Wang Bing, Beauty lives in Freedom, 2018, colour, 16:9, Digital 4K, Stereo, 4h55min, edition of 6 + 2 AP. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris © Wang Bing
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte, Reina Sofia,
and Filmoteca Española, Madrid, Spain
Wang Bing Masterclass on October 4, 2018 – 7 pm
International Premiere of "Beauty Lives in Freedom" on October 5, 2018 – 7.30 pm
Film-maker Wang Bing portrays people who have been excluded in China’s recent economic transformation with rare beauty and uncompromising severity, focusing on those who have been disowned by the system and experience untold cruelty on a daily basis, people who cling to life as an extreme act of resistance and dignity. In the first comprehensive retrospective on one of today’s pivotal directors, the Museo Reina Sofía and Filmoteca Española will screen the entirety of Wang Bing’s films and film installations, scarcely exhibited or shown due to their extreme running times. Moreover, the series features the film-maker’s first lecture in Spain, along with two premieres on Spanish soil and another international premiere.
Read more here.
