Paragraphs from the Studio of a Recluse

CO-DIRECTOR

A short film featuring painter Bill Jensen (b. 1945) in his studio in Brooklyn speaking about the powerful impact Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847–1917) has had on his practice. This short film is part of a larger project Stephanie Wuertz and Sarah are currently working on that will explore the legacy of Ryder as it relates to greater questions regarding memory, obsolescence, and decay, the answers to which determine our relationship to art and nature and how we comprehend, protect, and interfere with both.

The film was on view at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in the exhibition A Wild Note of Longing: Albert Pinkham Ryder and a Century of American Art from June 24–October 31, 2021.