Marie Hélène Allain : [videorecording (DVD)] speaking with stone / a film by Rodolphe Caron.
Marie Hélène Allain : [videorecording (DVD)] speaking with stone / a film by Rodolphe Caron.
Alternate Title
:
Speaking with stone
Spiritual quest through Art
Marie Hélène Allain : en dialogue avec la pierre
Dialogue avec la pierre
Publication Date
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2008
Publication Information
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[Montreal, Que.] : NFB,
Physical Description
:
1 videodisc (ca. 52 min.)
Subject Term
:
Sculptors -- Canada -- Biography.
Sculpture, Canadian
Nuns.
Art and religion.
Additional Contributors
:
Caron, Rodolphe.
Summary
:
Marie HÔelßene Allain is a nun and a professional artist who sculpts stone into works of palpable life force. Deeply attached to her art, she describes how she communes with the material from which she creates such surprising, sensual pieces. Marie HÔelßene Allain Speaking With Stone recounts the unusual career of this Acadian artist who has united her spirituality with her art, without sacrificing the quality and intensity of one in favour of the other.
Language
:
English
General Note
:
DVD-R. May not play on all DVD Players.
Language Note
:
French with English subtitles.