CARL MILLES: BEAUTY IN BRONZE

The film provides a special insider’s look into the life and work of internationally renowned sculptor and Cranbrook Academy of Art Artist-in-Residence Carl Milles.

Produced exclusively for A Global House Party at Cranbrook and Millesgården on May 22, 2021, in collaboration with the Center’s colleagues in Sweden, the 45-minute film uses spectacular high-definition footage of Cranbrook and Millesgården Museum (Milles’s home, studio, and sculpture park in Lidingö, Sweden), alongside historic images from Cranbrook Archives and Millesgården, to tell the story of Carl Milles and Cranbrook as never before. Exploring not only the artist’s iconic sculptures on Cranbrook’s campus, the film travels through Milles’s homes and studios in Michigan and Sweden, stops by the Stockholm foundry where his works were cast in bronze, and surveys Milles’s works throughout the world. This transatlantic, behind-the-scenes cinematic tour is sure to give you a new appreciation for Milles and his work in both the United States and Europe.

Written and Directed by Kevin Adkisson, Curator, Cranbrook Center

Produced by Elkhorn Media and Entertainment