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September 05, 2012 Film » Film Reviews

Art is Funny, Beauty is Embarrassing

by Benjamin Sutton

Beauty is Embarrassing Directed by Neil Berkeley “My mission is to bring humor into contemporary art,” Wayne White declares near the end of Beauty is Embarrassing, Neil Berkeley’s absorbing documentary about the artist who, with every new project, comes closer to accomplishing…

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