Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language (1999)
Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language (1999)
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, abstraction - that most quintessentially modernist innovation - maintains a peculiarly contradictory position. Used, on one hand, by post-modernist artists as just one more quotable style amongst many, it is on the other hand still considered an elitist or hermetic language by audiences intimidated by its lack of recognizable subject matter. Yet ultimately, abstraction continues to be a viable creative path for contemporary artists of all generations, many of whom embrace it as the most inclusive and fundamentally resonant of artistic languages. Filmed at the artists' studios, the Dia Center for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Museum during their exhibition, "Abstraction in the Twentieth Century."

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Helmut Federle Helmut Federle As: Himself
Günther Förg Günther Förg As: Himself
Jonathan Lasker Jonathan Lasker As: Himself
Robert Mangold Robert Mangold As: Himself
Brice Marden Brice Marden As: Himself
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At the beginning of the twenty-first century, abstraction - that most quintessentially modernist innovation - maintains a peculiarly contradictory position. Used, on one hand, by post-modernist artists as just one more quotable style amongst many, it is on the other hand still considered an elitist or hermetic language by audiences intimidated by its lack of recognizable subject matter. Yet ultimately, abstraction continues to be a viable creative path for contemporary artists of all generations, many of whom embrace it as the most inclusive and fundamentally resonant of artistic languages. Filmed at the artists' studios, the Dia Center for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Museum during their exhibition, "Abstraction in the Twentieth Century."


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Genres: Documentary

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Release Date: 01 January 1999

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Runtime: 48m

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Company: Michael Blackwood Productions

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Michael Blackwood

Michael Blackwood

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Julie Sloane

Julie Sloane

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Christhart Burgmann

Christhart Burgmann

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Kathleen Diehl

Kathleen Diehl

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Imke Wallefeld

Imke Wallefeld

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Michael Blackwood

Michael Blackwood

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Felix Andrew

Felix Andrew

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Ed Cantu

Ed Cantu

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John Murphy

John Murphy

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Mead Hunt

Mead Hunt

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Uli Fischer

Uli Fischer

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