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L’EPOPEA PICCIRILLI
Massa-Carrara. Il Tirreno - Il ponte creato tra Massa Carrara e gli Stati Uniti dai fratelli Piccirilli, i famosi scultori massesi emigrati
Jan 12, 20233 min read
JOY BROWN
Joy Brown has exhibited in galleries and museums in the United States, Europe, Japan, and China.
Dec 28, 20221 min read
THE TEACHERS
The generational transfer of knowledge, much as in the Hebrew proverb L'dor v'dor, depends on the intellectual generosity of our teachers...
Dec 26, 20221 min read
HANIWA
For the last six months, Joy Brown and I have been working to produce a film about her ceramics, her sculptures, and a recent mural...
Dec 25, 20222 min read
LaGUARDIA ON PICCIRILLI
ATTILIO PICCIRILLI: LIFE OF AN AMERICAN SCULPTOR Foreword by Fiorello H. LaGuardia NEW YORK CHICAGO reminds me of a well cultivated,...
Dec 24, 20222 min read
ATTILIO PICCIRILLI
Notes for a documentary film | Part 1 Six Italian brothers, all children of Giuseppe Piccirilli, ran the most prolific sculpture studio...
Dec 24, 20222 min read
I CAVATORI
During the preliminary research for "The Italian Factor" and the lives of the Piccirilli Brothers from Massa Carrara, I came upon this...
Dec 23, 20221 min read
BODELAIRE ON SCULPTURE
As part of the research for the film Daniel Chester French: American Sculptor, I adapted concepts from Baudelaire’s...
Dec 19, 202218 min read
ONWARD TO JAPAN
It is no longer a secret. I will soon be heading to Amano, Japan, where I'll stay for a few days with potter master Shige Morioka.
Dec 14, 20223 min read
SHIGE MORIOKA
While working on my film about Joy Brown in Connecticut, I heard the name Shige mentioned many times and by multiple sources. Joy will...
Dec 12, 20222 min read
PART OF OUR WORLD
Eduardo arrived the next day, and as is true to form with most of Joy’s acquaintances, Eduardo turned out to be a person of substance. His z
Dec 9, 20223 min read
NOTES ABOUT MYSELF
I have splendid memories of my childhood and early adolescence in Argentina. From a very early age, I felt compelled to express myself...
Dec 9, 20222 min read
ON THE NEWS
For Brown, artwork is communal. In effect, to create her singular work, Brown works in plurality. “Once you see her at work around the kiln,
Dec 6, 20228 min read
GETULIO PICCIRILLI NYSE
The New York Stock Exchange pediment is undoubtedly one of the most attractive sights in Lower Manhattan. However, most visitors are...
Dec 4, 20222 min read
WHO'S WATCHING
Kanopy's report shows that our films have a solid presence in academic and public libraries in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New
Nov 30, 20224 min read
THE STORY OF BEIMAR MAMANI
"Beimar Mamani”, no in postproduction, is a documentary about the plight of immigrants from Bolivia in Argentina, a nation of mostly...
Nov 27, 20222 min read
THE PAST REVISITED
In 1971 Deira created a series of paintings collectively known as "Identifications". These paintings mirror tragic political events in...
Nov 25, 20221 min read
EARTH & FIRE
Notes from the Editing Room - It might not always be the case, but it so happens that often takes a village to fire a kiln, and when it...
Nov 24, 20222 min read
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