Ernest Pignon-Ernest

Ernest Pignon Ernest is a French visual artist who is considered one of the pioneers of urban art in France. This film recounts the major stages of a considerable body of work that began in the 1960s on the Albion plateau and culminated in Les Extases at the Abbey Church of Bernay. The film gives him space to speak freely, generously, and with conviction. Ernest Pignon Ernest's hands are ancient, reaching back from Caravaggio to Titian, from Masaccio to El Greco. His works speak to us. They transform our streets into fictional spaces, reminiscences, rituals.

Overview of the life and career of the great Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti.

This series, assembled in a film, presents the singular view of contemporary artists on major works of art history. The words of these free spirits make each work see each work as a dynamic form, in the process of becoming, crossed by multiple energies. The artists' voice-over narration frees the creative possibilities of the image - sound and image playing with each other, animated by the same spring: what is seeing?

This film explores, with humor and poetry, the concept of work and alternative life choices through conversations with various contributors. It follows on from the work of Pierre Soletti, who advocates an artistic and unconventional approach to life.

Patrick Chaput and Laurence Drummond invite us to explore Naples during the Holy Week festivities, using the collages created on the city's walls by Ernest Pignon-Ernest (b. 1942). As brass bands play and processions take to the streets, the artist scours the Baroque city in search of wall surfaces suitable for his silkscreens of Caravaggio's bodies.