Multimedia Collection
Making it in Manhattan
(Art City series)
DVD
58 minutes
NX165 .A766 2002 v.1 DVD
Unlike any art movie you've ever seen, ART CITY is big, breezy, informed entertainment about the people who make contemporary art. Artists, along with collectors and dealers, bring to life the art capital of the world, New York, as it plunges into the 21st Century. Mixing some of the most famous American names to engage the public since the early 70's with the newest, the film sweeps with Almanesque speed from uptown to downtown, capturing the reality of a special world.
Presenting a wide range of status, age, sex, and ethnic backgrounds, the film moves into lofts, studios and galleries for intimate scenes of artists at work. They discuss inspiration, aesthetic issues, the meaning of success, and how they overcame hardship to pursue a lifetime in art. Louise Bourgeois, Brice Marden, Chuck Close, Neil Jenney, Gary Simmons, Elizabeth Murray, Ashley Bickerton, Richmond Burton, Cletus Johnson, and Ursula von Rydingsvard are seen making work that will be studied by scholars and loved by art enthusiasts for years to come.
From abstraction to figuration, from installation to conceptual art, from the privacy of the doctor's office to the posh gallery opening, ART CITY covers a wide canvas as it introduces the personalities who make America a vital force on the international cultural scene. Also featuring Pat Steir, Rirkrit Tiravanija, George McNeil, Caio Fonseca, St. Clair Cemin, Loren Calaway, Maura Sheehan, John Willenbecher, John Torreano, Robert Longo, and critic Jerry Saltz.
Distributed by Twelve Films (artcity@lainet.com)
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