Giorgio
Giorgio Brusegan has created paintings on Venice's Piazza San Marco for 35 years. Showman, hawker and bait, he makes a living selling these memories of Venice to throngs of tourists. Then he goes home to create his real artwork. GIORGIO is a portrait of a Venetian artist who has been immersed in art and culture for a lifetime. This 11-minute documentary is a brief and funny glimpse into the day-job of art to pay the bills and the art that inspires one man who can't imagine being anything but an Italian painter.
- Runtime
- 11m
- Released
- 2011
Details
Release year: 2011
Storyline
Giorgio Brusegan has created paintings on Venice's Piazza San Marco for 35 years. Showman, hawker and bait, he makes a living selling these memories of Venice to throngs of tourists. Then he goes home to create his real artwork. GIORGIO is a portrait of a Venetian artist who has been immersed in art and culture for a lifetime. This 11-minute documentary is a brief and funny glimpse into the day-job of art to pay the bills and the art that inspires one man who can't imagine being anything but an Italian painter.