Artist and filmmaker Jill Magid’s exhibition “The Proposal” has been called “ghoulish,” “grotesque,” and a “desecration,” as well as “unprecedented,” a “magical act,” and an “ingenious plan.” Magid herself characterizes the show as “unorthodox,” and it’s easy to see why. She chronicled the planning and execution of the exhibit for her feature directorial debut, also named “The Proposal.” A trailer for the doc reveals that, not only is Magid’s art influenced by Mexico’s most famous architect, the late Luis Barragán, it involves him — literally.

The spot doesn’t provide the details, but, somehow, Magid used 525 grams of Barragán’s ashes in her show.

Magid described her film as “part thriller, part romance” in an interview with Women and Hollywood. She hopes that those who see “The Proposal” begin to question art’s lack of democratization and accessibility. “I want [audiences] to think about how we as a society might participate in artistic legacy, and to reconsider the legal obstacles which prevent or limit that participation,” she said. “I would also like people to feel Barragán’s legacy, as a sensorial, embodied experience. And perhaps too, how art can be a methodology through which challenging questions are posed.”

“The Proposal” opens in New York May 24. Oscar-winning “Citizenfour” director Laura Poitras executive produced.