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Accident by Design: Creating and Discovering Beauty

Artists, writers and scientists are interviewed about definitions and perceptions of beauty and the process of creating art. Forms of beauty from diverse sources such as paintings, sculpture, dance, and nature are presented and through careful montage enable the viewer to see what those forms have in common. c1997. 50 min. Video/C MM784

Art Deco

Presents the history of the Art Deco style in fine arts, architecture and the decorative arts. Art Deco found its fullest expression in America, where it was applied to everything from skyscrapers to diners. The film includes footage of many art deco buildings in America, archival footage showing other examples of art deco work and objects, the role of WPA artists and commentary from art historians. Dist.: Films Media Group. 2002. 29 min. DVD 1984

After Modernism: The Dilemma of Influence

The purposeful dismantling of the modernist myth has been the central issue of contemporary art making and art criticism. Since the 1960s, other disciplines, cultures and artists previously excluded from modernism's privileged canons have become absorbed into an ever expanding field of activity and influence. Younger artsts are a new breed of cultural scavengers -- anything is fair game for appropriation or reinterpretation. Here various modernists discuss their art works. Dist.: Michael Blackwood Productions. 1992. 59 min. Video/C 9102

Art in an Age of Mass Culture

An exhibit at New York's Museum of Modern Art titled "High and low", traces the historic relationship between modernist art and low or mass culture. Examples of early 20th century avant-garde works are seen with later examples accompanied by commentary of artists James Rosenquist, Jenny Holzer, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Elizabeth Murray and others. Centered around a walk-through of the show with its curators Kirk Varnedoe and Adam Gopnik, the film explores the question of the fate of avant-garde art in mass cuture. Dist.: Michael Blackwood Productions. c1991. 31 min. Video/C 9104

Art of the Western World.

Provides a panorama of 2000 years of architecture, painting, and sculpture. Studies the art masterpieces as reflections of the Western culture that produced them. 30 min. ea.

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The Classical Ideal/Imperial Stones of Rome. Traces the origins of humanism and much of Western art to ancient Greece. Discusses Kouroi and Korai figures and the architecture of the Parthenon. Identifies Roman art as inherently political art that concentrated on technical sophistication and detail. Traces the decline of humanistic values in the late antique period where classical themes and forms were adapted to serve Christian purposes. Features art experts John Boardman and Richard Brilliant.c 1989. Video/C 1675

A White Garment of Churches, Romanesque/The Age of Gothic. Examines Romanesque and Gothic churches as evidence of the values of the societies that created them. Shows the affect of monasticism and pilgrimage on Romanesque church architecture. Uses Gislebertus's sculpture at St. Lazare in Autun to show the medieval focus on heaven and the afterlife. The Gothic architecture, sculpture, and stained glass at St. Denis and Chartres are discussed as evidence of a new theology and profound social changes during the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. Features experts Paul Crossley, William Clark, and Anne Prache.1989. Video/C 1676

The Early Renaissance in Florence/The Early Renaissance in Northern Europe. Covers the revival and reinterpretation of the classical tradition in the works of Florentine artists Masaccio, Donatello, and Ghiberti. Discusses how these artists exemplify the merging of Christian and humanistic values. Examines the realism of Jan van Eyck and the spiritual crisis of northern Europe as revealed in Gruenwald's Isenheim altarpiece. Also discusses the spirit of the Renaissance as reflected in Albrecht Durer's work. Features experts John White and Colin Eisler. 1989. Video/C 1677

Rome and Florence, The Artist As Genius/Venice, Pleasure and Power. Covers key aspects of the High Remaissance, including the advent of the artist as genius (Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael), the rise of Rome as a center of artistic vitality, and Venetian preoccupation with the quality of light (Giorgione and Titian). Also examines the social turbulence of the late sixteenth century and the reinterpretation of classical architectural principles. Features experts Kathlenn Weil-Garris Brandt and Colin Eisler. 1989.Video/C 1678

The Baroque in Italy and Austria/The Baroque in Spain and the Netherlands. Examines the divergent themes of the baroque period, including a new emotional appeal as seen in Bernini's The Ecstasy of St. Teresa, Caravaggio's naturalism, Velasquez's multilayered works, and the rise of bourgeois values as seen in Rembrandt's works. Features experts Irving Lavin and Simon Schama. 1989. Video/C 1679

An Age of Reason: An Age of Passion Covers the move from the rococo period to neoclassicism and romanticism. Relates stylistic changes to the French Reovlution and the Napoleonic wars. Covers the work of David, Gericault, Turner, Delacroix, and Goya. Features experts Pierrre Rosenberg and Robin Middleton. 1989.Video/C 1680

Realism and Impressionism/Post-Impressionism. Contrasts Courbets treatment of subjects from everyday life with the innovations and techniques used by the impressionists. Examines the impressionists characteristic concern with color and changing light and contrasts this with the very individualistic visions of the postimpressionists. Features experts John House and Griselda Pollack.1989.Video/C 1681

Into the Twentieth Century/Between the Wars. Covers the work of the fauves, the cubists, the international style, and the surrealists. Discusses how these movements relate to modern life. Features experts Christopher Green and Margit Rowell. 1989. Video/C 1682

Shattering the Myths/New, Newer, Newest. Examines why the appearance of abstract expression caused the United States to become a center for the visual arts. Reviews the diversity of styles in the postwar period, including the work of Pollock, Warhol, Oldenburg. Also examines the explosive internationalization of the art world in the 1970s and 1980s. Features experts Rosalind Krauss, Germano Celant, and Clement Greenberg. 1989. Video/C 1683

Axis of Evil

Through interviews with journalists, artists, scholars, and activists, intercut with examples of politically charged stamp art, director Carmine Cervi explores pertinent questions about evil: How is it defined? Do traditional concepts of good vs. evil need to be readdressed in our increasingly complex world?. Directed & edited by Carmine Cervi.c2004. 84 min. DVD 3379

Beyond Words: The Marriage of Art and Literature in Bookmaking

Discusses the art form of "livres d'artistes", books with graphic works that are hand made creations produced in limited editions and are collaborations between writers and artists. 1994. 28 min. Video/C 8267

Civilisation. Hosted by Kenneth Clark. 52 min. each installment

Civilisation: The Skin of Our Teeth. Defines civilization and gives a synoptic view of the thousand years between the fall of Rome and the rise of the great Gothic period. Compares and contrasts high and primitive arts as embodied in the head of Apollo Belvedere and an African tribal mask. c1970. Video/C 4983

Civilisation: The Great Thaw.Surveys the development of Western civilization during the 12th century, which ranged from restless curiosity to system and order, as evidenced in the construction of the Abbey of Cluny, the work of Abelard and St. Thomas Aquinas, and the rebuilding of Chartres Cathedral.c1970. Video/C 4983

Civilisation: Romance and Reality. Surveys the development of Western civilization during the 13th century. Depicts a world of chivalry, courtesy, and romance as evidenced in the emergence of courtly love as the ultimate in aesthetic and ascetic devotion. Shows these developments in the poetry of Dante and in the Anjou tapestries. Points out the spiritual happiness of the period as seen in the life of St. Francis and in the work entitled The little flowers. c1970. Video/C 4984

Civilisation: Man, The Measure of All Things. Surveys the development of Western civilization during the 15th century as evidenced in the work of Botticelli, Masaccio, Bellini, Giorgione, Van Eyck, and Alberti. c1970. Video/C 4984

Civilisation: The Hero as Artist. Surveys the development of Western civilization in Italy beginning in 1500 as seen in the demise of city states such as Florence and the rise of Rome as a world power. Examines the work of Michelangelo, Raphael, and Bramante. c1970. Video/C 4985

Civilisation: Protest and Communication Surveys the development of Western civilization in the 16th century in the North as evidenced in the use of the printing press and in the Reformation, Protestantism, and especially in the work of Erasmus, Sir Thomas More, Durer, Holbein, Cranach, and Shakespeare. c1970. Video/C 4985

Civilisation: Grandeur and Obedience. Surveys the development of Western civilization in the 17th century as seen in the work of Titian, Rubens, and Bernini. Points out that the essence of baroque was the uniting of flesh and spirit, dogma and sensuality, obedience and freedom as shown in such religious figures as St. Ignatius, St. Teresa of Avila, and St. John of the Cross. c1970. Video/C 4986

Civilisation: The Light of Experience.Surveys the development of Western civilization during the 17th century. Points out that the works of such Dutch painters as Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Vermeer, and Saenredam show the revolutionary change in thought that replaced divine authority with experience, experiment, and observation. c1970. Video/C 4986

Civilisation: The Pursuit of Happiness. Surveys the development of western civilization during the 18th century as evidenced in the music of Bach, Handel, Mozart and Haydn, the architecture of Neumann, and the paintings and etchings of Tiepolo. c1970.Video/C 4987

Civilisation: The Smile of Reason. Surveys the development of western civilization during the 18th century as shown in the art and sculpture of Vanloo, David, De Troy, and Houdon. Points out the growth of humanitarianism and the prevailing belief that mankind would advance by conquering ignorance through reason and moderation. c1970. Video/C 4987

Civilisation: The Worship of Nature. Surveys the development of Western civilization during the late 1700's and the 1800's which were characterized by a romantic belief in the divinity of nature as evidenced in the work of Rousseau, Goethe, and Wordsworth and in the paintings of Constable, Casper David Friedrich, and William Turner. c1970.Video/C 4988

Civilisation: The Fallacies of Hope.Surveys the development of Western civilization during the late 1700's and 1800's when the dreams of advancing mankind through reason and moderation met with disappointment. Includes examples from the works of Byron, Gericault, Delacroix, Rodin, and Beethoven. c1970. Video/C 4988

Civilisation: Heroic Materialism. Surveys the development of western civilization during the 1900's as evidenced in the technological advancements in the work of Brunel, the designer of the Thames tunnel, and in the development of the atom bomb. Notes that the advance in technology and the importance attached to it have been accompanied by an upsurge in humanitarianism. c1970. Video/C 4989

Edward James: Builder of Dreams

A journey into the world of the Surrealists as the life and accomplishments of the surrealist collector, poet, and architect Edward James unfolds. For the last 20 years of his life, aided by 40 fulltime laborers and draftsmen, he built one of the biggest and yet least known architectural monuments of the 20th century, dedicated to Surrealism and hidden in the jungles of Mexico. c1995. 58 min. Video/C MM769

Lascaux the Prehistory of Art.

This program goes inside the Lascaux cave complex to examine the richest and most beautiful collection of Paleolithic cave drawings in France. Who were the artisans who rendered those arresting images, and how exactly did they do it? Different theories are presented as the cameras capture a site that never ceases to amaze and intrigue. Dist.: Films Media Group. c2002. 60 min.

Objects. (Inside the Tate Modern: A Century of Modern Art)

Presented in three segments. Objects in odd places: This first segment offers Marcel Duchamp's urinal-cum-readymade Fountain, Michael Craig-Martin's glass of water entitled Oak Tree, and Rebecca Horn's Concert for Anarchy, a grand piano suspended upside-down, as an invitation to look at everyday things in a new way. Different dimensions: Segment two introduces minimalism through Carl Andre's brick pile Equivalent VIII and Cornelia Parker's Thirty Pieces of Silver, suspended pools of flattened metalware. Pharmacy: Segment three features Damien Hirst's room-filling installation Pharmacy, the meaning of which is explained by the artist himself. Dist.: Films Media Group. 2005. 15 min. DVD 6075

Microsoft Art Gallery.

This interactive CD-ROM allows the user to explore the celebrated art collection of the National Gallery, London with vivid color, animation, and sound. Many master painters represented. See liner notes for more detailed information. c1993. Compu/D 252

National Gallery of Art.

Computer interactive software. Includes the history of the National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.) as well as a tour of the museum by its director, J. Carter Brown. A catalog of 1,645 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints can be studied using freeze frame. 1983. 50 min. Video/D 3

Painting: Visions Through the Ages

Presents an introduction to the history of painting. Focuses on uses of painting, technique and choice of subject through the ages. Covers ancient cave painting, Greek and Roman vase and wall painting, Renaissance figures, and modern movements. 1978. 29 min. Video/C MM554

Plan Projection

A lecture from a series on drawing. Here artist and instructor Marshall Vandruff presents and demonstrates the principles of what an artist needs to know on the subject of perspective. "Learn how a top, side and front view can be used to draw an object from any point of view." 2003. 39 min. Video/C 9876

Postmodernism

This program looks at postmodernism as reflected in architecture and art. Using numerous examples drawn from the United States and Britain, this documentary seeks to define the movement through commentary by authors, architects and art critics. Looks at the contributions and influence of 20th century visionaries such as Robert Venturi, Andy Warhol, Jacques Derrida, and Kazuo Ishiguro to the development of Postmodernism. Dist.: Films Media Group. c2000. 29 min. Video/C 8399

The Power of the Past, with Bill Moyers -- Florence

Guided by experts, art historians, and Florentine citizens, Bill Moyers tours Florence's rich Renaissance legacy, exploring the roots of the common artistic, architectural, and human heritage of modern Western civilization. 1990. 90 min. Video/C MM787

Predictions of Fire

Using an inventive combination of reportage, dramatization, archival footage, animation, and miniatures, this film is a revealing study of the controversial and internationally acclaimed arts collective NSK, as seen through the lens of 20th century European history. Shot in Ljubljana, Moscow, New York, Belgrade and Athens, this film offers a portrait of a culture suspended between East and West - between the Slavic and the Germanic worlds. Dist. Cinema Guild. 1995. 90 min. Video/C 8680

Rock Art Collection [Paul Freeman: Bay Area Rock Art Research Association archive]

Disc 1: San Joaquin Valley -- Southern Sierra Nevada, 1981-1989 (57 min.) -- 2-3. San Francisco Bay Area, 1984-1996 (71 min.) -- 4-6. Carrizo Plain Monitoring Project, 1993-2002 (156 min.) -- 7. San Francisco Bay Area, 1995-1999 (61 min.) -- 8-10. Chumash Area, 1982-2000 (150 min.) -- 11-12. North Coast area, 1986-1999 (91 min.) -- 13-15. Northern Sierra Nevada area, 1983-1997 (126 min.) -- 16. Sierra foothills area, 1991-1995 (48 min.) -- 17-18. Desert area, 1992-1997 (111 min.) -- 19. Northeastern California area, 1997 (44 min.) -- 20. San Francisco Bay area, 2001-2002 (43 min.) -- 21. Southern Sierra Nevada area, 1996-2002 (47 min.) -- 22. Desert area, 1998 (37 min.) -- 23. South Central coastal area, 1994-2002 (53 (cont'd) min.) -- 24. San Francisco Bay area, 2003 (ca. 47 min.) -- 25. San Francisco Bay area, Canyon Trails Park Petroglyph Conservation Project, 2003-2004 (ca. 37 min.) -- 26. Southern California area, 1982-2004 (ca. 41 min.).

Presents major areas where rock art and petroglyphs may be found in California, taken over a span of 24 years highlighting places where Native Californians have left traces of their lifeways and thought, and the often extraordinary beauty of these places. These visual records also have historic value presenting the work of pioneers in rock art studies, the discoveries that were made and return visits to old sites that were deteriorating and efforts at conservation that were being undertaken. Originally created between 1981-2004. DVD 3075

The Saatchi 100

Presents nearly 100 pieces from the Charles Saatchi collection in London. Incorporates interviews with several artists, all of whom candidly share their goals and processes. Contains mature themes and explicit language and imagery. Several artists featured include Gary Hume, Damien Hirst, Jake and Dino Chapman, Tracy Emin and Sarah Lucas. Dist.: Films Media Group. 2004. 50 min. DVD 9183

Sculpture: Mirror of Man's Being

Presents a survey of sculpture from ancient times to the present. Hosted by: Maya Angelou. c1978. 29 min. Video/C MM556

Seducing the Guard

Noted artists, writers, and scientists, including some nobel laureates, share their perceptions of the value of art among cultures and the human need it fills. These commentators argue that art makes the mind supple. Whatever its source or form, art provokes us to perceive and interpret. 1999. 54 min. Video/C MM615

Shock of the New.

BBC's sequel to Civilisation, picks up at the threshold of the 20th century. Written and presented by Robert Hughes. The range of major figures includes Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, le Corbusier, Max Ernst, Francis Bacon and Jackosn Pollock. Dist. Ambrose Video. 1988. 52 min. ea.

The Mechanical Paradise. Explores Western art during the period 1870-1914 and shows how the artists of this period reflected the fragmentation and mechanization of urban life. DVD 2845; also on VHS Video/C 217

The Powers That Be. Examines the art of the post-World War I period, including Dada and German expressionism and discusses how art reflected the intellectual and political mood of the period. DVD 2845; also on VHS Video/C 218

The Landscape of Pleasure. Art critic Robert Hughes talks about the liberation of color which began in the late 19th century and was amplified by Matisse and Derain as a means of expressing feeling. Mr. Hughes also points out the increasing personalization of art as seen in the work of Braque and Picasso. DVD 2846; also on VHS Video/C 219

Trouble in Utopia. German and Italian visionary architects, such as Scharoun, Finsterlin, and Chiattone, followed by the Bauhaus and the functionalists, spread a new international style that stressed design aesthetics and promulgated the idea of the architect as a social legislator. DVD 2846; also on VHS Video/C 220

The Threshold of Liberty. Discusses the impact of surrealism and shows examples of the art and architecture produced by this movement, including the Ideal Temple built in rural France, the Watts Tower, and paintings by Miro, Dali, Magritte, and others. DVD 2847; also on VHS Video/C 221

The View From the Edge. Links the decline of Expressionism with the horror of World War II and an increasingly pragmatic and secular outlook that left little room for the mythic-religious imagery of the past. DVD 2847; also on VHS Video/C 222

Culture of Nature. Discusses why the 20th century brought about a major change in the subject matter used by artists. Shows how the various manifestations of popular culture replaced nature as the focus of artistic interest and describes the Pop art movement. DVD 2848; also on VHS Video/C 223

The Future That Was. Art critic Robert Hughes discusses the current nature of modern art, which he believes is characterized by attempts to remove art from the highly organized system of dealers and museums and replace it with conceptual art, earthworks, and body art. He talks about the fragmentation of the avant-garde, doubts about the future of painting, and the blatant narcissism of contemporary art. DVD 2848; also on VHS Video/C 224

Surrealism

Surrealism, a reaction against the rationalism that plunged Europe into the First World War, sought to reunite the conscious and subconscious minds in order to create a new view of reality. Incorporating archival clips, this film analyzes the history of the movement through the works of Andre Breton, Max Ernst, Man Ray, Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, Louis Bunuel and Herbert Read. Also includes footage of modern surrealists Conroy Maddox and Jake Chapman. Dist.: Films Media Group. c2001. 29 min. Video/C 8419

The Way Things Go (Der lauf der dinge)

Sometimes called "the merry pranksters of contemporary art," Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss have built, inside a warehouse, an enormous precarious structure 100 feet long made of common household items -- tea kettles, tires, shoes, balloons, wooden ramps. etc. Then they create a spectacular self-destructing performance which applies the principles of cause and effect, gravity, chemistry, water, gas propulsion and vector propagation to produce the chain reaction. Dist.: Films Media Group. c1987. 30 min. Video/C 8419

Ways of Seeing.

Consists of four programs, each presenting the classical arts in different contemporary terms. Considers the ways paintings are distorted by the mass media that transmits them, examines the ways in which women are portrayed in art, discusses paintings as material possessions, and shows how paintings are used in advertising. 1974. 30 min. DVD 3943 (preservation copy); also VHS Video/C 580

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The Western Tradition.

An overview of Western Civilization from prehistory to the present time. Hosted by Professor Eugene Weber. See Pathfinder using long display for more information. 1989. 30 min. ea. Video/C 1500-1525

What is Art?(Examined Life; 26)

Looks at several views on the nature of art, including representationalism, expressionism and formalism, and how these have been affected by changes in artistic styles and techniques. Asks whether art has reached its end and discusses the significance of contemporary conceptual art. [For other installments of this series, SEE Philosophy videography] Video/C MM961

Woman as Painter.

This program examines the often over-looked female artist. It includes over 200 pieces of art-work and rare slides from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1972. 30 min. Video/C 47

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Art in the United States Overviews and Miscellaneous Works | US Art: 1900-1945 | US Art: 1945-present | US Artists by Name: 1945-present |

Art in the USA: Overviews and Miscellaneous Works

American Impressionists, American Realists: In Search of the New

In the midst of great social and technological changes between the Civil War and World War I, two groups of American artists stood out from the rest: the Impressionists and the Realists. This program combines archival footage and photographs, as well as images of the paintings involved, to portray this vibrant era in American history and art. 1994. 22 min. Video/C MM711

American Visions Written & presented by Robert Hughes. 1997. 58 min each.

The Republic of Virtue. examines some of the first images made in America which resemble ancient ones. Jefferson and the founding fathers felt that classicism gave the young nation power and authority. In Washington, D.C. architects adopted and transformed the classical style to serve a new, democratic ideal. Hughes explores the work of artists and architects, Benjamin West, John S. Copley, Charles W. Peale, Thomas Cole and Charles Bulfinch. Video/C 4775

The Promised Land. Early settlers in the "Promised land" strive to carve out an identity in a virgin land while in the West, Spanish missions use art to convert the natives. In the East, plain Protestant settlers are suspicious of art's pleasures while in Virginia, an exiled aristocracy, strives to recreate its ideal of England. Video/C 4776

The Wilderness and the West. As majestic primal America fosters the idea of landscape as God's fingerprint, landscape painting holds deep religious and patriotic connotations. Soon, the belief in Manifest Destiny is embodied in art. Traveling from Yellowstone to the Hudson Valley, Hughes explores the artists Thomas Cole, John Audubon, Albert Bierstadt, John Gast, Currier & Ives, Emanuel Leutze, George Catlin, Frederick Church, Frederic Remington, Thomas Noran and William Jackson. In their work he finds the conflicting impulses to worship the land and to conquer it, to create a myth of the West just as the frontier is closing. Video/C 4777

The Guilded Age. Examines the many sides of America in the 19th century: the extravagant mansions of Newport's tycoons, the triumph of the Brooklyn Bridge, the haunting realism of Civil War photography, and the artistic creations of John Singer Sargent, James Whistler, Mary Cassatt, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Thomas Eakins, John Peto, Winslow Homer, John Robling, Louis Sullivan,Isabella Stewart Gardner, and Bernard Berenson. Video/C 4778

A Wave From the Atlantic. Waves of immigrants in the early 20th century bring both their old culture and a thirst for the new. The tenements are documented by photographer Jacob Riis and the socially conscious Ashcan School. Then, after the historic 1913 Armory show, artists like Joseph Stella, Paul Strand, Alfred Stieglitz, forge a modernism that is uniquely American. Also presents the work of Robert Henri, George Bellows, Marcel Duchamp, Charles Demuth, Arthur Dove, Georgia O'Keeffe, Mabel Dodge Luhand, Marsden Hartley and Frank Lloyd Wright. Video/C 4779

Streamlines and Breadlines. Examines the mythic images of the 1920's and 30's as skyscrapers rise in New York and the rural heartland is idealized by Regionalists like Thomas Hart. Artists of the WPA celebrate the worker as hero, while Jacob Lawrence tells stories of black America, and ambitious New Deal projects like Hoover Dam project self-confidence in hard times. Also examines the work of Raymond Hood, Edward Hopper, Stuart Davis, and Grant Wood. Video/C 4780

The Empire of Signs. After the post-war era, Hughes traces the development of abstract expressionism and the life of Jackson Pollock, and explores how artists as different as James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, David Smith, Willem De Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg, Romare Bearden, Joseph Cornell, Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns reacted to the new consumer culture. Video/C 4781

The Age of Anxiety. This final segment explores how American art has reflected the upheavals of the last 25 years. Hughes traces the evolution of abstract art and minimalism and considers the spiritual richness of earth works, in which nature is the artist's medium. He ends the series by profiling a wide range of contemporary artists including Edward Kienholz, Donald Judd, Richard Serra, Walter De Maria, Robert Smithson, Bruce Nauman, Richard Diebenkorn, Philip Guston, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Susan Rothenberg, Eric Fischl, Louise Bourgeois and James Turrell. Video/C 4782

Berman, Ann E. "American Visions." (television program reviews) Wall Street Journal (Wed, May 28, 1997):A17(W), A17(E), col 1, 28 col in.

Boettger, Suzaan. "American Visions." (television program reviews) Art in America v. 85 (Oct. '97) p. 39+.

Dobrzynski, Judith H. "Distilling all of American art to 8 hours and 635 pages." (eight hour television documentary on American art named 'American Visions' and book from the PBS television program) (Living Arts Pages) New York Times v146 (Thu, May 8, 1997):B1(N), C15(L), col 1, 42 col in.

James, Caryn. "American Visions." (television program reviews) New York Times v146 (Wed, May 28, 1997):B3(N), C11(L), col 1, 24 col in.

Lewis, Michael J. "American Visions." (television program reviews) The New Criterion v. 15 (June '97) p. 14-19.

Marien, Mary Warner. "American Visions." (television program reviews) Christian Science Monitor v89, n124 (Thu, May 22, 1997):12, col 1, 29 col in.

Menand, Louis. "Made in the USA." ("American Visions", television documentary on American art)New York Review of Books v44, n11 (June 26, 1997):4 (2 pages).

The Artist Was a Woman: Women Artists 1550 - 1950.

Documents the preparation and outcome of an exhibit devoted to American and European women artists. Discusses and displays the accomplishments of individual artists. Based on the 1977 exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. c1980. 60 min. Video/C 321

Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Indian Art and its Evolution.

Presents more than three hundred examples of prehistoric, historic and contemporary American Indian art. c1989. 45 min. Video/C 1765

Boneshop of the Heart: Folk Offerings from the American South.

Explores a rich vein of American individuality through incisive portraits of five contemporary southern folk artists four of whom are African American. Includes interviews with the folk artists Enoch Tanner Wickham, Charlie Lucas, Vollis Simpson, Thornton Dial Sr., Bessie Harvey, Lonnie Bradley Holley. 1990. 53 min. Video/C MM612

A Century of Quilts: America in Cloth.

Celebrates the powerful stories behind quilt-making from three perspectives: records of history, symbols of family/community, and works of art. Features quilts from major American quilt shows in Paducah, Kentucky, and Houston. Produced, written and directed by Laurie A. Gorman. Dist.: PBS. 2001. 77 min. DVD 5615

The Clay Figurines of Galegos (O figurado de Galegos>

Artists: Rosa Romalho, Rosa Cota, Maria Sineta, Rosalina Baraca, Julia Ramalho, Julia Cota, Ana Baraca. Documents art work from two parishes in Galagos, Barcelos, Portugal where local folk artists are creating clay figurines with design themes based on animals, Portuguese folklore and religious themes. 200? 24 min. Video/C MM1040

The Phillips Collection. (Artists & Photographers; 4)

The evolution of the first museum of modern art in the U.S. is traced from its opening in 1921. Included is footage of Marjorie Phillips (one of the co-founder with her husband, Duncan Phillips), as well as other members of the family. Dist.: Checkerboard Foundation. c1986. 29 min. Video/C 3991

Philipino Artists: Struggle, Success, Tagumpay

Spotlights the swelling community of Filipino American artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. Through interviews and performance footage featuring a variety of talents -- comedians, dancers and recording artists -- this documentary celebrates this creative surge within the historically underrepresented Filipino American community. These young artists provide a fascinating glimpse into a thriving cultural movement which boldly claims its Philippine roots in the course of exploring new creative expression. c1999. 27 min. Video/C 7715

To Be Seen: Street Art

Documentary on street art and the cultural and political significance of this form of artistic expression. The subculture of street art is significant because it is an embodiment of subversive content and a form of public expression, a form of media and a means of political and social protest. Integrates interviews with street artists and others, looking at who is making street art and why, and also investigates the public's perception of this work. 2006. 30 min. DVD 5143

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Wearable Art from California: Jean Cacicedo

Describes the background, the inspirations and creation of works by designer Jean Cacicedo. Illustrates the bold graphic imagery and collage techniques of her dresses, coats, vests, and wall blankets. Techniques shown include applique, hand dyeing, and machine knitting. c1986. 25 min. Video/C MM749

Wearable Art from California: K. Lee Manuel

Describes the background, the inspirations and creation of works by designer K. Lee Manuel. Features her unique painted leather garments and accessories that incorporate painted feathers and feather imagery. c1986. 27 min. Video/C MM750

Wearable Art from California: Katherine Westphal

Katherine Westphal presents her own comments on her textile printing and wearable art and her own creative processes. The art pieces are shown. c1986. 27 min. Video/C MM700 To the top of "Art in the USA"

Art in the USA: 1900-1945

Artists at Work.

An in-depth survey of the federal programs for support of visual artists during the depression. Several artists recount experiences with WPA's art project and other programs. Shows works of art created during the New Deal era and discusses the destruction and loss of many works of art produced then. 1981. 35 min. 3/4 in. UMATIC Video/C 853

The Loss of Innocence: Paris and New York in the Early 20th century (Art: Transatlantic Modernism)

The International Exhibition of Modern Art of 1913 offered to the American public its introduction to the avant garde art of Europe. Informally called the Armory Show because it was held in a military armory, this exhibition attracted huge crowds encouraging a wide range of criticism and viewpoints. Critics labeled the Cubist works primitive and hard to understand, while there was grudging respect for the cleverness of the compositions and their intellectual control. The most radical American artist was John Sloan of the Ashcan School while, Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase became the key work of the exhibition. Lecturer: Wanda Corn (Stanford Univ.). Dist.: Chip Taylor Communications. 1998. 60 min. Video/C 7278

[Benton, Thomas Hart] The Indiana Murals of Thomas Hart Benton: Visions of the Past, Lessons for the Present and Treasures for the Future.

Presents the story of the murals painted by Thomas Hart Benton (depicting the history of the state of Indiana from the early Native Americans until the 1930s) from their creation for the World's Fair of 1933 to a major restoration in the 1990s. Includes commentary by art historians and museum curators. c2001. 41 min. Video/C 9353

[Cassatt, Mary] Mary Cassatt, Impressionist from Philadelphia. (Portrait of an Artist; 2)

Focuses on the life and work of the American impressionist painter Mary Cassatt. c1977. 30 min. Video/C 1103

[Eakins, Thomas] Thomas Eakins: A Motion Portrait. (Portrait of an Artist)

Combines dramatic re-creation with documentary photographs, interviews, and archival footage to tell the story of Eakins' life. 1986. 60 min. Video/C 1111

[Man Ray] Man Ray: No Limits.

Examines Man Ray's life, tracing both his artistic evolution and his intense relationships. Man Ray was at the forefront of the avant-garde, his works pushed the limits of Surrealism and Dadaism as he experimented with every available medium and invented a number of his own. Best known for his photography, he also excelled in painting, sculpture, and filmmaking. Dist.: Films Media Group. 1998. 53 min. Video/C 7913

[Man Ray] Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-garde

Man Ray is the quintessential modernist figure: photographer, painter, object maker and collagist, filmmaker and printmaker, poet, essayist and philosopher. Born Emanuel Radnitsky in 1890, he went on to become the leader of the "American avant-garde" and the most enigmatic of the Dada-Surrealists who transformed the Paris art world during the ferment of the 1920's and beyond. This profile follows the creative genius from his youth in Brooklyn to his glory days in Paris and, finally, to his impact on future generations of artists in a variety of fields. Also includes a never-before-seen interview with Man Ray in which he reminisces about his life and work. Based on the book: Man Ray: American Artist, Neil Baldwin (Art/Classics N6537.R3.B31 1988 Room 308G; Main Stack N6537.R3.B3 1988). Originally presented as a segment on the PBS television program American masters in 1997. 56 min. DVD 689; DVD copy 2: DVD 4436

[Rockwell, Norman] Norman Rockwell: Painting America

Examines Norman Rockwell, "the artist of the people," using archival footage and visual images from the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Featuring interviews with historians, critics, family, friends and admirers, this production gives an indepth look at the artist, his art and the Americana he created with his brushstrokes. Originally produced in 2003 as a segment on the television program American masters. 90 min. DVD 4436

[Wood, Beatrice] Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada

This documentary on the life of potter Beatrice Wood provides a glimpse into her life, loves and influences. Included are rare archival photographs, original artwork, and insightful commentary by art historians and interviews with Beatrice herself. Written and directed by Tom Neff. 93. 55 min. Video/C 8471

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Art in the USA: 1945 to the Present

Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art of the '50s and '60s

Abstract Expressionism was born from a joining of attitudes in American art and European avant-garde art, but was later rejected for its nonfigurative and seemingly egocentric character in favor of the ultra-objective phenomenon known as Pop Art. Filmed at many museums on both sides of the Atlantic, this program critically examines key masterpieces of Abstract Expressionism and Pop art.

Contents: Franz Kline : C & O, National Gallery of Art, Washington / written by Elizabeth Clegg -- Helen Frankenthaler : Mountains and sea, National Gallery of Art, Washingto / written by Elizabeth Clegg -- Willem De Kooning : Morning, the springs, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam / written and narrated by Edwin Mullins -- Jasper Johns : Flag, 1955 : encaustic oil and collage on canvas, Gift of Philip Johnson in honor of Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Museum of Modern Art, New York / written by Elizabeth Clegg, Wenzel Jacob -- Andy Warhol : The Texan, portrait of Robert Rauschenberg, Museum Ludwig, Cologne / written by Evelyn Weiss, Waldemar Januszczak -- Roy Lichtenstein : Girl with hair ribbon, National Gallery of Art, Washington / written by Elizabeth Clegg. Dist.: Films Media Group. DVD 1987 60 min. DVD 1987

American Art in the Sixties

During the critical decade of the 1960s in America an explosion of artistic energy produced pop art, minimalism, color-field painting and hard-edged abstraction. Sculptors and painters on both coasts explored new methods and new subject matter. This documentary examines the key figures of that decade with emphasis on Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, two crucial transitional figures between abstract expressionism and the sensibilities of the new decade. Michael Blackwood Productions. c2000. 60 min. Video/C 9103

Art City

Many artists use the pain, exhilaration and resolution of private desires to express themselves in their art. This documentary focuses on intense personalities who've used their art to explore the emotional impact, or dark humor of psychological truths. The film also plumbs issues that affect artists -- preoccupations of startling universality -- like community, motivation and controversy, finding one's audience, and just "getting it right." Artists: Louise Bourgeois, Michael Ray Charles, Elizabeth Peyton, Ed Ruscha, Lari Pittman, Richmond Burton, David Deutsch, Dave Hickey, Marcia Tucker. Directed by Chris Maybach. c2002. 58 min. ea. Video/C 8632

Art City: Making it in Manhattan

Featuring: Louise Bourgeois, Brice Marden, Chuck Close, Neil Jenney, Elizabeth Murray, Ashley Bickerton, Gary Simmons. Artists, along with collectors and dealers, bring to life the art capital of the world, New York. Mixing some of the most famous American names with the newest this film moves into lofts, studios and galleries for intimate scenes of artists at work as they discuss inspiration, aesthetic issues, the meaning of success, and how they overcame hardship to pursue a lifetime in art. 1996. 58 min. Video/C 6587

Art City: Simplicity

Travelling around the country, this documentary takes a revealing trip into the studios and lives of a group of singular artists. It touches on artists' relations with the press, ambiguous feelings about showing one's work, distilling concepts into an essence, and what it means to succeed in the artworld. Artists: Richard Tuttle, Agnes Martin, John Baldessari, Amy Adler, Robert Williams, Joan Snyder, Mike Bidlo, Carolyn Martin. c2002. 59 min. ea. Video/C 8633

Art 21 (season one)

Artists: Laurie Anderson, Matthew Barney, Louise Bourgeois, Michael Ray Charles, Mel Chin, Ann Hamilton, Margaret Kilgallen, Beryl Korot, Barbara Kruger, Maya Lin, Sally Mann, Kerry James Marshall, Barry McGee, Bruce Nauman, Pepon Osorio, Richard Serra, Shahzia Sikander, James Turrell, William Wegman, Andrea Zittel.

Meet twenty-one diverse contemporary artists through revealing profiles that take viewers behind the scenes into artists' studios, homes, and communities to provide an intimate view of their lives, work, sources of inspiration and creative processes. The program is divided into four general themes - place, spirituality, identity, and consumption. Dist.: PBS. c2002. 240 min. DVD 2811; also on VHS Video/C 8649

Art 21 (season two)

A unique television series presenting 16 diverse artists working in the United States today, taking viewers behind the scenes--and beyond the museum or gallery experience--into artists' studios, homes, and communities to provide an intimate view of their lives, work, creative processes, and sources of inspiration. Themes provide a connective thread between profiles of three to five artists per program. The artists, including painters, photographers, sculptors, performance, and video artists, demonstrate the breadth of artistic practice across the United States and reveal the depth of intergenerational and multicultural talent"--Container. Artists featured: Eleanor Antin, Janine Antoni, Charles Atlas, Vija Celmins, Walton Ford, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Tim Hawkinson, Elizabeth Murray, Gabriel Orozco, Raymond Pettibon, Paul Pfeiffer, Martin Puryear, Collier Schorr, Kiki Smith, Do-Ho Suh, and Kara Walker. Dist.: PBS. c2002. 210 min. ea. DVD 2811

Art to Art.

Asian-American women artists Pacita Abad, Yong Soon Min, Hung Liu and Barbara Takenaga, in separate segments each discuss, and show examples of their work. c1993. 30 min. Video/C 3748

Aspects of Minimalism.

The minimalism movement, with its emphasis on basic shapes, reduced forms and color seems deceptively simple. Yet its theoretical ideas and formal constructs have made Minimalism a major force in art of the latter part of the 20th century. Seen are works by Carl Andre, Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, Robert Morris, Sol Lewitt, Mel Bochner, Richard Serra, John McCracken, and Richard Nonas, with interviews with some of the artists. Producer, Valerie Soe. 1996. 28 min. Video/C 6668

Bombing L.A.

Film surveys different viewpoints on graffiti in Los Angeles through interviews with grafitti/street artists, property owners, police and citizens of Los Angeles. The question of graffiti as a public art form or a disfigurement of public property is investigated. Film also examines the role graffiti plays in Los Angeles youth gangs. 1988. 35 min. Video/C 2954

Bum's Paradise

Tells the stories and shows the extraordinary creativity of a group of homeless men and women, before and after their eviction from the community they built in the Albany Landfill in the San Francisco Bay. The film emphasizes their concepts of community as well as the amazing art they created. A film by Tomas McCabe; directed by Tomas McCabe and Andrei Rozen. 2003. 53 min. DVD 1988

The Cedar Bar: A True Story About the War Between the People Who Make Art and the People Who Write About It

Found footage set to Leslie's early 1950's play, based on actual overheard conversations in the infamous Cedar Bar, denizen and drunken think tank of the most important artists, writers, critics and curators of the day. Leslie pitches the play's staged reading in 1997 against vaudevillian singing and dancing, noir classics, recent Oscar ceremonies, pornography and the holocaust to "providing insight into that definitive moment when art spiraled outside of its own frames of reference to describe existence itself." Featuring: Performer: Barnett Newman, Hilton Kramer, Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, Peter Martin, John Myers, Willem De Kooning, Clement Greenberg, Teddy Moore, Richard Bellamy. Made and completed in New York City, 1997-2001. Written, edited and directed by Alfred Leslie. 84 min. Video/C 9240

Comic Book Confidential. (CD-ROM/Mac)

Performer: Lynda Barry, Charles Burns, Sue Coe, Robert Crumb, Will Eisner, Al Feldstein, Shary Flenniken, William M. Gaines, Bill Griffith, Jaime Hernandez, Jack Kirby, Harvey Kurtzman, Stan Lee, Paul Mavrides, Frank Miller, Victor Moscoro, Francoise Mouly, Dan O'Neill, Harvey Pekar, Gilbert Shelton, Spain, Art Spiegelman. Combines interviews, historical footage, animations and montages of comic book art to trace the development of the comic book from 1933 through counterculture favorites to the hippest representatives of the 1980's revival. 22 significant comic artists and writers are discussed. 1994. DVD 1272; also VHS Video/C 4193; Compu/D 334 (multimedia version)

Damned in the U.S.A. and Obscenity, Hate Speech and the First Amendment.

Damned in the U.S.A features Jesse Helms, Christie Hefner, Donald Wildmon, Luther Campbell, Al D'Amato, Andres Serrano. Debate panel: John Frohnmayer, David Llewellyn, Bruce Herschensohn, Carol Sobel. covers the most significant battles over freedom of expression and censorship in the arts over the last five years. From the Mapplethorpe controversy to the debate over the lyrics of 2 Live Crew, from government sponsorship of artists to morally motivated boycotts, this film addresses both sides of the censorship debate in all its complexity. Film is followed by a debate which broadens the discussion of the First Amendment as it provides a sober, balanced look at the limits placed on freedom of speech. 1994. 126 min. total running time. Video/C 4199

David Howard: An Artist's Medium and Methods.

Mr. Howard discusses the various multi-media arts as an art form. Working in several mediums for some artists is the only way to fully express their concepts and aesthetics. Painting, printmaking, photography and video are some of the tools used simultaneously in this collection. The tape depicts a multi-media situation taken to the extremity, combining documentary, abstraction, literal and conceptual techniques to achieve the ultimate totality of an emotionally aesthetic experience. 1987. 30 min. Video/C 6388

Environmental Art: Working with the Elements.

Presents historic and contemporary environmental art including segments on Nazca, Stonehenge, Carl Andre, Herbert Bayer, LeAnn Bartok, Walter de Maria, Nancy Holt, Patricia Johanson, Penny Kaplan, Richard Long, David Nash, Cynthia Oatman, Beverly Pepper, Carolee Thea, James Turrell, and John Willenbecher. c1990. 16 min. Video/C 2278

The Female Closet.

Combining rare footage and interviews this documentary surveys the art and lives of various closeted lesbian women artists from different segments of the 20th century: Victorian photographer Alice Austen, Weimar collagist Hannah Hoch, and present day painter Nicole Eisenman. Produced, directed and edited by Barbara Hammer. 1998. 59 min. Video/C 7624

From the Ashes

Profiles ten artists who lived in lower Manhattan at the time of the terrorist attack. Includes interviews with the artists who relate their experiences of September 11, 2001, how they picked up the shattered pieces of their lives and struggled to redefine the meaning of their art. Presents scenes of lower Manhattan in the days following the attack, as the artists clean up their homes, share housing with friends, and begin to get back to work and normal life. Artists interviewed: Skip Blumberg, Pat Oleszko, Tony Nunziata, Laurie Anderson, Deborah Shaffer, Oscar Santiago, Shahzia Sikander, Barbara Friedman, Jane Hammond, Joseph Rodriguez. Director, Deborah Shaffer. c2001. 56 min. Video/C 9043

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From the Heart.

This film explores twentieth-century art by women, focusing on nine of the thirteen artists whose works compose the Gihon art collection: Works by Women (Lynda Benglis, Nancy Chambers, Clyde Connell, Janet Fish, Janet, Hermine Ford, Dorothy Hood, Dorothy, Mary F. McCleary, Gael Stack, Dee Wolff). The artists provide the dialogue, about artistic techniques employed, family background, philosophy of art, self-criticism, and success. 1998? 57 min. Video/C 5877

14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s

Examines a diverse group of New York-based artists in order to record many of the most provocative works and ideas of the past decade. These artists created performances, sculptures, earthworks, tableaux, furniture, shaped canvases and more using unusual materials. In this "idea art," their focus is often as much social and psychological as artistic. Dist.: Michael Blackwood Productions. c2000. 91 min. Video/C 9105

Graffiti/Post-Graffiti.

Explains the art style that evolved from graffiti spray-painted on subway surfaces to canvas paintings now hung in major art galleries. In this documentary of the early '80's movement, the viewer listens to the movers and shakers of this imaginative trend, and examines the Hip-Hop culture in action, traveling to the South Bronx where most of it started. Interviews: Charlie Ahearn, Patti Astor, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Fred Brathwaite (Fab 5 Freddy), "Crash," Stefan Eins, Futura 2000, Keith Haring, Sidney Janis, "Lady Pink," Dolores and Hubert Neumann, Rammellzee and Tony Shafrazi. c1984. 28 min. Video/C 6323

Graffiti Verite: Read the Writing on the Wall.

Los Angeles graffiti artists discuss the themes and motivations of their work, and how they evolved from taggers to artists. Several are shown at work on projects, indoors as well as outside. The history and significance of graffiti is addressed, as is its role in the Hip Hop culture. Written, produced, and directed by Bob Bryan. c1995. 45 min. Video/C 4469

GV2: Graffiti Verite 2

A follow-up film to the award winning documentary Graffiti Verite. Includes interviews with more graffiti artists and street scenes with over 400 tags, throw-ups and pieces of "street art" all presented to a backdrop of Hip Hop music. Includes coverage of the winning artwork of the First International Graffiti Art Competition. Written, produced, and directed by Bob Bryan. 1998. 58 min. Video/C 5719

GV3: Graffiti Verite 3 (The Final Episode)

The Final Episode is a poetic voyage, a meditation, into the iconography of Graffiti art featuring an eclectic sound track as it's emotional and intellectual core. "GV3 is a compelling sensorial experience; shockingly honest and defiantly politically incorrect." Written, produced, and directed by Bob Bryan. c2000. 54 min. Video/C 7118

GV4: Graffiti Verite 4

Sano, two-time winner of the International Graffiti Art Competition, teaches this underground art form, by showing the concepts, aesthetics, techniques, and style needed to complete a perfect semi "Wild Style" masterpiece and aerosol art on canvas. Written, produced, and directed by Bob Bryan. c2003. 67 min. DVD 2987

GV5: Graffiti Verite 5: The Sacred Elements of Hip-hop

Records a historic 4 day Hip-Hop Summer Workshop conducted at Metro High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Captures the excitement of this innovative workshop and what emerges is a portrait of the educational value and liberating therapeutic power contained within the unique elements of the contemporary hip-hop movement. Written, produced, and directed by Bob Bryan. c2003. 42 min. DVD 2988

Guerrillas in Our Midst

Gallery owners comment on the actions of a group of anonymous women artists who call themselves the Guerrilla Girls. Also interviewed are members of the Guerrilla Girls, who, dressed in gorrilla masks, work to promote greater representation of women and minority artists in art exhibitions. A film by Amy Harrison. 1992. 35 min. Video/C 7694

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The Hall of Man.

Artist Malvina Hoffman was commissioned by the Field Museum of Natural History to sculpt examples of the races of the world. In 1933, after five years of work, the results, 104 life-sized figures, busts and heads, were displayed in an anthropology exhibit at the Museum entitled "The Hall of Man." This film is the story of this achievement. 2001. 44 min. Video/C MM913

Los Four; Murals of Aztlan: the Street Painters of East Los Angeles.

Two documentaries on key moments and figures in Chicano art. Los Four documents the first exhibition of Chicano artists held at a major art museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in 1974. Murals of Aztlan documents the exhibition of the same name at the Craft and Folk Art Museum of Los Angeles in 1981. Featured artists include Los Four (Carlos Almaraz, Gilbert "Magu" Sanchez Lujan, Roberto de la Rocha, Frank Romero), Gronk, Judith Hernandez, Willie Herron, John Valadez, and others. Released as motion pictures in 1974 and 1981. Producer, director, James Tartan. 46 min. DVD 2785

The Misfits: 30 years of Fluxus.

Film portrays a group of artists (Eric Andersen, Philip Corner, Henry Flynt, Ken Friedman,Jon Hendricks, Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles, JacksonMac Low, Jonas Mekas, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Ben Patterson, Willem De Ridder, Ben Vautier, EmmettWilliams, La Monte Young) who since the early can be. In large part filmed in Venice in 1990, when many of the original Fluxus artists met to hold a large exhibition almost 30 years after the first highly untraditional Fluxus' performances. 1993. 80 min. Video/C 3402

Kinetic Art: The Current Movement.

Artists: Fletcher Benton, Davide Boriani, Gianni Colombo, Gerhard von Graevenitz, Harry Kramer, George Rickey, Jean Tinguely, Takis, Pol Bury, Len Lye. Narrator: Peter Selz. An exhibition of four-dimensional, moving sculptures, a form of art-in-motion known as kinetic art. 1966?. 27 min. Video/C 3842

Matrix: Where Art Speaks

Featured artists: Doug Aitken, Anne Chu, Peter Doig, Teresita Fernandez, Ken Goldberg, Shirin Neshat, Tobias Rehberger, Katy Schimert. Presents the work of artists from the 1999-2000 Matrix season, a program for contemporary art at the University of California Berkeley Art museum. The artists are represented by visual walkthroughs of their exhibitions as well as excerpts from their artist talks and interviews with Matrix cuurator Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson. Installed at the University of California Berkeley Art Museum from September, 1999 through November, 2000. 83 min. DVD 2836

New York - New Wave at P.S.1: Robert Mapplethorp and Other Photographers: The Armory Show of the 80's.

Featuring Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Robert Mapplethorpe, Curt Hoppe. In 1981, Diego Cortez organized a large exhibition at the P.S.1 Museum in Long Island City, New York. With this seminal show, Diego Cortez captured the pulse of a burgeoning avant garde art and music scene that set the mood of a generation of artists. A hybrid of art, photography, music and fashion, this Punk and New Wave movement became emblematic of a disaffected youth culture. 1981. 35 min. Video/C 6666

New York's East Village Art Scene.

An extensive investigation into recent art movements through interviews with gallery owners, artists, and an art critic in New York's East Village. c1985. 28 min. each.

Part I. Artists interviewed: Les Levine, Jim Radakovich, Steven Lack, Mark Kostabi. Art critic: Carlo McCormick. Gallery directors: Pat Hearn, Alan Barrows, Mike Osterhout, Tim Greathouse, Gracie Mansion, Annie Herron, Deborah Sharpe, Jerry Hovagimyan, Bruno Meziere. c1985. Video/C 6377

Part II. Artists interviewed: Mark Kostabi, Tony Oursler, Doran Golan, Phil Pocock, Judy Glantzman. Art critic: Carlo McCormick. Gallery directors: Bruno Meziere, Alex Harsley, Tim Greathouse, Alan Barrows, Mike Osterhout, Jerry Hovagimyan, Pat Hearn, Annie Herron, Gracie Mansion, Steve Style, Deborah Sharpe, Wendy Olisoff. c1985. Video/C 6378

Painters Painting.

Illustrates and examines the work and ideas of modern abstract expressionist painters, including Willem de Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, Hans Hoffman, Larry Poons, Jules Olitski, Philip Pavia and Frank Stella. Produced and directed by Emile de Antonio. c1989. 116 min. Video/C 1448

Painting By Numbers.

An introduction and overview of the world of computer graphics. Demonstrates how computers can be programmed to produce sophisticated animated images. Includes interviews with the engineers who invented the first video game and the first coin-operated video arcade game. 1982. 60 min. Video/C 392:1-2

Philipino Artists: Struggle, Success, Tagumpay

Processing the Signal

Participants: Bill Viola, Nam June Paik, Kit Fitzgerald, Paul Garrin, John Sanborn, Mary Perillo, Zbigniew Rybczynski, Peer Bode, John Hanhardt, Ira Schneider, Reynold Weidenaar, Dean Winkler. Filmed in America in 1988 and 1989 this documentary brings together some of the most innovative artists of video art to discuss their ideas and opinions. Also covers video installations, satellite art, video performance and the penetration of video art into conventional television. 38 min. Video/C 6595

Reclaiming the Body: Feminist Art in America

Featuring: Louise Bourgeois, Carolee Schneemann, Kiki Smith, Janine Antoni, Renee Cox, Faith Ringgold, Lynda Benglis, Maureen Connor, Portia Munson, Nancy Spero, Ida Applebroog, Rachel Lachowicz, Jacqueline Hayden, Hannah Wilke, Susan Silas, Penny Arcade, and others. Linda Nochlin, Marcia Tucker.

Loosely based on the two-part BAD GIRLS exhibition at The New Museum of Contemporary Art in Manhattan, "Reclaiming the body" goes beyond the scope of the exhibition to include other significant contributors to the history of feminist art. The film spans three generations of artists from Louise Bourgeois to Janine Antoni, to give an overview of feminist art from the 1960s to the present. Michael Blackwood Productions. c1995. 57 min. Video/C 4906

Ruskin's Journey

Author John Ruskin was a leading art critic and architectural authority whose brilliant prose shaped a generation of writers and whose insights and aesthetics helped establish the careers of Whistler and Turner. This documentary traces Ruskin's spiritual and intellectual journey both around Europe and through life, visiting the Gothic cathedral of Rouen and other sites that inspired and shaped his thinking. Dist.: Films Media Group. 2000. 49 min. Video/C 8735

San Francisco California Art Scene.

Interviews of gallery owners and artists in San Francisco at gallery openings, art events and a video festival. c1986. 28 min. each.

Part I. Artists interviewed: Carlos Villa, Glenn Grafelman, Keith Haring, John Okulick, Daniel Phill, Nam June Paik, Richard Herman, Tad Savinar, Edgar Heap of Birds, Manuel Neri, Allan Shepp, Roy DeForest. Gallery directors: William Sawyer, Bruce Velick, Louise Allrich, Kathan Brown, Gary Lichtenstein, Diana Fuller, Michele Mincher, Hank Baum, Mark Rennie, Ev Thomas, Ardys Allport, Ken Rackow. c1986. Video/C 6379

Part II. Artists interviewed: Manual Neri, Keith Haring, Allen Shepp, Roy DeForest, Nam June Paik, Richard Herman, John Okulick, Glenn Grafelman, Poison Gas Research, Carlos Villa, Daniel Phill, Edgar Heap of Birds, Tad Savinar. Gallery directors: Kathan Brown, Bruce Velick, Dorothy Goldeen, John Martin, Marshall Weber, Diana Fuller, William Sawyer, Hank Baum, Gary Lichtenstein, Ardys Allport, Ken Rackow, Mark Rennie, Louise Allrich, Michele Mincher, Ruth Braunstein, Charles Fiske, Ev Thomas. c1986. Video/C 6380

Separate Visions.

Depicts biographical portraits of four Indian artists: Baje Whitethorne, Navajo landscape painter; Brenda Spencer, Navajo weaver; John Fredericks, Hopi Kachina carver; and Nora Naranjo-Morse, Santa Clara sculptor. Explains their individual approaches to their art, learned from tradition, and their re-interpretations which create their separate visions. c 1989. 40 min. Video/C 1759

Simon Schama's Power of Art

Disc 1: Caravaggio ; Bernini ; Rembrandt -- Disc 2: David ; Turner ; Van Gogh -- Disc 3: Picasso ; Rothko. Featuring Andy Serkis as Van Gogh; Paul Popplewell as Caravaggio; Alan Corduner as Rothko. Focusing on eight iconic works of art, this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. A combination of reconstruction, photography and storytelling transport the viewer back to the intense moments when great works were conceived and born: the murderous, messianic world of Baroque Rome; opulent, parvenu Amsterdam; paranoid, revolutionary Paris; Victorian England suffocating beneath riches and righteousness; the madhouses and brothels of Provence; the carnage of civil war Spain; 1950s New York, caught between Cold War jitters and Manhattan glitter. In each place, a great artist is backed into a corner, facing a crisis, given a chance to confound his rivals, enemies and critics one more time. Originally broadcast on television in 2006. 400 min. DVD 8310

Stations of the Elevated.

A beautiful film about graffiti-covered subway trains hurtling through a strange urban landscape filled with the debris of a decaying society. The music of Charles Mingus counterpoints the recurring visual riffs of the tension-filled imagery. c1990. 45 min. Video/C 3169

Style Wars.

A documentary exploration of the subculture of New York's young graffiti writers and breakdancers, showing their activities and aspirations and the social and aesthetic controversies surrounding New York graffiti. Dramatizes conflicts between graffitists and the city, as well as among the graffitists themselves. Tony Silver, director. c1983. 60 min. DVD 1668; also on VHS Video/C 2127

Wild Wheels

Car artist and filmmaker Harrod Blank drives his wildly decorated VW bug across the United States in search of fellow artists who have been moved to alter their autos beyond recognition. He finds forty-five of the most bizarre cars anyone has ever seen ... Even more fascinating are the people who drive these rolling art exhibits. Writer/director, David Silberberg, Harrod Blank and other car customizers across the United States. c2005. 119 min. DVD 6401

Who Gets to Call it Art?: The Legend of Henry Geldzahler, 1935-1994

Commentary: Frank Stella, David Hockney, John Chamberlain, Francesco Clemente, Mark di Suvero, Ellsworth Kelly, Larry Poons, James Rosenquist. Artists active in the 1960's discuss their art and the significance of curator Henry Geldzahler in recognizing and collecting the art of those years. Includes comments by Geldzahler and exclusive footage of artists including Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein. Special features: Additional artist interviews ; Q&A with James Rosenquist, Larry Poons, and director Peter Rosen; Fotodeath, a Claes Oldenburg "happening"; theatrical trailer. 2005. 80 min. DVD 5741

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US Artists by Name: 1945-present

[Attie, Shimon] Between Dreams and History: The Making of Shimon Attie's Public Art Projects

A profile of Shimon Attie and an exploration of his public art installations in Europe and his first installation in the United States, Between Dreams and History, a project based on the memories of residents of the Lower East Side in New York City and displayed on buildings in the neighborhood in 1999. 37 min. Video/C MM1164

[Baldessari, John] See Modernist and Post-Modernist Artists, Performers, and Film Maker

[Barney, Matthew]The Body as Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle

With the five-part Cremaster Cycle of films, multi-award-winning artist Matthew Barney invented a densely layered and interconnected sculptural world that surreally combines sports, biology, sexuality, history, and mythology as it organically evolves. In this program, Barney, Guggenheim curator Nancy Spector, and others deconstruct the Cycle's filming and subsequent translation into sculptural installations. A film by Maria Anna Tappeiner. Dist.: Films Media Group. c2004. 53 min. DVD 2804

[Barney, Matthew]Matthew Barney, No Restraint

Follow the phenomenal journey of renowned artist Matthew Barney and his collaborator, singer-songwriter Bjork, as they embark on an unbelievable filmmaking journey in Japan. From artistic vision to manifestation, this compelling documentary reveals Barney's unique process in creating Drawing restraint 9, a massive cinematic piece that combines a whaling vessel; 45,000 pounds of petroleum jelly; and traditional Japanese rituals in one fantastical love story. It's a rare look at a one-of-a-kind artist who has inspired audiences around the globe. Includes interview gallery featuring Matthew Barney, Bjork and the chief art critic from the New York Times, Michael Kimmelman; time laps photography. Produced and directed by Alison Chernick. c2007. 71 min. DVD 7588

[Barney, Matthew]The Order: From Matthew Barney's Cremaster 3

A sequence from Matthew Barney's film Cremaster 3. In a death-defying race to the top of the Guggenheim Museum, Matthew Barney is a tartan-clad apprentice seeking Masonic redemption. Produced by Barbara Gladstone and Matthew Barney. 2003. 31 min. DVD 1840

[Basquiat, Jean-Michel] Basquiat (1996)

Directed by Julian Schnabel. SEE Biopics

[Basquiat, Jean-Michel] Downtown 81 (2000)

Directed by Edo Bertoglio. SEE Biopics

[Basquiat, Jean-Michel] Jean-Michel Basquiat: An Interview. (c1989)

A rare interview with the 21 year old Basquiat in his studio on Crosby Street in 1981 by art historian-curator, Marc H. Miller. Already a well known art world figure, Basquiat's fondness for high jinks as well as his exuberant spirit are captured as he describes his working process and comments upon his art world persona. c1989. 34 min. Video/C 6749

[Bearden, Romare] Griots of Imagery: A Comment on the Art of Romare Bearden and Charles White.

A presentation on the art of two Afro-American artists who are true African keepers of history and culture or "griots", based on the 1993 exhibition of Romare Bearden and Charles White. Bearden's art is based on his reflections concerning what he called "the prevalence of ritual" in African-American life. White's art reflects his concern with the struggle of Black Americans to transcend the vissicitudes of American life. c1993. 28 min. Video/C 5271

[Bearden, Romare] Romare Bearden: Visual Jazz.

An intimate and personal look at the life and work of the bold, brilliant artist Romare Bearden who created collages and paintings of humanity in which he sought to "redefine the image of man" in terms of the African-American experience. Film includes rare footage of Bearden at work. 1995. 28 min. Video/C 5563

[Benglis, Lynda] Lynda Benglis Paints With Foam.

This in-depth document follows Benglis' polyurethane sculptural process, from building the forms, mixing and pouring the foam, to completing the work through the combined efforts of her assistants. In a brief interview, Benglis discusses her relation to Pop Art and Abstract Expressionism, especially in regard to her pursuit of a "super-real" surface. Dist.: Video Data Bank. 1971. 26 min. Video/C 5205

[Benglis, Lynda] Reclaiming the Body: Feminist Art in America

[Bourgeois, Louise] Louise Bourgeois.

An examination of the provocative work of Louise Bourgeois who produces sculpture which is highly charged in content as well as eerily beautiful in form. Also seen are two of her environments; a lair installed at the Robert Miller Gallery and a work in progress on Staten Island, New York. In this interview the artist discusses her work, philosophy of art and her development as an artist. 1987. 28 min. Video/C 6795

[Brown, Reynold] The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters.

Examines the Hollywood-to-Nebraska career of Reynold Brown, the man who created the realistic to surrealistic movie posters that enticed a generation of movie-goers. c1994. 59 min. Video/C 4461

[Burden, Chris] Chris Burden.(On art and Artists)

In this documentary Chris Burden talks about his works of the past twenty years, from the performances of the seventies to the sculpture and installations of the eighties. (Purchased with Stuart and Gail Buchalter Fund for the Study of Contemporary Art) 1989. 28 min. Video/C 5145

[Byrne, David]I Love PowerPoint.(On art and Artists)

Better known as the co-founder of the musical group Talking Heads, David Byrne has been creating visual art for more than 25 years. In this lecture "I love PowerPoint" Byrne delivers homage to the medium as a visual art form and creative tool, drawing from his 2003 book and DVD set entitled "Envisioning Emotional Epistemological information," which showcases artwork that he had created utilizing PowerPoint. Recorded by Educational Technology Services, University of California, Berkeley on March 7, 2005. 86 min. Video/C MM492

[Calder, Alexander] Alexander Calder.

A biography of the internationally acclaimed sculptor who invented an art form: the mobile, which incorporates motion into sculpture. Through interviews with his contemporaries and many examples of his works, ranging from tiny mobiles to soaring monuments over seven stories high, this film captures the joyful exuberance that the artist displayed throughout his life and in his work. Originally produced in 1998 as a segment of the television program: American Masters. Producer and director, Roger Sherman c1999. 57 min. DVD 4436; also VHS Video/C 6327

[Calder, Alexander] Calder's Circus.

Alexander Calder demonstrates his famous steel wire circus sculptures which he created in Paris in 1927. His fascination with the circus began in his mid-twenties, when he published illustrations for Barnum and Bailey's Circus. This film exudes the great personal charm of Calder himself as he moves and works the tiny players while his wife winds the gramophone in the background. 198?. 18 min. Video/C 5970

[Calder, Alexander] Calder's Universe.

Calder is seen at work, fashioning an art object from an old spoon, playing with his wire circus figures and his animated sculptures. His world is glimpsed through the retrospective exhibit of 1976-77 at the Whitney Museum in New York City, showing his mobiles and stabiles, tin-can toys, wire jewelry, prints, paintings, and sculptures. Based on the book Calder's Universe by Jean Lipman. 1998. 26 min. Video/C 5875

[Chicago, Judy] Judy Chicago on Feminist Art.

Moderator, Sandra Elkin, discusses the history and development of feminist art with guest Judy Chicago. Presents examples of the work of Judy Chicago illustrating her artistic development. c1975. 29 min. Video/C 41

[Christo] 5 Films About Christo & Jean-Claude. Disc 1

Contents: Christo's valley curtain (1974, 28 min.) / by Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde -- Running fence (1978, 58 min.) / by Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerkin.

Christo's Valley Curtain: Examines the construction of the Mammoth Valley curtain, a 500-foot-high orange veil stretched across Rifle Gap, Colo., by the Bulgarian artist Christo. Running fence: Follows the artist, Christo, through the concept, building and showing of a 24 mile long, 18 foot high fence of white fabric stretched across the hills of Sonoma and Marin Counties in California. 86 min. DVD 2632

[Christo] 5 Films About Christo & Jean-Claude. Disc 2

Contents: Islands (1986, 57 min.) / by Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerkin -- Christo in Paris (1990, 58 min.) / by Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Deborah Dickson, Susan Froemke.

Islands: Documentary of Christo's project to surround eleven islands in Biscayne Bay for two weeks in a pink plastic fabric. Includes footage of two other projects, the Pont Neuf and the Reichstag. Christo in Paris: Follows Christo through the building and showing of his most personally favored work, the wrapping of the Pont Neuf in Paris. DVD 2632

[Christo] The Running Fence.

Follows the artist, Christo, through the concept, building, and showing of his objet d'art; a 24 mile long, 18 foot high fence of white fabric stretched across the hills of California. The project was conceived as a work of art for Sonoma and Marin counties and took nearly four years to complete. Once finished and after a period of time, the fence was taken down and the materials were given to the people whose land the fence was built on. Producers/directors, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin, Albert Maysles. c1970. 59 min. Video/C 2970

[Christo] Umbrellas.

Documentary of the art project, The Umbrellas, a joint artistic venture between Japan and the United States. Follows the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude from the planning stages to completion day of their joint-venture, set in a rice-farming valley in Japan and cattle ranches in the rolling hills of Southern California. A film by Henry Corra, Grahame Weinbren and Albert Maysles. 1995. 81 min. Video/C 6322

[Christo] Christo's Valley Curtain.

Examines the construction of the Mammoth Valley curtain, a 500-foot-high veil stretched across Rifle Gap, Colo., by the Bulgarian artist Christo. Made of nine tons of orange nylon polymide fabric, the curtain stretched a full quarter-mile and was suspended from four steel cables 365 feet above the floor of the town. Directed by the Maysles brothers and Ellen Hovde. 1973. 28 min. Video/C 6299

[Crumb, Robert] The Confessions of Robert Crumb

Interviews, monologues, and hilariously insightful vignettes written by Robert Crum are woven together to portray the life, work, and obsessions of this underground comic book pioneer. Crumb continues as an iconoclast who's loved, feared and misunderstood by an ever growing number of readers. Here he tells the story of his artistry that shocks and satirizes every strata and dark hole of society. 1987. 55 min. Video/C 8650

[Crumb, Robert] Crumb

A hilarious and mysterious journey through artistic genius and sexual obsession, Crumb is a wild ride through the mind of R. Crumb--cartoonist and creator of Zap Comix, Mr. Natural and Fritz the Cat. A Terry Zwigoff film. 1994. 55 min. DVD 7151; vhs Video/C 4274

[Darger, Henry]In the Realms of the Unreal: The Mystery of Henry Darger

Presents a haunting portrait of Henry Darger, a reclusive janitor by day and a visionary artist by night. He spent his childhood in an Illinois asylum and led a quiet, nearly solitary existence as a adult, but his imaginary life was exciting and colorful. When he died in Chicago in 1973, his landlady discovered in his room 300 paintings some over 10 feet long, and a 15,000 page illustrated novel, "The realms of the unreal." A film by Jessica Yu. 82 min. 2004. DVD 4057

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[de Kooning, Willem] Painters Painting.

[de Kooning, Willem] Willem de Kooning: Artist

IThis rare historical document shows the artist de Kooning in his milieu; at work on his paintings and talking about art with his friends. In the act of painting he discusses what he has in mind as he begins and develops a painting. Thirty-one paintings from de Kooning's career are interwoven into the fabric of the film. 1967. 32 min. Video/C 7427

[Demetrios, Aristides] Breakthrough, a Portrait of Aristides Demetrios. (Portrait of an Artist; 26)

Profile of San Francisco sculptor Aristides Demetrios. Shows his creation of the 30-foot 9,500 pound "Breakthrough" monument. c1986. 45 min. Video/C 1347

[Dienes, Sari] Sari Dienes: The Masters Masterpiece.

Interview with the environmental artist, Sari Dienes. The 92-year-old inventive artist from the art colony outside New York City discusses how she utilizes and incorporates recycled and found objects and transforms them into intricate art works. She also discusses her involvement and exhibitions with infamous artists Jack Pollock, Mark Rothko and Marcel Duchamp during the 1950's at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York City. 1987?. 27 min. Video/C 6382

[English, Ron] POPaganda: The Art & Crimes of Ron English

A documentary about the culture jamming and billboard liberation antics of Ron English: billboard bandit, post-punk prankster, and counter-cultural cartoonist. A modern Robin Hood of Madison Avenue, artist Ron English paints, perverts, infiltrates, reinvents, and satirizes modern culture on canvas, in songs, and directly on hundreds of pirated billboards. 2005. 78 min. DVD 6407

[Finn, David] David Finn in Theatre of Indifference.

Japanese filmaker, Mitsuru Hayashi, looks at New York sculptor David Finn's installation of strange figures crafted from garbage and evoking homeless people installed in two very public locations in New York City. Shows the process of installing the work, and records some reflections on it by the artist and his crew, and reactions by the public. A video by Mitsuru Hayashi. c1987. 24 min. Video/C 7911

[Frey, Viola]Viola Frey: Memory Assembled.

When Viola Frey died in 2004 she left behind a rich and complex legacy layered by the enigmatic quality of her person. Widely recognized as a leading figurative sculptor of the late 20th century, Frey's monumental achievement lies in successfully expressing her artistic vision through a highly personal iconography and in the extraordinarily rich diversity of her work. Viola Frey: Memory Assembled is an exploration of the life and work of this remarkable woman. Begun prior to her death, the film incorporates original footage of Frey, and interviews with her artistic peers, eminent art historians and curators. From her childhood in Lodi, California through her education as a painter and ceramicist and her career as an artist and educator, Frey's impact on the art world is discussed and lauded. Director, David Bransten. 2006. 36 min. DVD 6788

[Gaxiola, Gerald] The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists.

An examination of the work and philosophy of California cowboy artist, Gerald Gaxiola, who defies categorization but works in the medium of painting, blockprints, sculptures, music and entertainment. Film shows Gaxiola performing on stage and reviews an astonishing array of his works including paintings inspired by Vincent Van Gogh, ceramic Cadillacs, landscapes, color block prints of Berkeley landmarks, cowboy clothing he has designed, the designing and construction of his "bunk house", and concludes with a visit to the annual celebration of Maestro Day, held at Albany High School, California. Dist.: Flower Films. 199?. 54 min. Video/C 4066

[Goldworthy, Andy]Rivers and Tides

Follows Andy Goldsworthy's bohemian free spirit all over the world as he demonstrates and opens up about his creative process. From his long-winding rock walls and icicle sculptures to his interlocking leaf chains and multi-colored pools of flowers, Goldsworthy's painstakingly intricate masterpieces are made entirely of materials found in Mother Nature - who threatens and often succeeds in destroying his art, sometimes before it is even finished. Directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer 2000. 90 min. DVD 3003

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[Gorman, R.C.]Medicine Flower, Lone Wolf & R.C. Gorman.

Profiles potters Grace Medicine Flower and her brother Joseph Lonewolf, and Navajo painter R.C. Gorman. c1988. 60 min. Video/C 1578

[Grooms, Red] Red Grooms and "Fat Feet"

Red Grooms, painter, pop multi-media artist and filmmaker, talks about his new films and art work. Two films, "Washington's wig whammed" and "Fat feet" are included. The first film is an animated joke about sending a letter. Washington, pictured on the stamp, is cancelled and flips his wig. The second film "Fat feet," combining animation with live films, is a pop art view of life in the big city complete with firefighting episode and various street scenes. 1967. 28 min. Video/C 6473

[Guston, Philip] Philip Guston, a Life Lived

A series of interviews with Philip Guston conducted throughout the seventies to 1980. Guston discusses his career as a painter and the influences from his personal life, politics, and the art community on his work and his place in the "New York School." Michael Blackwood Productions. 2005. 59 min. DVD 4259

[Hardin, Helen] Charles Loloma & Helen Hardin.

Presents the world famous Hopi jeweler Charles Loloma displays some of his work and discusses his heritage, and presents Helen Hardin painting sophisticated geometric patterns and traditional Indian motifs while exploring her attempt to integrate the Indian and artist parts of her self. 1988. 60 min. Video/C 1579

[Haring, Keith] Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring.

Keith Haring was an artist who graduated from graffiti to being hailed as the successor to Warhol and Lichtenstein. He attempted to break the boundaries between the old and the new, while incorporating social issues into his work. Gallery owners, leaders in the art scene, and friends pay tribute to Haring's "aesthetic of the street," his presentation of art to the public in public places. 1989. 30 min. Video/C 7423

[Hesse, Eva] Four Artists: Robert Ryman, Eva Hesse, Bruce Nauman, Susan Rothenberg

Interviews with four of the artists who formed the backbone of the minimal art movement that started in the early 1960's. The film offers the rare opportunity to see a large body of work in their studios as each artist discusses the meaning and inspiration behind their works, the critical atmosphere in which they were made and how, in retrospect, their own ideas about their art, as well as those of the public have changed. Michael Blackwood Productions. 1987. 47 min. Video/C 9100

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[Holt, Nancy] East Coast, West Coast.

Artists Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson, a married couple until Smithson's death in 1973, filmed their 1969 discussion of contrasting lifestyles and approaches to artistic creation. Smithson championed a relatively loose, free-wheeling approach while Holt argued for a greater degree of order and conceptualization in life and art. (Purchased with Stuart and Gail Buchalter Fund for the Study of Contemporary Art.) Dist.: Video Data Bank. 23 min. 1969. Video/C 5150

[Holt, Nancy] Mono Lake

Featuring film footage and slide images of artists Robert Smithson, Michael Heizer and Nancy Holt as they visited California's Mono Lake in July of 1968, this piece was edited by Holt in 2004. Mono Lake candidly captures the young artists as they explore the haunting landscape of one of the oldest and most distinctive lakes in North America. Heizer and Smithson are heard reading facts about the unique ecology, geology and natural phenomena of this alkaline lake; filmed against images of the beauty of the lake's natural environment. A "home movie" of the artists' 1968 road trip, and an intimate view of three seminal figures in the earth art movement as they interact with the Western landscapes that are so central to their work. Produced and edited by Nancy Holt; sound track readings, Michael Heizer, Robert Smithson. Dist.: Electronic Arts Intermix. 28 min. 1968. Video/C 5150

[Holt, Nancy]Sun Tunnels

Documents the making of Holt's major site-specific sculptural work in the northwest Utah desert. Completed in 1976, the sculpture features a configuration of four large concrete tubes or "tunnels" that are positioned to align with the sunrise and sunset of the summer and winter solstices. With stunning footage of the changing sun and light as framed by the tubes, Sun Tunnels calls attention to human scale and perception within the vast desert landscape. Dist.: Electronic Arts Intermix. 1978. 27 min. Video/C MM1191

[Holt, Nancy]Swamp

A film by Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson. This is an unedited exploration of a swamp, with unedited audible camera direction. It is as much an exploration of camera work as of the swamp environment. Dist.: Electronic Arts Intermix. c1971. 6 min. Video/C MM1190

[Holzer, Jenny ] Laments

This videotape is based on the installation by Jenny Holzer of thirteen stone sarcophagi and thirteen vertical LED (light emitting diode) signboards at the Dia Art Foundation...March 1, 1989 through February 18, 1990. 1990. 9 min. Video/C 5249

[Hopper, Edward] Hopper's Silence

A documentary on American painter Edward Hopper that brings together rare footage of the artist, a filmed interview, comments by his friends, and his thoughts as expressed in letters to the filmmaker. 1980. 46 min. Video/C MM5

[Hunter, Clementine]Clementine Hunter: American Folk Artist

This video profiles the life and work of one of America's greatest African-American folk artists. In 1940, when she was already in her 50s, Clementine Hunter began to paint her memories of her life in the early part of this century. The resulting images, painted until her death at age 101, are vivid remembrances, pictures "put in her head by God," of a hard but joyous life. Shot on location in northwestern Louisiana, this program shows many of Hunter's colorful paintings and includes commentary by the artist herself and by those who knew her well. By Katina Simmons for the Museum of African American Life and Culture, Dallas. 1993. 30 min. Video/C MM539

[Irwin, Robert]Robert Irwin: The Beauty of Questions

Artist Robert Irwin presents his approach to art and its role in the world, and talks about his lifelong process of artistic search and discovery. Shows him at work on some of his installations in various locations. 1997. 60 min. Video/C MM767

[Johns, Jasper] End of the Art World.

Alexis Krasilovsky presents a catalogue of interviews with modern artists in which the shooting style as well as the aural material's format rehearses the personal style, the aesthetics, and the assumption of each artist about the nature of his art. With a blend of sounds and images, examines the work of Jo Baer, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Michael Snow and Roy Lichtenstein. 1971. 35 min. Video/C 6324

[Johns, Jasper] Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint.

This program examines the life, work, and inspiration of artist Jasper Johns, whose rich images of maps, flags, and targets led the artistic community away from Abstract Expressionism towards Pop Art and Minimalism. Includes conversations with the painter and comments from various colleagues including John Cage and Merce Cunningham, and a trip to the 1988 Venice Biennale. c1989. 56 min. Video/C 6319

[Johns, Jasper] Painters Painting.

[Johns, Jasper] Jasper Johns: Take an Object: a Portrait, 1972-1990.

Painter Jasper Johns works in his studio in 1972 repainting and discussing his "Map". John's work over the next 18 years is reviewed and illuminated by John Cage's readings of Johns' statements, a text of Samuel Beckett which Johns illustrated and the comments of the curator Mark Rosenthal. The film ends with Johns at work in his final etching of "The Seasons" in 1989. 30 min. Video/C 6390

[Johnson, Ray] How to Draw a Bunny.

Explores the fascinating, often hilarious, and always enigmatic world of artist and underground icon Ray Johnson whose mysterious suicide frames the film. Based in New York, he was considered a genius whose collages have been exhibited in major museums around the world. 2004? 90 min. DVD 4405

[Kaprow, Allan] Allan Kaprow Interview.

Interview with Allan Kaprow, conceptual artist, performance artist and commercial artist, concerning his philosophy of art as an expression of contemporary American life. Dist.: Video Data Bank. 1979. 38 min. Video/C 4667

[Koons, Jeff] Jeff Koons: The Banality Work

Artist Jeff Koons talks about his exhibition at the Sonnabend Gallery featuring objects from popular culture made of polished polychrome wood and porcelain. Includes an indepth interview in which this notorious young artist illuminates and defends his artistic vision. c1990. 28 min. Video/C 6751

[Lichtenstein, Roy] End of the Art World.

[Lichtenstein, Roy] Roy Lichtenstein: Reflections. (Artists and Photographers; 2)

This video features one of the great pop artists of our time, discussing his work, his artistic process and the sources of his inspiration. Also featured are the artist's large-scale murals, his Relections Series and his Interior Series. Dist.: Checkerboard Foundation. c1993. 30 min. Video/C 3989.

[Lin, Maya] Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision.

Portrays the career of Maya Lin as an architect/artist as told by her and others, with special focus on the design and emotional impact of the Vietnam Veterans and Civil Rights Memorials. 98 min. c1995. Video/C 4359

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[Lloyd, Gary] Gary Lloyd: The Avante-Garde's Guard.

Gary Lloyd discusses his work with interactive art and in other media and his sculptures which are a rare combination of avant-garde and site-specific art. Shows many examples of his art including sculptures with radio transmitters which broadcast the conversations of anyone near the sculpture up to thirteen hundred feet. 1987. 28 min. Video/C 6384.

[Loloma, Charles] Charles Loloma & Helen Hardin.

[Lucier, Mary] Mary Lucier Video Installation.

Mary Lucier, a pioneer in video art, talks about her evocative, lyrical imagery and sculptural installations. This program looks at her "Wilderness" video installation and also includes segments of "Ohio at Giverny," an earlier installation piece. Includes an interview with photography critic for the New York Times, Andy Grunberg, who explains video art. Wilderness video installation was at the Greenberg-Wilson Gallery, October 19 through November 25, 1989. c1990. 28 min. Video/C 6752

[Marden, Brice] Brice Marden: A Film. (Artists and Photographers; 6)

Presents a documentary on the work of American abstract painter, Brice Marden. c1977. 20 min. Video/C 3993

[Mathieu, Pau] The Space of Pottery: Ceramics of Paul Mathieu

Explores the work, creative process, and philosophical perspective of ceramicist Paul Mathieu, whose works in porcelain defy conventional boundaries of craft, sculpture, and representation. 1991. 16 min. MM763

[Matta-Clark, Gordon] 14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s

Featuring: Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, Alice Aycock, Scott Burton, Peter Campus, Chuck Close, Nancy Graves, Joseph Kosuth, Gordon Matta-Clark, Mary Miss, Elizabeth Murray, Dennis Oppenheim, Dorothea Rockburne, Joel Shapiro.
Examines a diverse group of New York-based artists in order to record many of the most provocative works and ideas of the past decade. These artists created performances, sculptures, earthworks, tableaux, furniture, shaped canvases and more using unusual materials. In this "idea art," their focus is often as much social and psychological as artistic. Michael Blackwood Productions. c2000. 91 min. Video/C 9105

[Matta-Clark, Gordon] Gordon Matta-Clark. Program Six

Contents: Splitting (1974, b&w and col., si. with English intertitles, 11 min.) -- Bingo/Ninths (1974, col. si., 10 min.) -- Substrait [Underground dailies] (1976, b&w and col.) Croton Aquaduct at Highgate (4 min.); 13th Street Storm sewer and pumping station (5 min.); New York Central Tracks and below ground Central Station (9 min.); Cathedral of St. John the Divine (5 min.); Archer Street extension of the BMT (5 min.); High pressure water tunnel no.3 (11 min.)
Presentations of videotapes of deconstruction of urban environments and documentary films by Matta-Clark. Splitting: Documents the major building cut made by Matta-Clark in a typical one-family house in New Jersey. Bingo/Ninths: In 1974, Matta-Clark made a cut in a house in Niagara Falls in which the artist divided the exterior facade into nine parts. Substrait: In this series of films Matta-Clark explored and documented the underground spaces of New York City. Dist.: Electronic Arts Intermix. 199?. 60 min. Video/C 6840

[Matta-Clark, Gordon] Gordon Matta-Clark. Program Seven

Contents: Etant d'art pour locatair = Conical intersect (1975, col., si, 19 min.) -- Sous-sols de Paris = Paris underground (1977, b&w, in French, 19 min.).
Presentations of videotapes of deconstruction of urban environments and documentary films by Matta-Clark. Conical intersect: For the Paris Biennial in 1975, Matta-Clark made a major cut shaped like a twisted cone in houses adjacent to the Centre Georges Pompidou in Les Halles in Paris. Paris Underground: In this film Matta-Clark explored underground Paris. The artist shows the complexity of underground spaces with scenes of architectural ruins, car parks, tunnels, ossuaries, cellars, crypts and basements in the Opera district. Dist.: Electronic Arts Intermix. 38 min. Video/C 6841

[McCormick, Pam] Pam McCormick: The Artists World as Canvas.

Pam McCormick discusses her art which deals with the environment and nature. Central Park, the Erie Canal and the International Olympics are just a few of the locations included as sites for the environmental art in this strikingly visual documentary which features McCormick's floating sculptures. 1987. 24 min. Video/C 6386

[Motherwell, Robert] Robert Motherwell and the New York School: Storming the Citadel

This program explores the Abstract Expressionist movement and presents a portrait of its most important artist: Robert Motherwell. Featured are Motherwell's last major interview, archival footage and photographs of other maverick artists, of Greenwich Village where they lived, and of events that shaped their lives. Originally broadcast on PBS as a segment of The American Masters. 1990. 56 min. Video/C 7432

[Nauman, Bruce] Four Artists: Robert Ryman, Eva Hesse, Bruce Nauman, Susan Rothenberg

Interviews with four of the artists who formed the backbone of the minimal art movement that started in the early 1960's. The film offers the rare opportunity to see a large body of work in their studios as each artist discusses the meaning and inspiration behind their works, the critical atmosphere in which they were made and how, in retrospect, their own ideas about their art, as well as those of the public have changed. Dist.: Michael Blackwood Productions. 1987. 47 min. Video/C 9100

[Neel, Alice] Three Women Artists: Anna Sokolow, Alice Neel, Muriel Rukeyser

Discribes the careers and lives of three American women artists. Follow the outstanding choreographer of the twentieth century, Anna Sokolow, and famous figure painter Alice Neel, along with poet Muriel Rukeyser as they explain their interesting, yet diverse careers as artists. 1998? 56 min. Video/C 5876

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[Nevelson, Louise] Nevelson in Process. (Portrait of an Artist; 3)

Louise Nevelson is seen creating two pieces of sculptures she discusses her feelings for her art and the creative process. c1977. 30 min. Video/C 1099

[Noguchi, Isamu] Isamu Noguchi.(Portrait of an Artist)

Follows the twentieth-century Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi around the world for more than a year filming his global artistic adventures. Examines his early life in Japan and his education in the United States which formed a fusion between East and West and fostered the universality of his creative efforts. c1980. 55 min. Video/C 6321

[Noguchi, Isamu] Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper.

This documentary examines the life and career of Isamu Noguchi, a prolific Japanese-American sculptor, best known for his naturalistic designs of open space. Discusses earlier works, including the famous Noguchi "heads" within the context of his apprenticeship under Constantin Brancusi. Ceramics, furniture, interiors, and gardens designed by Noguchi reflect his Japanese ethnic roots and his fondness for Japanese artistic tradition. Dist.: Films Media Group. 2003. 56 min. DVD 6099

[O'Keeffe, Georgia] Georgia O'Keeffe. (Portrait of an Artist;1)

Documentary that looks behind the Georgia O'Keeffe legend, showing her paintings, environment, and philosophy of the artist. c1977. 60 min. Video/C 1107

[Oldenburg, Claes] Happenings: Ray Gun Theater 1962.

Contents: Store days I, II -- Nekropolis I, II -- Injun I, II -- Voyages I, II -- World's fair I, II.
Ray Gun Theater, a series of ten Happenings, took place in Claes Oldenburg's studio on East Second Street in New York City between February and May 1962. 116 min. Video/C 9098

[Oldenburg, Claes] Claes Oldenburg.

Claes Oldenburg's over-scaled sculptures based on food and other domestic items brought him to prominence in the 1960s as one of the foremost exponents of the Pop Art Movement. In this film viewers visit the artist's New York studio, the Guggenheim Museum, and Petaluma, California, for the construction of Giant Houseball, and contemporaries Jim Dine and Roy Lichtenstein discuss the man and his art. 1996. 54 min. Video/C 4973

[Oldenburg, Claes] Claes Oldenburg: Large Scale Projects.

He's reserved and quietly driven; she's energetic and outspoken. Together they explore the mystery and power of everyday objects by changing their sizes, shapes, and textures in surprising and unsettling ways. Claes Oldenburg and his wife and artistic collaborator, Coosje van Bruggen, have created many projects carried out in collaboration with the American architect Frank Gehry. The film shows various works from conception to installation. 1991. 56 min. Video/C 5873

[Oldenburg, Claes] Claes Oldenburg: The Formative Years

The film begins and ends with sculptor Claes Oldenburg attending one of his favorite events, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Oldenburg discusses his sources of inspiration and his work as he enjoys the inflated balloons, so suggestive of the exaggerated qualities of his own art. The film follows the progress of a commissioned outdoor sculpture, a colosssal baseball mitt. Also includes rare footage of his 1959 "Happenings" offering insight into his irreverent beginnings and artistic adventures. Produced and directed by Michael Blackwood. 2001. 52 min. Video/C 9106

[Pollock, Jackson] Jackson Pollock.

A documentary film that combines archival footage of Jackson Pollock's life and work with reminiscences from his contemporaries, and explores the truth and legends surrounding this controversial painter. 1987. 52 min. Video/C 6320

[Pollock, Jackson] Jackson Pollock: Love and Death on Long Island

Documentary tracing the life of the shy, brooding American abstract artist Jackson Pollock through interviews and archival footage. His controversial work and defiant attitudes made him at once a star and the scourge of the art world. In the end, his tragic death at the top of his career, cemented his image forever as the James Dean of artists. Originally produced as a documentary for the British television series Close up. c1978. 46 min. Video/C 7422

[Pollock, Jackson] Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock?

Teri Horton, a 73-year-old former truck driver with an 8th grade education, buys a painting in a thrift shop for five dollars, but unbeknownst to her, the artist is Jackson Pollock. This adventure documents a 15-year war with the art world's inner circle, lifts the veil on how art is bought and sold in America and introduces audiences to the funny, profane and utterly unforgettable Teri Horton. Written and directed by Harry Moses. c2007. 74 min. DVD 7752

[Prince, Richard] Richard Prince.

Prince speaks about experiences that influenced his art, which appropriates images from commercial advertising and travelogues and accentuates their rhetoric. 199?. 7 min. Video/C 4666

[Rabinowitch, David] David Rabinowitch: Penetrating Vision.

This documentary features the American artist David Rabinowitch, proponent of conceptual art. The non-object oriented cerebral art form, concep