Bowdoin College Museum of Art
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Film on Winslow Homer to be Shown
- Posted: Jul 18, 2008
Steven Ross’ new documentary entitled Winslow Homer: Society and Solitude will be shown at Bowdoin College on Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. Open to the public with free admission.
Inspired by a provocative moment spent viewing Homer’s painting Searchlight at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Steven Ross, a communications professor at the University of Memphis and late-realized Homer convert, created Society and Solitude over a span of seven years. Ross delved into Homer’s rather reclusive biography through interviews with Homer historians and painters, collected footage from Homer’s favorite New England haunts (in part from on-location shoots in Maine and Massachusetts) and examined nearly two hundred of the artist’s works. In a thoughtful exploration of Homer’s oeuvre and process, the film both transports and elucidates as it offers avenues into the imagination of one of America’s great artists.
The screening will be accompanied by a introduction by Ross, who wrote, produced, and directed the film.
The film is shown in conjunction with Graphic Drama: Winslow Homer’s Etchings, an intimate exhibition at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art which features Winslow Homer’s virtuosic etchings completed in the 1880s.
