Toyen

Synopsis: Jan Nemec’s film concerns the Czech artist Toyen (Marie Cerminova). As a female artist, Toyen broke through the male-dominated art world to create paintings and drawings, often erotic in nature. She co-founded the surrealist movement in her native Prague, survived the Nazis and the Communists, maintained artistic and personal relationships with artists Jindrich Heisler (whom she hid during WWII) and Jindrich Styrsky, and was an active member of the French surrealist circle. Toyen is an essay film which mixes archival footage with re-enactments, featuring poems by Toyen, Heisler and Styrsky, and a visual palette and soundscape that attempt to portray the interior life of this enigmatic artist.
Language: Czech
Country: Czech Republic
Year of release: 2005
Notes: In Czech with English subtitles.
Subjects: Art
Keywords: Czechoslovakia; feminism; painters; painting; surrealism; Toyen (Marie ermínová)

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