The Photos of Ana
2018 · 10m · USA
Directed by Graham Mason
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic, humorous
An artist sits for an interview about her photographs, which appear to be undisguised stock images. The conversation proceeds with utmost gravity.
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Ana Fabrega defending stock photos as if her thesis depended on it — sign me up. Anyone who has sat through a real artist interview will recognize the surgical accuracy.
Deadpan demolition of artist-statement vocabulary using stock photos and conviction — Nathan Fielder doing an Artforum profile through a junior Roy Andersson is unusually specific and very promising. Yes.
A deadpan demolition of artist-statement vocabulary using nothing but undisguised stock photos and total conviction — Ana Fabrega and Ike Ufomadu's stilted chemistry is the engine. Lean, mean, exactly the right size for the joke.
Reviews
Fabrega and Ufomadu are both incredibly funny in their roles as serious-minded artist and interviewer. Their stilted chemistry is a marvel to behold.