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EUROPA BY STEFAN AND FRANCISZKA THEMERSON: SCREENINGS
The North American premiere of Europa by the Themersons is happening this January at MoMA. For over 80 years, Stefan and Franciszka Themerson’s 1931 avant-garde film was thought to have been lost forever due to the presumed last copy being destroyed in Paris during wartime. However, the film was uncovered at the German Bundesarchiv and will be shown as part of The MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation, running through February 6th. The experimental anti-fascist film features various innovative techniques such as x-ray, collage, and underwater photography, and can also be seen at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the British Film Institute. Further information for the MoMa can be found here.
The Barbican also announced a group exhibition featuring works by Franciszka Themerson, which is slated to open on March 2, 2022. Further information about Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain 1945-1965 can be found here.
Stefan Themerson
19 Years After 1910
Study for Europa, 1932
1929–1931
Vintage gelatin silver print mounted on card stock (photomontage)
8 x 5 1/2 inches (20.3 x 14 cm)
(THEM 25)