This exhibition showcases the films, archives, and vision of Kenneth Anger, one of the most original filmmakers of American cinema.
A defining presence of underground art and culture and a major influence on generations of filmmakers, musicians, and artists, Anger’s films evoke the power of spells or incantations.
They combine experimental technique with popular song, rich color, and subject matter drawn equally from personal obsession, myth, and the occult.
Kenneth Anger | Invocation of my demon brother
httpv://https://youtube.com/watch?v=SzO8uZCdODU
Complementing the films is an archive of photographs, scrapbooks, and memorabilia from Anger’s personal collection that illustrates the filmmaker’s unique vision of Hollywood’s golden era.
The inspiration and source material for the filmmaker’s infamous celebrity “gossip” books Hollywood Babylon, (1975) and Hollywood Babylon II (1984), the collection centers on stars such as Rudolph Valentino and Greta Garbo, as well as now lesser-known icons like silent-film actress Billie Dove.
Kenneth Anger | Lucifer Rising
httpv://https://youtube.com/watch?v=mTjXYKmBsxU
The world of the classic studios and the mystique of its major figures radiates throughout the photographs, press clippings, letters, and memorabilia on display, which Anger has gathered across many decades.
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Kenneth Anger “Icons” – EXHIBITION
Friday, 25 January – Saturday, 23 February 2013
Opening: Thursday, 24 January | 18:00 – 21:00 CET
Sprüth Magers | Oranienburger Straße 18 | 10178 Berlin/Mitte
kennethanger.org | spruethmagers.net
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