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Beauty Is Embarrassing

Documentary

2012, Movie, 1h 28min

Raised in the Tennessee mountains, Wayne White started his career as a cartoonist in NYC. He quickly found success as one of the creators of the Pee-wee's Playhouse TV show which soon led to more work designing some of the most arresting and iconic images in pop culture. Recently his word paintings featuring pithy and and often sarcastic text statements finely crafted onto vintage landscape paintings have made him a darling of the fine art world. The movie chronicles the vaulted highs and crushing lows of an artist struggling to find peace and balance between his professional work and his personal art. This is especially complicated for a man who struggles with the virtues he most often mocks in his art...Vanity, ego and fame.

Country: United States

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Critic Anne Harris

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First-time director Neil Berkeley's look at White's everyday life and his perspective on the compromise and contradictions of art and family...

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

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"Beauty Is Embarrassing" is a documentary that delves into the life of artist Wayne White, who rose to fame as a cartoonist and designer, but struggles to find balance between his professional work and personal art. With a unique blend of humor and vulnerability, the film explores the highs and lows of an artist grappling with the very virtues he mocks in his work - vanity, ego, and fame. From the Tennessee mountains to the bright lights of New York City, this moving portrait offers a candid look at the complexities of creativity and the human condition.

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