUS OF A PAINTING SHOWING WOODY ALLEN BACK-TO-BACK WITH FORMER GIRLFRIEND, MIA FARROW VARIOUS PICTURES OF COMEDIAN GROUCHO MARX AND PSYCHIATRIST SIGMUND FREUD DONE BY ECHARRI GENERAL VIEW OF EXHIBITION WOMAN WATCHING VIDEO INSTALLATION
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- Location: Argentina
- Country: Argentina
- Reuters ID: LVAB29S4RT5EZ9D9HJRPYU6GP4SH
- Story Text: An Argentine artist opened on Thursday (February 6) a multimedia exhibition honouring the life and work of filmmaker Woody Allen even as the Oscar-winner faces renewed allegations of sexual abuse from his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow.
Hugo Echarri displayed drawings, paintings, photos and videos hailing the New York-based director in a presentation called "We Love Woody So Much."
Echarri said variety of media in his exhibit was inspired in part by the originality of characters that define many of Allen's films.
"I thought it would be interesting to do an exhibit about Woody Allen. He has an extensive body of work and many of his characters are very plastic and they seduced me. There was enough material and I made the decision. I began to work on sketches to make pictures, drawings, installations and then added four video-installations. That (the video-installations) emerged as an idea to make moving pictures, given that we were making an exhibit that was a tribute to Woody Allen," he said.
The exhibit celebrates the wide-ranging career of the 78-year-old and stayed away from the controversy that has followed him for decades. Allen found himself in the headlines in 1992 when he split from longtime girlfriend Mia Farrow amid revelations he had an affair with Farrow's then 22-year-old adopted daughter Soon-Yi.
Last week, now 28-year-old Dylan Farrow accused Allen of sexually assaulting her as a child in the Connecticut house where she lived with her mother.
Allen was never charged in the case and Connecticut prosecutors said there is no current investigation. A lawyer for Allen has defended the filmmaker, saying there is no case and Allen himself described the allegations as "untrue and disgraceful".
For Echarri, the personal life of an artist is separate from his work.
"I believe greatly in this - that the work is independent of the artist and the consumer of art completes it and it has its own life, that it is independent of the luck and of the life of the artist. Whereupon, from this position, I believe that it is not a great leap because I am honouring a great film director, recognised by many people and whose films I love," he said.
Allen's latest film "Blue Jasmine" has three Oscar nominations ahead of the March 2 ceremony. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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