Art aficionados look forward to the  Bowman Arts Centre’s  art themed weekly  film series  Forum: Documentaries on Contemporary Art. The film series began Feb. 28, but films will be shown every Monday night until April 18.

“ It highlights various artists who have different ways of presenting their voice, so it gives some insight not only into their work but  how their process of creativity works,” said Bowman Arts Centre curator Darcy Logan, adding as an art and film buff, he always has his eye out for films about art.

“I haven’t seen some of them. You can’t see these films anywhere but here because a lot of them are European and don’t have North American distribution,” he said.

“But I research them and keep a running list of producers, directors and films,” he continued adding the Bowman Arts Centre has a variety of films on site.

If people missed one of the screenings in this season or previous season, they can arrange their own screenings  at the Bowman Arts Centre. This year, the  series  has explored several different artists including Kiki Smith (March 7), several Nordland, Norway artists including  Dan Graham, Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley and numerous others.

 Coming up on March 21, there will be a film examining German artist Christian Boltanski, which takes the viewers into his sombre yet humourous universe, following him through Paris, Rome, Berlin and Japan. In addition to  giving viewers a look into some of his  monumental, yet little known  works, it also has previously unaired footage of the artist’s past and future.

April begins with a film exploring  the art, life and inspiration of South African artist William Kentridge, who is known  for   his acclaimed charcoal drawings, animations, video installation, shadow plays, mechanical puppets, tapestries and a lot more. William Kentridge: Anything is Possible screens April 4.

 

On April 11, there will be a “magical film” about Markus Raetz, whose art is inspired by magic, movement and change.

Olaf Elliasson is the subject of the last film, April 18 when  the feature is  “Olaf Elliason; Space is Process. His large scale installations  including “the Weather Project” and New York Waterfalls,”  are among the works explored as the film follows  the Danish -Icelandic artist all over the world. It features scenes from his studio as well as  English language interviews with the artist himself exploring how the spaces of the world are  shaped by  social, ideological, natural and artificial  structures.
The shows begin at 7 p.m. each Monday. Admission is free.