Art students, gallery staff, archival storage facilities, frustrating databases, bureaucracy, and even bad arts journalism all get their licks. Bobby’s hot-headed wife, Elizabeth (Tilda Swinton), recruits Alejandro in her quest to fulfill her husband’s dream of a solo exhibition. Torres wrote the character of Bobby specifically as a Black male painter based on his interactions with New School art students, and observing how the art market treated people differently. The scenes are meant to evoke the confusion, panic, and stress Torres felt after finishing college and frequently getting turned down for jobs due to his need for sponsorship. “Or she doesn’t see it that way, at least.”Since Problemista was first shown last April, immigration has become an even more contentious topic in the US.

Source: Ethiopian News March 07, 2024 14:13 UTC