Amie Siegel, Bloodlines (2022)
Il Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi, Venice
Friday 5 April 2024
Screening in Palazzo Grassi invites Lo schermo dell’arte, XI Edition

In her film ‘Bloodlines,’ American artist Amie Siegel explores ideas of class and labour, and the relationship between private and public realms. Siegel follows paintings by the English artist George Stubbs (1724–1806) as they move from their homes in aristocratic country estates and public institutions across the UK, to a Stubbs exhibition in a public gallery, and their subsequent return. As the film unfolds, Siegel draws connections between her subjects and those of the paintings. People, property, animals and objects move between the real and the represented, creating a mirror of human, equine and artistic bloodlines, highlighting both lineages of ownership and the constructs of image-making itself. Siegel’s intimate camerawork, signature tracking shots and associative editing reveal networks of meaning in subtle and poetic ways. Offering a window into the world of cultural heritage, Bloodlines exposes structures of artistic property and inherited wealth which continue to shape society today.

Amie Siegel
Bloodlines (2022)

Friday 5 April 2024, 6pm

Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi
San Marco 3260
Venice