Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language
1999 | 48m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Michael Blackwood |
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| Writer: | Sasha Newman |
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| At the beginning of the twenty-first century, abstraction - that most quintessentially modernist innovation - maintains a peculiarly contradictory position. Used, on one hand, by post-modernist artists as just one more quotable style amongst many, it is on the other hand still considered an elitist or hermetic language by audiences intimidated by its lack of recognizable subject matter. Yet ultimately, abstraction continues to be a viable creative path for contemporary artists of all generations, many of whom embrace it as the most inclusive and fundamentally resonant of artistic languages. Filmed at the artists' studios, the Dia Center for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Museum during their exhibition, "Abstraction in the Twentieth Century." | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 1999 |
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| Director: | Michael Blackwood |
| Writer: | Sasha Newman |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | painting, abstract, post modernism, abstract expressionism |
| Production Companies | Michael Blackwood Productions |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 04, 2025 Entered: May 19, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
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| Helmut Federle | Himself |
| Günther Förg | Himself |
| Jonathan Lasker | Himself |
| Robert Mangold | Himself |
| Brice Marden | Himself |
| Gerhard Richter | Himself |
| Richard Serra | Himself |
| Philip Taaffe | Himself |
| Günter Umberg | Himself |
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| Sasha Newman | Writer |
| Julie Sloane | Second Unit Director, Editor |
| Kathleen Diehl | Production Manager |
| Felix Andrew | Sound Recordist |
| Ed Cantu | Sound Recordist |
| Mead Hunt | Director of Photography |
| Uli Fischer | Director of Photography |
| John Murphy | Sound Recordist |
| Michael Blackwood | Director |
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| Christhart Burgmann | Executive Producer |
| Imke Wallefeld | Executive Producer |
| Michael Blackwood | Producer |
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