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Painting
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Genres / Documentary / Art / Visual Arts / Painting
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Anamorphosis
Stephen and Timothy Quay's interest in esoteric illusions finds its perfect realization in this fascinating animated lecture on the concept of ANAMORPHOSIS. This artistic technique, often used in the 16th and 17th centuries, utilizes a method of visual distortion with which paintings, when viewed from different angles,...Start your free trial to watch
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Art of Faith
ART OF FAITH is a visually sumptuous documentary triptych revealing outstanding examples of the art and architecture of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The film brings to life many of the greatest and most significant religious buildings through stunning photography and interviews with the people who know and love them....Start your free trial to watch
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Colored Frames
A look back at the last fifty years in African American art, COLORED FRAMES is an unflinching exploration of influences, inspirations and experiences of black artists. Beginning at the height of the Civil Rights Era and leading up to the present, it is a naked and truthful look at often ignored artists and their progeny set...Start your free trial to watch
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Gerhard Richter Painting
GERHARD RICHTER PAINTING offers unprecedented insight into the life and work of one of the greatest artists of our time, and is a "gorgeously rendered work of art" (Variety) in its own right. Legendary German painter Gerhard Richter granted filmmaker Corinna Belz access to his studio in the spring and...Start your free trial to watch
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In Smog and Thunder
This devastatingly funny satire makes serious fun of traditional war documentaries, while taking aim at America's logo-crazed pop culture. In telling the saga of a fictitious Civil War between Los Angeles and San Francisco (Smogtown vs. Fogtown), the film lampoons the worldwide clash between Elitist New...Start your free trial to watch
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Kentridge and Dumas in Conversation
William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas are two of the most celebrated names in international contemporary art. In KENTRIDGE AND DUMAS IN CONVERSATION, the two South African artists speak frankly about their work, their studio practice, their inspirations and the challenges of success. The film shows the two...Start your free trial to watch
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Kids of Survival
KIDS OF SURVIVAL is an Emmy Award-winning feature-length documentary about three years of work and struggle inside the acclaimed South Bronx art/education group, Tim Rollins + K.O.S. For over a decade, artist-educator Tim Rollins, working with Puerto Rican and Dominican teenagers in the Bronx, has made...Start your free trial to watch
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Making It in Manhattan
Unlike any art movie you've ever seen, MAKING IT IN MANHATTAN is informed "entertainment" about the people who make contemporary art. Artists, collectors and dealers bring to life the art capital of the world, New York, as it plunges into the 21st century. Presenting a cross-section of artists, the film...Start your free trial to watch
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One Flight Up
ONE FLIGHT UP is both the name of this documentary portrait and the title of a piece by artist Alex Katz. The work-of-the-same-name figures prominently (or, more accurately, entirely) in the film-of-the-same-name. The audio, derived from a popular song by the Beatles, was crafted by poet John Giorno.Start your free trial to watch
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Paris Was a Woman
A film portrait of the creative community of women writers, artists, photographers and editors (including Colette, Djuna Barnes, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas) who flocked to the Left Bank of Paris in the early decades of the 20th century. Utilizing groundbreaking research and newly discovered home...Start your free trial to watch
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Project 798
One of the most comprehensive and original movies about the Chinese Contemporary Art scene. Shot on location in '798' Beijing's unique Art District where it all took shape. PROJECT 798 explores Chinese society and culture along with different forms of artistic expression, ranging from oil painting to cutting-edge performance...Start your free trial to watch
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The Rothko Chapel
Dedicated in 1971, the Rothko Chapel was built by John and Dominique de Menil as a quiet spiritual sanctuary for people of all beliefs and faiths and as a center for championing social justice and human rights. At the inauguration, Dominique de Menil said that the chapel "is rooted in the growing awareness...Start your free trial to watch
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A Ruling Passion
Many artists use the pain, exhilaration and resolution of private desires to express themselves. A RULING PASSION focuses on intense personalities who’ve used their art to explore the emotional impact of psychological truths. Everything that Louise Bourgeois creates (whether in marble, fabric or bronze)...Start your free trial to watch
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The Sacred Art of Tibet
"The making of THE SACRED ART OF TIBET was a long and arduous process. And, it made a deep impression in my life. The film culminated a long period of research into Northern Buddhist philosophy. I met an extraordinary lama from a land that has caused Westerners so much romantic speculation. I found...Start your free trial to watch
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Simplicity
Traveling around the country, SIMPLICITY takes viewers on a revealing trip into the studios and lives of a group of singular artists. On a desert mesa outside Santa Fe, Richard Tuttle invents his mysterious and marvelously humble forms, made of wire, cardboard and wood. In Taos, Agnes Martin rhythmically repeats extremely...Start your free trial to watch
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Style Wars
When director Tony Silver and co-producer Henry Chalfant delivered the broadcast version of their prize-winning film to PBS in 1983, the world received its first full immersion in the phenomenon that had taken over New York City. The urban landscape was physically transformed by graffiti artists who invented a new visual...Start your free trial to watch
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The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal
Emerging from the human psyche and showing characteristics of abstract expressionism, minimalism and Russian constructivism, graffiti removal has secured its place in the history of modern art while being created by artists who are unconscious of their artistic achievements. It is no coincidence that...Start your free trial to watch