Germán Gutiérrez and Carmen Garcia are at the helm of this documentary on Lyne Lapointe who, since her youth, has explored the materials.
Today, Lyne Lapointe works the glass, cutting, adding colors … Then, the multidisciplinary artist, interviewed in her workshop, tells his childhood in Hochelaga with a father who will commit suicide.
Very small – she is a pre -adolescent when she creates her first works – she collects and collects objects with multiple textures which will be the basis of her creations. Then, when she was 18, she goes to Ottawa to continue her studies. She meets Martha Fleming, an art critic, and the two women fall in love with each other before separating 15 years later.
Photo provided by K-Films America
Inteiented with interviews with many of her friends and acquaintances, the interviews with Lyne Lapointe retrace her artistic approach, her interests and the way in which she develops her works – including a love of the experiment she keeps today. Her workshop and house are real Ali Baba caves, his drawers are full of objects and materials found in several of his works – raw cotton, papers, etc. She is also interested in abandoned buildings to install her creations, such as this old fire station in Montreal.
Lyne Lapointe also recounts her feminist fights, speaks of the traditional representation of the woman’s body, discrimination against lesbians and shows how resolutely her creations are in line with her time.
Note: 3.5 out of 5
Lyne Lapointe – Art and matter will be posted on May 9. Note that Lyne Lapointe, accompanied by the co-readers German Gutiérrez and Carmen Garcia, will present the film and participate in questions of questions and answers with the public at the Cinémathèque québécoise on May 9 and 10, in the museum cinema on May 11, and in the CLAP on May 12.
