Art In Motion

Synopsis

An immersion in art through two paintings on the same subject created half a century apart. Two paintings that relate to each other, or the representation of a woman of color in the 19th and 20th centuries. Olympia (1863) by Edouard Manet is a painting in which we see a naked woman staring confidently at the viewer and behind her a black maid holding a bouquet of flowers no doubt offered by an admirer. In reference to Olympia, Félix Vallotton painted La Blanche et la Noire (1913) which shows a young naked white woman, and next to her a dressed black woman, probably her partner, who is smoking a cigarette. ✏️About the film director: Animation director Georges Schwizgebel has created a remarkably original body of work. His films are marked by masterful technical execution, a playful app…