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64 VIDEO TAPE
DOCUMENTARIES OF
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KEITH HARING FROM THE DAVID HOWARD: PRODUCED/DIRECTED VIDEO "ARTIST AT WORK" ALL THE FOLLOWING VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES
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 "CHRISTO:
THE ARTISTS' DECISION" THE ENVIRONMENTAL ARTIST,
CHRISTO,
HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS, "BOLD, DARING, AND OUTRAGEOUS" EVER SINCE HIS
COLOSSAL
"VALLEY CURTAIN" EARNED HIM INTERNATIONAL CREDIBILITY. CHRISTO'S
MONOLITHIC
INSTALLATIONS HAVE BEEN ERECTED ON SEVERAL CONTINENTS. HE USES DIAGRAMS
AND LARGE SCALE DRAWINGS TO HELP REALIZE HIS MONUMENTAL SCULPTURAL
INSTALLATIONS.
SHOT IN THE ARTISTS' NEW YORK STUDIO. CHRISTO: THE ARTIST OF"TODAYS'
AND
TOMORROW" |
 "CHRISTO:
THE UMBRELLA PROJECT (PART I)" ONE OF CHRISTOS'
GREATEST
MASTERPIECES IS DOCUMENTED AND SCRUTINIZED IN THIS OVERWHELMING
SPECTACLE
DEPICTING THE ARTIST AND THE UMBRELLA PROJECT VIVIDLY. INTERVIEWS WITH
CHRISTO AT THE UMBRELLA SITE, HELICOPTER FOOTAGE, CHRISTO AND HIS WORK
FORCE INSTALLING THE PROJECT; ALL LEND THEMSELVES TO A CONCISE AND AND
PRECISE RENDITION OF THE EVENT AND THE ARTWORK, WHICH WILL NEVER BE
SEEN
AGAIN! THIS TAPE CAPTURES THE ESSENCE AND FLAVOR OF AN HISTORICAL
MOMENT
IN TIME. |
 "CHRISTO:
THE UMBRELLA PROJECT (PART II)" THIS TAPE IN
CONJUNCTION
WITH UMBRELLAS PART I DELIVERS THE FULL STORY AND IMPACT OF CHRISTOS'
EXECUTION
OF THE UMBRELLA PROJECT. A COMPLEX CHAIN OF EVENTS LEADS THE ARTIST TO
THE POSSIBILITY AND REALITY NECESSARY TO CREATE AND INSTALL HIS
$26,000,000.
(TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLAR) MASTERPIECE. |
 "NAM
JUNE PAIK: AVANT GARDE VIDEO" AVANT GARDE VIDEO AT
ITS' FINEST.
THIS TAPE HAS BEEN PRESENTED AT THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART.
NAM
JUNE PAIKS' EXPERIMENTS WITH VIDEO HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED IN MUSEUM AND
GALLERIES
ALL AROUND THE WORLD. PAIK DISCUSSES TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUE. INCLUDES
COLLABORATIONS WITH LAURIE ANDERSON, ALLEN GINSBURG, MERCE CUNNINGHAM
AND
JOSEPH BEUYS. EXCERPTS FROM SOME OF PAIKS, VIDEO ART ARE INCLUDED. |
 "KEITH
HARING: ARTIST AT WORK" THIS DOCUMENTARY CAPTURES
KEITH CREATING
AN EXTREMELY LARGE MURAL, WHILE HE REFLECTS UPON AND TALKS ABOUT HIS
AESTHETIC
CONCERNS. A PRINT SIGNING, AN ART RECEPTION, AND SEVERAL INTERVIEWS;
SHOT
IN MANY LOCATIONS, THIS TAPE CANDIDLY PORTRAYS HARING AS"UNPRETENTIOUS,
SAVVY, AND WELL INTENTIONED". |
 "KENNY
SCHARF: THE MASTERS' CHOICE" KENNY SCHARF IS ONE OF
THE MORE
IMPRESSIVE NEW YORK ARTISTS ON THE RISE INTERNATIONALLY. THIS TAPE
DOCUMENTS
A VISIT TO THE ARTISTS MONOLITHIC STUDIO. A SPONTANEOUS WORKING
SEQUENCE
CUT TO MUSIC REVEALS THE TECHNIQUE AND EXECUTION OF HIS ART, WHICH
CONTAIN
SOME OF THE MORE INTERESTING AESTHETIC CONCERNS OF TODAY'S ART WORLD.
THIS
IS A MUST SEE... |
 "PROCESS
ART: JACKI WINSOR" CONCEPTUAL AND PROCESS ARTISTS BOTH
FEEL
A FINISHED PIECE OF ART SHOULD NOT BE EMPHASIZED. THIS TAPE TAKES YOU
THROUGH
AN EXPERIENCE OF A MARATHON, NON STOP, FURIOUS PACE OF NEW YORKS'
PROCESS
ARTIST JACKIE WINSOR. SHE AND A BAND OF ASSISTANTS, WORKING IN EXCESS
OF
50 CONTINUOS HOURS, WILL COMPLETE AN ARTWORK ONLY TO LIGHT IT ON FIRE
OR
BLOW IT UP WITH DYNAMITE! THIS IS THE ULTIMATE PROCESS ART
EXPERIENCE... |
 "ARMAN:
THE ARTISTS' DREAM" YEARS AGO A FRENCH IMMIGRANT
LIVING OUT
OF THE CHELSEA HOTEL ENVISIONED AN AESTHETIC DREAM...THIS FEATURE
REVEALS
THE FULFILLMENT OF HIS VISION...A REMARKABLE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT AN
ARTISTS'
WHO REALIZES HIMSELF THROUGH HIS ARTWORK AND A DREAM WHICH BECAME TRUE
IN THE HIGH POWERED MANHATTAN ART WORLD... |
 "ART
SEEN: ARTISTS IN THEIR STUDIOS (PART I)" THIS TAPE
GIVES
INSIGHT INTO THE LIVES AND ART OF MORE THAN 10 ARTISTS, BY VISITING
EACH
OF THEIR STUDIOS! INTERVIEWS AND SEEING THEM WORK HELPS THE VIEWER
ESTABLISH
A CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR ARTWORK. CHRIS BURDEN,
CHARLES
ARNOLDI, AND RICHARD KOSHALEK; CURATOR AT THE LOS ANGELES MUSEUM OF
CONTEMPORARY
ART, ARE ONLY A FEW INCLUDED IN THIS REMARKABLE DOCUMENTARY...(INSET
PICTURE:
CHRIS BURDEN) |
| "ART SEEN: ARTISTS IN THEIR STUDIOS (PART II)" PART II CONCLUDES THE IN-DEPTH LOOK AT ARTISTS, THEIR STUDIOS, AND THEIR ARTWORK...THIS TAPE PRESENTS A WHOLE NEW COLLECTION OF ARTISTS, WHICH ARE NOT INCLUDED IN ART SEEN PART I, WHO SHARE FRANK DISCUSSIONS AND PERSONAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THEIR CREATIVE PROCESS DURING VISITS TO EACH OF THEIR STUDIOS... |
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 "CHARLES
ARNOLDI: PORTRAIT OF AN ARTISTS' STUDIO" THE
ENVIRONMENT
IN WHICH ART IS CREATED INFLUENCES THE OUTCOME OF THE ART ITSELF...AN
INTIMATE
VISIT WITH THE RIGHT ARTIST CAN ALTER YOUR PERCEPTION OF REALITY
FOREVER...THE
DETAILED INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS OF ARNOLDI'S ENORMOUS STUDIO,
BELONGING
TO THIS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ARTIST; CHARLES ARNOLDI, IS THE
BACKDROP
FOR THIS UNFORGETTABLE STUDIO VISIT... |
 "LAWRENCE
FERLINGHETTI: PAINTER AND POET" POET LAWRENCE
FERLINGHETTI
CREATES AND DESTROYS A PAINTING DURING THIS DOCUMENTARY...RENOWNED AS A
KEY FIGURE WITHIN THE "BEAT MOVEMENT", FERLINGHETTI IS ALSO A
PRACTICING
VISUAL ARTIST. THIS VIDEO COMBINES TWO ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES IN A
MONTAGE
OF POETRY AND PAINTINGS... |
 "LOWELL
NESBITT: GALLERY OPENING AND STUDIO VISIT" LOWELL
NESBITT
FIRST RECEIVED CRITICAL ACCLAIM IN THE 1960'S AND HAS BEEN CARVING HIS
OWN NICHE IN THE ART WORLD EVER SINCE...THIS VIDEO FOCUSES ON HIS LARGE
SCALE REALISTIC RENDITIONS OF NATURE AND FLORAL PAINTINGS. SHOT ON
LOCATION
IN HIS NEW YORK STUDIO AND AN ART OPENING, A RARE GLIMPSE OF NESBITT
WORKING
ON AN ENORMOUS PAINTING ,IS THE CENTER PIECE OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY
DOCUMENTARY... |
 "NEW
YORK'S EAST VILLAGE ART SCENE (PART I) INTERVIEWS TEN
GALLERY
DIRECTORS AND TEN ARTISTS, DOCUMENTS AN OPENING, AND SHOWS SEVERAL ON
LOCATION
STREET SCENES...PRODUCED IN 1985 THIS REMARKABLE DOCUMENTARY HAS BEEN
PRESENTED
AT THE WHITNEY MUSEUM IN NEW YORK AND THE SMITHSONIAN'S' HIRSHHORN
MUSEUM.
"WIDELY TOUTED AS THE REVITALIZATION OF NEW YORK'S ART WORLD"
(INSET PICTURE: MARK KOSTABI) |
| "NEW YORK'S EAST VILLAGE ART SCENE (PART II) INTERVIEWS THIRTEEN GALLERY DIRECTORS AND NINE ARTISTS, INCLUDES A GALLERY OPENING. THIS IS THE SECOND HALF OF THE EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION INTO THE 80'S EAST VILLAGE ART MOVEMENT WITH; GRACIE MANSION, LES LEVINE, MARK KOSTABI, AND MANY OTHERS... |
 "LOS
ANGELES: CALIFORNIA ART SCENE (PART I)" INTERVIEWS
THIRTEEN
ARTISTS AND 14 GALLERY DIRECTORS, WITH A GALLERY OPENING AND
PERFORMANCE
ART...THE FINEST ART GALLERIES IN LOS ANGELES ARE VISITED AND AN ARTIST
REPRESENTED BY EACH GALLERY IS INTERVIEWED WITH THE GALLERIES'
DIRECTOR...A
MUST SEE (INSET PICTURE: ED MOSES) |
| "LOS ANGELES: CALIFORNIA ART SCENE (PART II) INTERVIEWS TEN ARTISTS AND SEVENTEEN GALLERY DIRECTORS, A GALLERY OPENING, AND PERFORMANCE ART ARE ALSO FEATURED. "THE PEOPLE IN THE TAPE ARE THE MEDIUM..." (L.A. READER). THE POLITICS OF THE ART WORLD AND THE GALLERY "LADDER" ARE BOTH HOT TOPICS IN THIS RARE LOOK INTO THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD OF ART... |
 "SAN
FRANCISCO: CALIFORNIA ART SCENE (PART I)" INTERVIEWS
FOURTEEN
ARTISTS AND FOURTEEN GALLERY DIRECTORS, ART EVENTS, OPENINGS, AND A
VIDEO
FESTIVAL ARE ONLY A FEW OF THE STUNNING ELEMENTS FEATURED IN THIS
LIVELY
DOCUMENTARY...THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES THE BEST GALLERIES AND THE BEST
ARTISTS;
ROY DEFOREST, NAME JUNE PAIK, AND KEITH HARING... (INSET PICTURE: ROY
DEFOREST) |
| "SAN FRANCISCO: CALIFORNIA ART SCENE (PART II)" A SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE EVENT, INTERVIEWS IN ARTISTS' STUDIOS, LIVE INTERACTIVE VIDEO PERFORMANCE, FOURTEEN ARTISTS, FOURTEEN GALLERY DIRECTORS AND A LOT MORE...THIS IS IN-DEPTH COVERAGE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF "SAN FRANCISCO: CALIFORNIA ART SCENE (PART I)... |
| "FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY" PHOTOGRAPHY IS EXPLORED AS AN ART FORM. MANY EXQUISITE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS ARE INCLUDED. THE WORKING METHODS AND HABITS CONCERNING THE EVOLUTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY ARE ELABORATELY ILLUSTRATED AND COMMUNICATED. THIS TAPE DRAMATICALLY STIMULATES, WHILE PUTTING INTO PERSPECTIVE, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY AS AN ART FORM... |
 "COMPUTER
ART (PART I)" EACH ARTIST EXPRESSES THE IDEALS AND
CONCERNS
WITHIN THEIR IMAGINATION USUALLY CONVENTIONAL ART FORM SUCH AS PAINTING
OR PHOTOGRAPHY, BUT IN THIS CASE THE FINISHED ARTWORK IS COMPUTER
GENERATED...THIS
DOCUMENTARY SHOWS AN ARTIST BEGINNING WITH A COMPUTER TO CREATE A
PICTURE
WHICH IS EVENTUALLY BLOWN UP INTO A FINISHED LARGE SCALE ACRYLIC
PAINTING.
A REMARKABLE PROGRAM ABOUT COMPUTER ART... (INSET : DARCY GERBARG) |
 "COMPUTER
ART (PART II)" THIS TAPE CONTINUES THE EXPLORATION
INTO THE
COMPUTER AS AN ARTISTS' TOOL...THE LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES OF COMBINING
ART AND TECHNOLOGY HAVE PUT THE COMPUTER ON THE PALETTES OF MANY
INNOVATIVE
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS...THIS EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTARY FEATURES A
DAZZLING
ARRAY OF COMPUTER GENERATED ART WORK...(INSET PICTURE: BARBARA
NISSIM) |
 "COMPUTER
ART (PART III)" SINCE THE PRIMITIVES SCRAWLED UPON THE
WALLS
OF CAVES, ARTISTS' TOOLS HAVE CONTINUED TO EVOLVE...THIS UNFORGETTABLE
DOCUMENTARY CLOSELY EXAMINES THE USE OF COMPUTERS AS A VIABLE AND
VIBRANT
FORM OF ARTISTIC CREATION...VIEWERS SEE A STEP-BY-STEP DEMONSTRATION OF
HOW COMPUTER GENERATED ARTWORK IS MADE..COMPUTERS THE MEDIUM OF THE
FUTURE...(INSET
PICTURE: SAMIA HALABY) |
 "VIRTUAL
REALITY AND CYBER POLITICS" VIRTUAL REALITY,
PREVIOUSLY USED
FOR ART RELATED CREATIONS, HAS BEEN ABSORBED INTO INDUSTRIAL
APPLICATIONS...THIS
TAPE IS A HYBRID COMBINATION OF ART, POLITICS, AND
TECHNOLOGY...INNOVATIVE
AND POLITICALLY ORIENTED; COMPUTERIZED EFFECTS, ELECTRONIC AUDIO, AND
LITERAL
DISSERTATION YIELD VERY EFFECTIVE, VISUALLY STIMULATING, PERSUASIVE
INSIGHT
INTO THE SIGN OF THE TIMES... |
 "AFRICAN
ART" THIS DOCUMENTARY FEATURES AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOW
AFRICAN
ART DEALER: MERT SIMPSON. ALSO AN ARTIST , SIMPSON WORKS WITH
INDIGENOUS
AFRICAN MATERIALS TO CREATE HIS ABSTRACT ARTWORK ON THE SURFACE OF
FOUND
AFRICAN ARTIFACTS! THE RESULTS ARE IMPRESSIVE FINISHED MASTERWORKS.
SIMPSONS'
CREATIVE METHOD, PHILOSOPHIC CONCEPTS, AND RECENT EXHIBITION IN PARIS
ARE
DISCUSSED ON LOCATION IN NEW YORK AT HIS GALLERY. AN ETHNOGRAPHIC
CORNUCOPIA,
THIS TAPE SHOULD NOT BE MISSED... |
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 "WOMEN
IN THE ARTS" (PART I) WOMEN IN THE ARTS
ILLUSTRATES
THE INFLUENCE OF FEMALE SENSIBILITIES IN THE VISUAL ARTS. FEATURING
DEBORAH
REMINGTON: A ONE WOMAN ART MOVEMENT, WHO HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN OVER 240
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES. THIS DOCUMENTARY TELLS THE TALE OF A FEMALE'S
SUCCESS
IN TODAY'S COMPETITIVE CONTEMPORARY ART WORLD. (INSET PICTURE DEBORAH
REMINGTON) |
 "WOMEN
IN THE ARTS (PART II)" FEATURES THE ARTIST SARI
DIENES, WHO
TALKS ABOUT HER INVOLVEMENT AND EXHIBITIONS WITH JACKSON POLLACK, MARK
ROTHKO, AND MARCEL DUCHAMP AT THE BETTY PARSONS GALLERY. SHOT IN A
RURAL
UPSTATE NEW YORK ARTISTS' COLONY, THIS 92 YEAR OLD ENERGETIC ARTIST
USING
FOUND OBJECTS DEMONSTRATES HER APPROACH AND TECHNIQUE IN THE CREATION
OF
HER ART. THIS EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTARY DEPICTS THE COURAGE AND
FORTITUDE
OF AN ARTIST IN FOR THE "LONG HAUL"... (INSET PICTURE: SARI
DIENES) |
 "ABSTRACT
EXPRESSIONISM" ONE OF THE FEW ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTS
RECORDED
ON VIDEO, JON SCHUELER CREATED THIS DOCUMENTARY JUST PRIOR TO HIS
DEATH...ASSOCIATED
WITH CLIFFORD STILL AND RICHARD DIEBENKORN, SCHUELER IS SHOWN WORKING
FROM
A NUDE MODEL CREATING A LARGE SCALE ABSTRACT PAINTING. ON LOCATION IN
HIS
NEW YORK LOFT STUDIO, AN EXPLORATION INTO AN EXPRESSIVE FINAL DOCUMENT,
OF ONE OF THE LAST ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTS...(INSET PICTURE: JON
SCHUELER) |
 "CONCEPTUAL
ART" THE NON OBJECT ORIENTED CEREBRAL ART FORM;
CONCEPTUAL
ART, AND ITS IMPORTANCE, IS ELOQUENTLY COMMUNICATED...VIEWS OF SEVERAL
INSTALLATIONS ARE INCLUDED... THIS EXTRAORDINARY TAPE ESTABLISHES AN
UNDERSTANDING
OF ART AS A CONCEPT, RATHER THAN THE CONVENTIONAL IDEA OF ART
EXCLUSIVELY
BEING A FINISHED PRODUCT...(INSET PICTURE: DAVID RABINOWITCH) |
| "MULTI-MEDIA AS AN ART FORM" WORKING IN SEVERAL MEDIUMS FOR SOME ARTISTS IS THE ONLY WAY TO FULLY EXPRESS THEIR AESTHETIC INTENT...PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY, PRINTMAKING, AND VIDEO ARE SOME OF THE TOOLS USED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THIS COLLECTION OF VIGNETTES...MULTI-MEDIA TAKEN TO THE EXTREME, COMBINING DOCUMENTARY, ABSTRACT, LITERAL, AND CONCEPTUAL TECHNIQUES...THIS UNUSUAL TAPE IS THE EMOTIONAL TOTALITY OF AN EXTRAORDINARY AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE...YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS ONE... |
 "THE
FOUND OBJECT AND ENVIRONMENT AS ART" HYBRID
COMBINATIONS
OF FOUND ART AND ENVIRONMENTAL INSTALLATIONS ARE FEATURED IN THIS
STUNNING
DOCUMENTARY...A DYNAMIC PRESENTATION WHICH GRAPHICALLY PORTRAYS PAINTED
ROOFTOPS COMBINED WITH FOUND OBJECTS OVERLOOKING THE WORLD TRADE
CENTER..."I
FELT LIKE I WAS ON THE MOUNT EVEREST OF ART"...THIS TAPE EXPOSES A
MAJOR
ARTISTIC EXPRESSION... (INSET PICTURE: GERI TAPER) |
 "MINIMAL
ART" THE ABSENCE OF SUBJECT MATTER, WITHIN AN ARTWORK,
CAN
BE AS VISUALLY STIMULATING AS AN ELABORATELY DETAILED RENDITION.
MINIMALISM
ADDRESSES THE AESTHETIC ORIGINALLY CHAMPIONED BY ELLSWORTH KELLY AND
DONALD
JUDD, WITHIN THE SCHOOL OF COLOR FIELD ABSTRACTION, WHERE ENTIRE
CANVASSES
MAY CONTAIN ONLY ONE SMALL ELEMENT OR ONE COLOR AS THE TOTAL
SUBJECT...A
VISIT TO A MID-TOWN MANHATTAN STUDIO CLARIFIES MINIMALISM...
...MINIMALISM
AT ITS BEST...(INSET PICTURE: JEAN DAVIDSON) |
 "SITE
SPECIFIC ART (PART I)" THIS UNUSUAL PROGRAM FEATURES
AN ELEGANT,
WELL THOUGHT OUT, SITE SPECIFIC ARTWORK OVERLOOKING NEW YORK'S HARBOR
AND
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY...FOURTEEN OTHER MASSIVE SITE SPECIFIC
INSTALLATIONS
CREATE A DIVERSE VIDEO COMPILATION OF HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT
SCULPTURE...IF
YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE PRELIMINARY DETAILED ORGANIZATION AND THE
EXECUTION
OF SITE SPECIFIC WORK, THEN THIS EXPLICIT DOCUMENTARY IS FOR
YOU...(INSET
PICTURE: NED SMYTH) |
 "SITE
SPECIFIC ART (PART II)" THIS PROGRAM IS VERY
UNUSUAL...SCULPTURES
CONTAINING RADIO TRANSMITTERS BROADCAST THE CONVERSATION OF ANYONE
CLOSE
TO THE SCULPTURES, ON "PIRATE STATIONS", WHICH INTERRUPT REGULAR RADIO
STATION FREQUENCIES...THESE SCULPTURES ARE A RARE COMBINATION OF
AVANT-GARDE
AND SITE SPECIFIC ART ...THIS DOCUMENTARY DEPICTS A SITE SPECIFIC
AESTHETIC
CONVEYED IN A SOPHISTICATED MONTAGE OF POLITICALLY MOTIVATE ART...THIS
IS REALLY GOOD...(INSET PICTURE: GARY LLOYD) |
 "PUBLIC
SCULPTURE (PART I)" THE EXTRAORDINARY CONFRONTATION
BETWEEN
AN ARTISTS' PRIVATE VISION, AND THE REMARKABLE REALIZATION OF SEVERAL
MONOLITHIC
PUBLIC SCULPTURES, IS THE STUNNING SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS UNUSUAL
DOCUMENTARY.
ERIK SEVERIE, THE INFAMOUS NEWSCASTER, TAKES PART IN THE INSTALLATION
OF
ONE PUBLIC SCULPTURE REPRESENTED...BEING AN ARTISTS' PRIVATE MESSAGE,
NUMEROUS
PUBLIC PIECES SUCCINCTLY DEPICTED, YIELD A POLITICAL UNDERSTANDING FOR
PUBLIC ART...(INSET PICTURE: ROGER BARR) |
 "PUBLIC
SCULPTURE (PART II)" THIS IS AN EXCELLENT COMPANION
PIECE
FOR "PUBLIC SCULPTURE (PART I). DEPICTING THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF
ASTONISHING LARGE SCALE PUBLIC ART , THIS DOCUMENTARY FEATURES THE
LOCATIONS
OF MONUMENTAL PUBLIC SCULPTURE INSTALLATIONS, WHICH RECEIVE NETWORK
TELEVISION
ATTENTION, REPORTING THE PROGRESS AND COMPLETION OF SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC
WORKS...(INSET PICTURE: PETER LOBELLO) |
 "PRINT
MAKING: ETCHING (PART I)" DIVERGENT ARTISTIC
EXPRESSION, EVENTUALLY UTILIZES PRINT MAKING AS A MEANS OF
ARTICULATION...THIS
UNUSUAL TAPE EXPOSES THE WORKING METHODS OF A TALENTED ARTIST
SPECIALIZING
IN PRINT MAKING! IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PRINT MAKING, THEN THIS IS
THE
DOCUMENTARY FOR YOU... (INSET PICTURE: BARBARA PARSONS) |
 "PRINT
MAKING: LITHOGRAPHY AND PAINTING (PART II)" ARTISTS
USING
PAINT AS THE MAIN FORM OF AESTHETIC EXPRESSION GENERALLY RELY ON
LITHOGRAPHY
AS A VEHICLE TO DISTRIBUTE THEIR ART. THIS EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENTARY
ENABLES
THE VIEWER TO UNDERSTAND A MULTI-TALENTED ARTIST, WHO REALIZES AND
VISUALIZES
HIS ARTISTIC DREAM THROUGH PAINTING AND LITHOGRAPHY...(INSET PICTURE:
SHERMAN
HAY) |
 "PRINT
MAKING: AIRBRUSH (PART III)" THE MOST IMMEDIATE MEANS
OF
EXPRESSION IN PRINT MAKING CAN INVOLVE AIRBRUSH, WHICH ENABLES THE FLOW
OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION WITH A MINIMUM OF PRECONCEIVED PREPARATION OR
CONSTRAINTS...A
STEP-BY-STEP DEMONSTRATION OF AIRBRUSH TECHNIQUE COMBINED WITH
AESTHETIC
EVALUATION OF THE RESULTS, IS THE FOCUS OF THIS CONCISE DOCUMENTARY,
WHICH
IS THE FINAL EXCITING EPISODE IN THE THREE PART TRILOGY OF THE
PRINTMAKING
SERIES...(INSET PICTURE: DOLLY JOHNSON) |
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 "500
DEFINITIONS OF ART" THIS TAPE REALLY DOES CONTAIN OVER
500
DEFINITIONS OF ART...THE DEFINITIONS, WHICH ALTERNATE BETWEEN A MALE
AND
A FEMALES' VOICE, ARE JUXTAPOSED WITH HUNDREDS OF ARTWORKS...WITH AN
IMAGINATIVE
ELECTRONIC SOUND TRACK, "500 DEFINITIONS" INSTILLS INTEREST IN A NON
THREATENING
WAY...FOR ALL LEVELS...IT DRAWS PEOPLE IN ALREADY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT
ART,
AS WELL AS, THOSE WITH LITTLE OR NO ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE...ENJOYABLE AND
EDUCATIONAL FOR ALL...(INSET PICTURE: MINOS MILONAS) |
 "AN
EXTRAORDINARY ART DEALER" FROM THE QUIET SECLUSION OF
A LOS
ANGELES MANSION, TO THE HIGH PROFILE ARENA OF A MAJOR ART GALLERY, THIS
TAPE FOLLOWS THE PATH OF A SUCCESSFUL ART DEALER...THE EXHILARATING
FOCUS
IS ON THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF PROMOTING CONTEMPORARY
ART...(INSET
PICTURE: VALERIE MILLER) |
 "HOLOGRAPHY" HOLOGRAPHY
IS AN UNUSUAL MEDIUM, WHICH CREATES REALISTIC THREE DIMENSIONAL
ILLUSIONS
UTILIZING ONLY TWO DIMENSIONAL REALITY...PAINTING AND SCULPTURE ARE
COMBINED
WITH HOLOGRAPHY, IN THIS INNOVATIVE DOCUMENTARY...THE TECHNICAL
EXPERIMENTATION
AND EXPERTISE IN THIS REMARKABLE TAPE, IS NEVER UNDERTAKEN FOR ITS OWN
SAKE WHEN HOLOGRAPHY IS USED TO CREATE FINE ART, BUT RATHER IT PUSHES
TO
EMBODY AN IDEA OR VISION OF THE ARTIST...(INSET PICTURE: ALEXANDER) |
 "FIGURATIVE
ART" FIGURATIVE ART WAS PERHAPS THE FIRST ART TO BE
CREATED,
AND IT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE IN CONTEMPORARY ART TODAY...THIS TAPE WAS
SHOT
IN SEVERAL LOCATION IN NEW YORK, AND AT A MID-TOWN MANHATTAN ART
STUDIO...THE
CREATION OF WHIMSICAL FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS IS THE MAJOR THRUST OF THIS
POWERFUL DOCUMENTARY, WHICH UNLOCKS THE PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE WORLD
OF
A DEDICATED ARTIST WHO SACRIFICES TO COMMUNICATE AND REALIZE HIS
VISION...(INSET:
PHILLIP SHERROD) |
 "FIGURATIVE
ABSTRACTION" THIS TAPE CONVEYS WORKS WHICH ARE
FIGURATIVE,
BUT INSISTS UPON REFERENCE TO LITERAL REALITY, THROUGH ABSTRACT
MEANS...STILL
LIFE, LANDSCAPES, INTERIORS, AND THE HUMAN FORM ARE ALL SUBJECTS FOR A
FIGURATIVE INTERPRETATION OF THE ARTISTS' IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS...YOU
MUST SEE THIS TAPE TO FULLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OF
THIS INNOVATIVE ARTIST...(INSET PICTURE: ANNE TABACHNICK) |
 "FIGURATIVE
EXPRESSIONISM" FROM THE JANGLED URBAN MACHINERY OF NEW
YORK,
EMERGES A HOPEFUL VISION AND OPTIMISTIC CRY...WORKING WITH ACRYLICS ON
LARGE PANELS THE MASTERFUL EXPRESSION OF A TIMELESS DRAMA OF EVOLVING
HUMAN
SPIRIT UNFOLDS...LAYERING FORMS UPON FORMS, A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL QUALITY
REVEALS DEEPER AND DEEPER EMOTIONAL AND INTELLECTUAL LEVELS...SHOT AT
NUMEROUS
LOCATIONS IN NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA...(INSET PICTURE: BILL
RABINOVITCH) |
 "LYRICAL
EXPRESSIONISM" THE BRUSH WORK, PALETTE, AND SUBJECT
MATTER
EXHIBITED IN THIS REMARKABLE DOCUMENTARY RESTS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS
SET
BY EUROPEAN MASTERS, HOWEVER ORIGINAL PERSONAL THEMES HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPED
IN THE ART WORK EMBODIED IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCTION...THIS VIDEO
TAPE REVEALS THE AESTHETIC CONCEPTS AND WORKING METHODS OF AN ITALIAN
BORN
EXPRESSIONIST...(INSET PICTURE: MARCO SASSONE) |
 "MEDIA
EXPERIMENTATION" SOME ARTISTS EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN
WHATEVER
MEDIUM THEY HAPPEN TO ENCOUNTER, TO AVOID LIMITATIONS INHERENT IN
SPECIALIZATION,
CONSEQUENTLY ALL MEDIUMS BECOME IMPORTANT...THIS TAPE DEPICTS
MULTIMEDIA
EXPERIMENTATION USING PAINTING, WATERCOLOR, DRAWING, ALL PRINT MEDIUMS,
TAPESTRY, SCULPTURE, FILM, AND VIDEO...A MUST SEE...(INSET PICTURE: BOB
FREIMARK) |
 "ENVIRONMENTAL
ART" SEGMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENTARY WERE AIRED
ON
NEW YORKS' CHANNEL FOUR NETWORK NEWS...THE ERIE CANAL, CENTRAL PARK,
AND
THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPICS ARE JUST A FEW OF THE LOCATIONS INCLUDED AS
SITES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ART IN THIS STRIKING TAPE... ENVIRONMENTS
ARE
INTEGRATED WITH THE ART INSTALLATIONS, TO CREATE ABSTRACT RENDITIONS,
WHICH
COMMENT ON REALITY AND THE MEANING OF EXISTENCE AS WE KNOW IT...THIS IS
RATED FOUR STARS...(INSET PICTURE: PAM MCCORMICK) |
 "SCULPTURE
FOR BETTER OR WORSE" THE REWARDS AND PITFALLS OF BEING
INVOLVED
WITH THE CREATION OF LARGE SCALE SCULPTURE IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS
COMPELLING
DOCUMENTARY... ACTUAL FOUNDRY FOOTAGE, OF AN ENORMOUS SCULPTURE BEING
CREATED,
IS THE CORNERSTONE SCENE... AND ITS' SUBSEQUENT DISPLAY IN FRONT OF NEW
YORKS' LINCOLN CENTER IS THE SPLENDID FINISH FOR THIS REMARKABLE
TAPE...(INSET
PICTURE: LILA KATZEN) |
 "SCULPTURE
AND PAINTING" THIS DOCUMENTARY PROVIDES A THROUGH,
CONCISE,
AND EFFECTIVE RENDITION OF AN ARTIST ACCUMULATING ORDINARY HOUSEHOLD
ITEMS
AND PLACING THEM IN SMALL REFINED GLASS ENCLOSED ENVIRONMENTS, CHANGING
THE ORDINARY INTO PRECIOUS PIECES OF ART... THESE SENSUAL SCULPTURES
ARE
THE MAJOR CONCERN OF AN ARTIST WHO ALSO CREATES EQUALLY STIMULATING
PAINTINGS...
STUDIO VISIT, ACTUAL EXECUTION, AND INTERVIEWS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS
FINELY
HONED... (INSET PICTURE: KAREN LECOCQ) |
 "GEOMETRIC
HARD EDGE ABSTRACTION" A FORERUNNER OF INSTALLATION
ART,
HARD EDGE RELIEF PAINTINGS ARE ASSEMBLED TOGETHER, WHICH CREATES AN
INTERIOR
ENVIRONMENT OF AN INTEGRATED GEOMETRIC ABSTRACT FORM... THE PICTURE
PLANE
BECOMES A REPOSITORY FOR OPTICAL CHANGE BY CUTTING AND ASSEMBLING THE
PAINTINGS,
AND HANGING THEM ON THE WALL COMBINES THE IMAGES INTO ONE ABSTRACT
SHAPE...
THE EXECUTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL PAINTINGS AND THEIR EVENTUAL ASSEMBLY
IS
DOCUMENTED... (INSET PICTURE: HELMUT AMANN) |
 "SCULPTURAL
RELIEF PAINTING" AN INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUE, FUSING
DIVERGENT
ELEMENTS OF ART INTO A THREE DIMENSIONAL SCULPTURAL WALL RELIEF, WHICH
IS THEN CARVED AND PAINTED OVER, IS THE FOCUS OF THIS WELL THOUGH OUT
TAPE...
ABSTRACTION, NON-OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE ART STYLES ARE COMBINED,
PRODUCES
SOME EXTREMELY INTERESTING RESULTS FOR THIS CLOSELY SCRUTINIZED
ARTIST...
(INSET PICTURE: LINDA VIDAL) |
 "COMPUTER
ART FORM" UTILIZING THE LATEST LASER SCANNERS, HIGH
TECH
PROGRAMS, AND DIGITAL IMAGING, ARTISTS HAVE NOW TURNED TO INNOVATIVE
TECHNOLOGICAL
TOOLS TO EXPRESS THEIR PERSONAL AESTHETIC CONCERNS... EXCLUSIVELY
COMPUTER
ORIENTED, THIS STAGGERING DOCUMENTARY LETS THE VIEW IN ON A FORM OF ART
RARELY SEEN... COMPUTER IMAGES CHANGE TO SOUNDS OF MUSIC GENERATED BY A
LIVE MUSICIAN... (INSET PICTURE: LANCE JACKSON) |
 "KINETIC
ART: THE ILLUSION OF MOVEMENT" THE ILLUSION OF
MOVEMENT,
WITHIN A WORK OF ART, HAS ALWAYS INTRIGUED ARTISTS AND VIEWERS ALIKE...
THIS BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED TAPE DEPICTS THE CREATION OF THE ILLUSION OF
MOVEMENT, UTILIZING VARIOUS VISUAL EFFECTS AND PATTERS... AS THE VIEWER
MOVES THE WORKS OF ART BEGIN MOVING AND BECOME KINETIC, ALLOWING THE
VIEWER
TO INTERACT WITH THE WORK... (INSET PICTURE: FRANK BUNTS) |
 "PAINTING
WITH ELECTRICITY" THIS EXTREMELY UNUSUAL DOCUMENTARY
VIVIDLY
PORTRAYS THE TECHNIQUE AND EXECUTION, UTILIZING HIGH ELECTRICAL VOLTAGE
ON THE BACK OF GLASS, TO CREATE MAGNIFICENT PAINTINGS... PRESENTED ON
MORE
THAN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TELEVISION PROGRAMS, THESE REMARKABLE
IMAGES,
AND THE TECHNIQUES USED TO MAKE THEM, BECOME AN UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY
FOR
THIS ARTIST ON A PERSONAL QUEST... THIS TAPE IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS'
KIND...
(INSET PICTURE: DAVE ARCHER) |
 "LANDSCAPE
AND THE FIGURE" THE LANDSCAPE AND THE FIGURE HAVE BEEN
A
MAJOR FOCUS FOR COUNTLESS ARTISTS THROUGHOUT HISTORY... IN THIS HIGHLY
CHARGED DOCUMENTARY, THE FIGURE AND LANDSCAPE ARE COMBINED INTO ONE
STRIKING
ART WORK... STIMULATING AESTHETIC CONTENT AND EXECUTION IS EXQUISITELY
DOCUMENTED IN THIS REMARKABLE PROGRAM, WHICH BROADENS THE CONCEPT OF
WHAT
ART CAN AND CAN NOT BE... (INSET PICTURE: HARRY WEISBURD) |
 "METAPHYSICS
IN ART" A POWERFUL UNEXPLAINABLE FORCE EXISTS WITHIN
EVERYONE,
WHICH MOTIVATES CREATION... THIS ASTOUNDING TAPE TAKES THE VIEWER
THROUGH
AN ARTISTS' METAPHYSICAL EXPERIENCE... METAPHYSICS IN ART IS PORTRAYED,
ALONG WITH THE STRUGGLE OF AN ARTIST, TO EXPRESS A PERSONAL IDENTITY...
(INSET PICTURE: JEANNE MILES) |
 "ECOLOGY
AND ART" THE ARTWORK AND THE WORKING METHODS, OF AN
ARTIST
DEDICATED TO PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT, IS THE THRUST OF THIS
GRATIFYING
DOCUMENTARY... RENDERINGS, AS PREMONITIONS OF ECOLOGICAL HORROR,
SUGGEST
OUR FUTURE... IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT INEVITABLY MAY BE THE FUTURE OF
OUR
ENVIRONMENT, THEN YOU MUST SEE THIS TAPE TODAY... (INSET PICTURE:
ELAINE
MARINOFF) |
 "POLITICAL
ART SOLUTIONS" THIS TAPE PRESENTS A SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS
ARTIST,WHO
UTILIZES HIS TALENT TO FUND MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR A YOUNG GIRL THROUGH
THE SALE OF ARTWORK... ART IS USED IN A PHILANTHROPIC VENTURE
COMMEMORATING
THE CHALLENGER SPACE SHUTTLE, ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE FOR THE SIX CREW MEMBERS WHO DIED IN THE ABORTED SPACE
EFFORT...
THIS TAPE REVEALS ONE MANS' EFFORTS TO SATISFY HIMSELF BY SERVING THE
NEEDS
OF OTHERS... (INSET PICTURE: GEORGE BLEICH) |
 "MASTER
JAPANESE STONE CARVING" A VANISHING BREED OF STONE
CARVERS,
WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO ANIMATE INERT MASS AND CONVERT IT INTO ELOQUENT
FORM
IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTARY... THIS WORK HAS BEEN
COLLECTED BY NEW YORKS' MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, THE SMITHSONIAN, THE
GUGGENHEIM,
AND JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER III... ABOUT A TRADITIONAL ORIENTAL ART FORM,
WHICH
TRANSCENDS AND EVOLVES INTO BEAUTIFUL MODERN SCULPTURE... (INSET
PICTURE:
MINORU NIZUMA) |
 "CONTEMPORARY
ORIENTAL ART" THE UNIQUE HYBRID OF CONTEMPORARY ART
AND TRADITIONAL
ORIENTAL BRUSH STROKE PAINTING, IS THE FOCUS OF THIS DOCUMENTARY... AN
ASIAN IMMIGRANT SETTLES IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK ONLY TO BE ENVELOPED BY
THE
AMERICAN CULTURE. SIMULTANEOUS CULTURAL INFLUENCE MAKES FOR ARTWORK
BEYOND
THE IMAGINATION OF ANY ONE CULTURE... A CROSS CULTURE TRANSFORMATION...
(INSET PICTURE: YOUNG LEE KIM) |
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