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Top Docs Presents Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide
Go inside the thrill-seeking, genre-smashing arts scene of East Village New York City in the 1980s as the Calgary International Film Festival brings one of the year’s most buzzed-about docs to the city.
The life and times of an iconic 80s street artist
Go inside the thrill-seeking, genre-smashing arts scene of East Village New York City in the 1980s as the Calgary International Film Festival brings one of the year’s most buzzed-about docs to the city. Follow painter Kenny Scharf as he lives the fast life with fellow street art luminaries Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring by his side. The trio’s influence deconstructed high society’s idea of fine art. When shadows creeped in and Haring and Basquiat tragically passed, Scharf lived to see the continued devastation of economic depression and the AIDS crisis in their community. Top Docs-approved, it’s ultimately a story about Scharf’s resilience and commitment to the art of fun.
February 3, 7 pm, / Globe Cinema, 617 8th Avenue SW Online: February 4–7 / $13.50/ ciffcalgary.ca
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