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Skeletons Warming Themselves	Arhat Taming the Dragon
The Butcher's Shop	The Death of Pentheus
Apollo and the Continents

Commissioned by the Kimbell, Philip Haas’s film installations interpret and elaborate upon selected works in the Museum’s permanent collection. Though based on deep research into the original artists and cultures, Haas’s films are poetic and sensuous in approach rather than factual like a documentary. Between seven and twenty minutes in length and running continuously, they are projected on screens of various unconventional formats and configurations. All are accompanied by original music, and several appear in elaborate architectural and sculptural sets, further immersing the viewer in the experience.

The installations complement a full display of the Kimbell’s permanent collection, each occupying a space near the work to which it relates.

On View: July 18 - October 25, 2009

Haas in the Media

• "Top 10 Art Exhibitions 2009"
  December 8, 2009 TIME Magazine
• "Philip Haas: Butchers, Dragons, Gods & Skeletons"
  October 2009 Glasstire.com
• "Best of 2009: Museum Art Show in the Last 12 Months"
  September 30, 2009 - Fort Worth Weekly
  
  Readers' choice: Butchers, Dragons, Gods & Skeletons, by Philip Haas, Kimbell Art Museum
  
  Critic's choice: Butchers, Dragons, Gods & Skeletons
  
  Probably the best museum show in Fort Worth since the Amon Carter Museum commissioned Richard Avedon's In the American West, lo, these 25-plus years ago, Butchers, commissioned by and installed in the Kimbell, is a series of short films inspired by select pieces in the museum's permanent collection that truly bring the pieces to life. Looking at, say, James Ensor's "Skeletons Warming Themselves" is one thing. Watching it is another.
  
• "Kimbell's art springs to cinematic life"
  August 10, 2009 - Fort Worth Business Press
• "Everybody Wants Some"
  July 29, 2009 - Fort Worth Weekly
• "When did the Kimbell get so cool?"
  July 22, 2009 - DFW.com and DFW.com INK
• "Overlooked works get the movie treatment in the Kimbell’s stunning Philip Haas film installation"
  July 16, 2009 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram
• "Art & Seek on Think TV: Butchers, Dragons, Gods & Skeletons"
  July 20, 2009 - KERA TV
• "Lights, Camera, Brushstrokes"
  July 2009 - 360 West
• "Film collaboration turns overlooked artworks into celebrities at Kimbell Art Museum"
  July 20, 2009 - The Dallas Morning News
• "Kimbell goes kinetic with filmmaker"
  June 29, 2009 - Fort Worth Business Press
• "Moving Canvases"
  July 15, 2009 - Fort Worth Weekly
• "Filmmaker Philip Haas Commissioned to Create Films for Kimbell Art Museum’s Summer Exhibition"
  June 30, 2009 - artdaily.org
• "Booker Prize Winner Contributes to Kimbell Exhibition Catalogue"
  July 7, 2009 - Dallas Art News
• "Butchers, Dragons, Gods & Skeletons"
  January 29, 2009 - PegasusNews.com
• "Fort Worth Museum Exhibits Philip Haas"
  July 15, 2009 - HuliqNews.com
• "Art and film together at Kimbell Art Museum"
  July 20, 2009 - Examiner.com
• "Filmmaker Philip Haas Commissioned To Create Films For Kimbell Art Museum’s Summer Exhibition"
  June 25, 2009 - AmericanTowns.com
• "Kimbell Art Museum hosts Filmmaker Philip Haas’ Five New Films"
  July 17, 2009 - ArtKnowledgeNews.com