AMALIA ULMAN
A self-proclaimed movie nerd who takes inspiration from classic Hollywood, the celebrated Argentinian artist uses her work to explore notions of beauty and class in the age of consumerism. As she gears up to release her first feature film, the 32-year-old is reflecting on her journey thus far: one that will soon be immortalised on-screen, as real life meets unique, stylised performance.
AMALIA ULMAN MAKES NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN life and art. The 32-year-old Argentinian, now Upper East Side royalty, has been on the fine-art scene since she was 15, mining the seam where raw truth meets stylised performance. In her debut feature film, El Planeta, which premiered at Sundance 2021 to rave reviews, a daughter (Leo, full name Leonor) and her mother (María) are played by Amalia and her real mother, Ale. Deceptively light and entertaining, the film tells the bleak economic tale of a pair of grifters in the Spanish seaside town of Gijón. Although they live in high style, they face eviction from their home.
Amalia is a self-identifying film nerd who took inspiration for the slick entertaining tone of from Pre-Code Hollywood, the five-year period (1929 - 1934) after the invention
