An art prodigy from New Jersey flees his broken Catholic home to live amongst the ghosts of the old Italian masters. Returning to the States in the 1970s, he “rorschachs” into the mysteries of his own psychological demons to reveal a fresh, unsettling vision for American contemporary painting that viewers are still reckoning with today.

Documentary screening will be followed by a discussion with the director/editor Evan Goodchild and the film’s writer Christopher Thomas Wood, with moderation by artist Frankie Mainieri.