The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz
Realizador Scott Petersen
Países United States
Duração 73 min
Sinopse
The amazing story of how an American treasure hunter and a brilliant Mexican artist transformed a dying desert village into a home for world-class ceramics. When Spencer MacCallum walked into a second-hand store in Deming, New MX, in 1976 and bought three pieces of pottery, he had no idea that he was about to embark on a journey that would lead to the revival of an ancient art form. "The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz" tells the improbable story of how Juan Quezada (without a kiln or a potter’s wheel and using only found materials) and MacCallum both experienced creative and personal breakthroughs which led to dazzling, innovating works by Quezada and a passing of the torch to younger, award-winning artists such as Diego Valles.
The amazing story of how an American treasure hunter and a brilliant Mexican artist transformed a dying desert village into a home for world-class ceramics. When Spencer MacCallum walked into a second-hand store in Deming, New MX, in 1976 and bought three pieces of pottery, he had no idea that he was about to embark on a journey that would lead to the revival of an ancient art form. "The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz" tells the improbable story of how Juan Quezada (without a kiln or a potter’s wheel and using only found materials) and MacCallum both experienced creative and personal breakthroughs which led to dazzling, innovating works by Quezada and a passing of the torch to younger, award-winning artists such as Diego Valles.