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Richmond – Final of Wiley Film Series at VMFA – Aug 19

Summer Film Series: Renaissance Perspective: Film Selections Inspired by Kehinde Wiley

3rd and last: The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982; 108 min; Dir. Peter Greenaway; Rated R for nudity and adult content)

VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS | THIS FRI, AUGUST 19, 2016 | 6:30–9:00 pm

Leslie Cheek Theater

$8 (VMFA members $5)

An aristocratic wife (Janet Suzman) commissions a young, brash draughtsman (Anthony Higgins) to sketch her husband’s property while he is away—in exchange for a fee, room and board, and more. The draughtsman becomes entwined in the devious scheming of this seemingly idyllic country home.  Peter Greenaway deconstructs Renaissance perspective by weaving a labyrinthine mystery of 17th-century intrigue replete with enormous wigs, living statues, intricate wordplay, deceit, erotic interludes, indiscretion, and adultery.

Connection: This film presents sensuous costumery and décor from an era that is suggested in Wiley’s motifs.

08.17.16

Margaret Finucane

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