The Film-Maker Project / PBS South Florida presents Uncanny: The Dolls of Mariana Monteagudo

Tuesday, June 16th at 7:30pm experience a documentary on PBS South Florida Project Film-Maker Season 3 of ‘Uncanny: The Dolls of Mariana Monteagudo’. The film follows renowned Venezuelan plastic artist Mariana Monteagudo, currently living in Florida, through her creative process of bringing her intriguing and eerie doll sculptures to life.

‘Uncanny, The Dolls of Mariana Monteagudo‘ is a documentary by filmmaker Elaine Minionis. Shot between 2015 and 2018, the film closely follows Mariana through the creation of her series “Uncanny”.

“Award winning Sculptor Mariana Monteagudo is a visual artist who has been working her series of doll sculptures over the last decade.

Her latex, ceramic and mixed-media figures are unique, intriguing and fascinating. Her artwork shows interest in a wide range of references, from the pre-Columbian aesthetics to fashion, tv pop culture, Japanese manga and mass-market toys.

Muñecas (Dolls) is the generic term Monteagudo uses to describe her creations since 1998. With them, the artist has received important awards and exposure, and her pieces have been featured in solo and group shows and fairs in Madrid, Miami, Chicago, Aruba, Caracas, New York, Sao Paulo, and other venues.

Her unusual characters have attracted the attention of critics and her work is part of the MOLAA Museum in California, Everson Museum, NY, Cesar Gaviria Trujillo Collection, among other contemporary art collections.”

Evelyne Politanoff, THE HUFFINGTON POST