{"id":9000239,"date":"2026-09-30T20:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T20:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=9000239"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:59:13","slug":"pierre-bismuth-love-bless-america","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/pierre-bismuth-love-bless-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierre Bismuth: Love Bless America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exhibition explores the relationship between <strong>divine love and America\u2019s tradition of spiritual and gospel music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the centerpiece of the exhibition, Bismuth invited Chicago-based bassist <strong>Joshua Abrams<\/strong> and pianist <strong>Sharon Udoh<\/strong> to create a contemporary spiritual based on a hymn written by the artist. Filmed from multiple angles during their collaboration, the resulting long-form film offers a meditation on music, creativity, and spiritual expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exhibition also features a series of digital, flag-inspired works combining elements of national flags with lines from Bismuth\u2019s hymn, bringing together references to countries including China, Greenland, Iran, Israel, and the United States.<br><br>Known for his work across <strong>film, video, painting, sculpture, installation, and collage<\/strong>, Pierre Bismuth also co-wrote the Academy Award-winning screenplay for <em>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind<\/em> (2004) and directed <em>Where Is Rocky II<\/em> (2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Curator Talk at the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On <strong>October 15<\/strong>, the <strong>Alliance Fran\u00e7aise de Chicago<\/strong> welcomes curator <strong>Dieter Roelstraete<\/strong> for a conversation about the exhibition and the making of Bismuth\u2019s film, including the collaboration between Abrams and Udoh. The evening will feature a screening of an excerpt from the film, followed by a reception.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af-chicago.org\/events\/art-talk-pierre-bismuths-love-bless-america\/\"><strong>October 15 &#8211; 6:30 p.m. &#8211; Alliance Fran\u00e7aise de Chicago &#8211; Julius Lewis Auditorium<\/strong><br><\/a><strong>More info <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af-chicago.org\/events\/art-talk-pierre-bismuths-love-bless-america\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Known for his work across <strong>film, video, painting, sculpture, installation, and collage<\/strong>, Bismuth also co-wrote the Academy Award-winning screenplay for <em>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind<\/em> (2004) and directed <em>Where Is Rocky II<\/em> (2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Love Bless America is supported by the Neubauer Family Foundation, the Brenda Mulmed Shapiro Fund, Bernard Friedman and Flying Mind, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, and the France Chicago Center at the University of Chicago.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9000240,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[218],"app_city_tax":[223],"app_event_type":[242,241],"class_list":["post-9000239","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-visual-arts","app_city_tax-chi","app_event_type-exhibition","app_event_type-talk"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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