Learn more about one of France's most influential artists in Degas: Passion For Perfection, which will be screened at RCB Forum, 2nd floor of River City Bangkok, Charoen Krung 24, on Saturday and again on March 27 at 2pm.
Directed by David Bickerstaff, the 91-minute documentary is an exploration of French impressionist artist Edgar Degas and covers a superb exhibition at The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, where the UK's most extensive Degas collection is housed, as well as his travels to Paris and Italy where he spent his formative years and taught himself how to paint.
The film offers a unique insight into Degas' personal and creative life, looking at his relationship with the impressionist movement, his fascination with dance, and his eyesight struggles, which would eventually prevent him from creating art.
Viewers will witness Degas' obsessive pursuit for perfection through experimentation with new techniques and the study of past masters, including Italian Renaissance artists and near-contemporaries such as Ingres and Delacroix.
Degas also created a great number of statuettes but never let them go further than wax or clay.
After his death in 1917, more than 150 sculptures were found in his studio, made from wax, clay and plasticine. Of those that have survived, The Fitzwilliam Museum is the only establishment in the UK that has samples of these rare and extremely fragile works.
The film also reveals the complex inner workings of Degas through close-up views of his works and written accounts by friends and commentators and letters by Degas himself.
The movie is in English with Thai subtitles. Tickets cost 150 baht and can be purchased from ticketmelon.com/rivercitybangkok/degas.
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