Agnès Varda’s California
What drew Agnès Varda, “Grandmother of the French New Wave,” to Los Angeles? LACMA’s current exhibition looks at Varda’s CA films and the lasting impact of the place on her work....
Lauren O’Neill-Butler’s criticism and nonfiction have appeared in publications ranging from Art Journal to Bitch. The managing editor of artforum.com, she has also been a contributor to Artforum since 2007.
What drew Agnès Varda, “Grandmother of the French New Wave,” to Los Angeles? LACMA’s current exhibition looks at Varda’s CA films and the lasting impact of the place on her work....
IN A 2008 CONVERSATION between artists Sophie Calle and Jill Magid, Calle noted that L’Homme au carnet (aka The Address Book, 1983) was her only work to date where she “went too far.” “I think that for the guy it ...