David, This is Not About You: A Film About David Fertig
7pm, Monday, May 13
Landmark’s Ritz Five
214 Walnut St Philadelphia,
PA 19106
Join us for the Philadelphia screening of a documentary about artist David Fertig, created by fellow painter Alex Cohen. This film invites the audience into the company a singularly captivating character and his immersive studio in South Philadelphia. David, who lives without the internet and emulates the life of a 19th-century romantic, expounds on his contrarian existence and obsession with Napoleonic history, his influences and mentors, and his commitment to a life ruled entirely by art.
The film runs 58 minutes and will be followed by a short Q and A with the film’s creator, Alex Cohen, facilitated by Clara Weishahn.
David Fertig (born 1946) is an artist who lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. David has participated in Art at Kings Oaks exhibitions in 2012, 2013, 2017, and 2019. He received his MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago (1972) and his BFA from the Philadelphia College of Art (1967). David taught at the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts), Artists for Environment in Delaware Water Gap, New Jersey, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
Alex Cohen (born 1980) is a painter and frame-maker living in Newtown, Pennsylvania where he creates Art at Kings Oaks with his wife, Clara Weishahn. Located on a farm one hour from Philadelphia and two hours from New York City, Art at Kings Oaks reimagines an 1839 stone barn and chapel as unique settings for art to inhabit. Cohen and Weishahn curate ambitious invitational group exhibitions and host intimate live arts events which feature the work of local, national, and international artists.