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Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray

Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray

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  • Italy,
  • United States
  • 2016
  • · 60m

Director Kristi Zea
Cast Meryl Streep
Genre Documentary

The dynamic artist Elizabeth Murray was an intrinsic figure in New York's contemporary art landscape from the 1970s until the early 2000s. This portrait highlights her struggle to balance personal and family ambition with artistic drive in a male-dominated art world and her battle with cancer at the peak of her career.

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90

The New York Times by Glenn Kenny

[A] cogent, fascinating portrait of the artist.

80

Los Angeles Times by Sheri Linden

Within the concise running time, Zea brings a remarkable life and body of work into dynamic focus.

80

Village Voice by Ren Jender

Zea's sharp eye for detail is evident when Murray speaks of being inspired by rural upstate New York (where she had a second home), and we see the same bright colors in tree trunks and a barn that are in the fractured, turning, twisted pieces that make up Murray's canvases.

75

RogerEbert.com by Susan Wloszczyna

Despite the compact running time, it is easy to feel that you have come to know—and likely admire—Elizabeth Murray. So, mission accomplished.