Dear Mark
Dear Mark
Danny Lyon
Bleak Beauty Video
Dear Mark, 1981, New York and France, color and b&w, 15 minutes, a comedy in which the artist’s voice has been replaced by Gene Autry’s. Lyon’s homage to his friend, sculptor Mark di Suvero, from footage shot in 1965 and 1975.
“Dear Mark centers on the erection of a heroic, skeletal, abstract sculpture by Mark di Suvero in Paris. It is Dadaistic light comedy, with its Gene Autry sound track, its interjection of Roman busts and medieval armor, and close-ups that emphasize the sculpture’s pelvic attribultes alternating with scenes of a couple lying on the grass. . .a distinct movie charges with vitalism.”
Thomas Albright, San Francisco Chronicle
“. . . the ‘heroic’ image of the artist at work is ironically undercut by the soundtrack of a Gene Autry radio episode in which that cowboy ‘hero’ smokes out illegal Mexican aliens.”
Pamela Allara, Pictures From Films/Films From Pictures
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