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19865 minPG-13doc-short

Alberto Carlisky

19865 minPG-13doc-short

After being imprisoned in 1944 by the Perón regime for his political views, Alberto Carlisky fled Argentina and later apprenticed with sculptor Ossip Zadkine in Paris.

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After being imprisoned in 1944 by the Perón regime for his political views, Alberto Carlisky fled Argentina and later apprenticed with sculptor Ossip Zadkine in Paris.

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Sarah Maldoror

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Alberto Carlisky fled Argentina after his arrest in 1944 by the Perón regime due to his political views. He moved to Paris, where he apprenticed under the Russian Cubist sculptor Ossip Zadkine. After completing his training, Carlisky began to develop his own artistic style. This documentary covers significant moments in Carlisky’s life as he transitions from a political prisoner to a self-taught sculptor in Europe.

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