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"CHRISTO: THE ARTISTS' DECISION" THE ENVIRONMENTAL ARTIST, CHRISTO, HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS, "BOLD, DARING, AND OUTRAGEOUS" EVER SINCE HIS COLOSSAL "VALLEY CURTAIN" EARNED HIM INTERNATIONAL CREDIBILITY. CHRISTO'S MONOLITHIC INSTALLATIONS HAVE BEEN ERECTED ON SEVERAL CONTINENTS. HE USES DIAGRAMS AND LARGE SCALE DRAWINGS TO HELP REALIZE HIS MONUMENTAL SCULPTURAL INSTALLATIONS. SHOT IN THE ARTISTS' NEW YORK STUDIO. CHRISTO: THE ARTIST OF"TODAYS' AND TOMORROW"

 
"CHRISTO: THE UMBRELLA PROJECT (PART I)" ONE OF CHRISTOS' GREATEST MASTERPIECES IS DOCUMENTED AND SCRUTINIZED IN THIS OVERWHELMING SPECTACLE DEPICTING THE ARTIST AND THE UMBRELLA PROJECT VIVIDLY. INTERVIEWS WITH CHRISTO AT THE UMBRELLA SITE, HELICOPTER FOOTAGE, CHRISTO AND HIS WORK FORCE INSTALLING THE PROJECT; ALL LEND THEMSELVES TO A CONCISE AND AND PRECISE RENDITION OF THE EVENT AND THE ARTWORK, WHICH WILL NEVER BE SEEN AGAIN! THIS TAPE CAPTURES THE ESSENCE AND FLAVOR OF AN HISTORICAL MOMENT IN TIME.

 
"CHRISTO: THE UMBRELLA PROJECT (PART II)" THIS TAPE IN CONJUNCTION WITH UMBRELLAS PART I DELIVERS THE FULL STORY AND IMPACT OF CHRISTOS' EXECUTION OF THE UMBRELLA PROJECT. A COMPLEX CHAIN OF EVENTS LEADS THE ARTIST TO THE POSSIBILITY AND REALITY NECESSARY TO CREATE AND INSTALL HIS $26,000,000. (TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLAR) MASTERPIECE. 

 
"NAM JUNE PAIK: AVANT GARDE VIDEO" AVANT GARDE VIDEO AT ITS' FINEST. THIS TAPE HAS BEEN PRESENTED AT THE PHILADELPHIA  MUSEUM OF ART. NAM JUNE PAIKS' EXPERIMENTS WITH VIDEO HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED IN MUSEUM AND GALLERIES ALL AROUND THE WORLD. PAIK DISCUSSES TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUE. INCLUDES COLLABORATIONS WITH LAURIE ANDERSON, ALLEN GINSBURG, MERCE CUNNINGHAM AND JOSEPH BEUYS. EXCERPTS FROM SOME OF PAIKS, VIDEO ART ARE INCLUDED. 

 
"KEITH HARING: ARTIST AT WORK" THIS DOCUMENTARY CAPTURES KEITH CREATING AN EXTREMELY LARGE MURAL, WHILE HE REFLECTS UPON AND TALKS ABOUT HIS AESTHETIC CONCERNS. A PRINT SIGNING, AN ART RECEPTION, AND SEVERAL INTERVIEWS; SHOT IN MANY LOCATIONS, THIS TAPE CANDIDLY PORTRAYS HARING AS"UNPRETENTIOUS, SAVVY, AND WELL INTENTIONED".

 
"KENNY SCHARF: THE MASTERS' CHOICE" KENNY SCHARF IS ONE OF THE MORE IMPRESSIVE NEW YORK ARTISTS ON THE RISE INTERNATIONALLY. THIS TAPE DOCUMENTS A VISIT TO THE ARTISTS MONOLITHIC STUDIO. A SPONTANEOUS WORKING SEQUENCE CUT TO MUSIC REVEALS THE TECHNIQUE AND EXECUTION OF HIS ART, WHICH CONTAIN SOME OF THE MORE INTERESTING AESTHETIC CONCERNS OF TODAY'S ART WORLD. THIS IS A MUST SEE... 

 
"PROCESS ART: JACKI WINSOR" CONCEPTUAL AND PROCESS ARTISTS BOTH FEEL A FINISHED PIECE OF ART SHOULD NOT BE EMPHASIZED. THIS TAPE TAKES YOU THROUGH AN EXPERIENCE OF A MARATHON, NON STOP, FURIOUS PACE OF NEW YORKS' PROCESS ARTIST JACKIE WINSOR. SHE AND A BAND OF ASSISTANTS, WORKING IN EXCESS OF 50 CONTINUOS HOURS, WILL COMPLETE AN ARTWORK ONLY TO LIGHT IT ON FIRE OR BLOW IT UP WITH DYNAMITE! THIS IS THE ULTIMATE PROCESS ART EXPERIENCE... 

 
"ARMAN: THE ARTISTS' DREAM" YEARS AGO A FRENCH IMMIGRANT LIVING OUT OF THE CHELSEA HOTEL ENVISIONED AN AESTHETIC DREAM...THIS FEATURE REVEALS THE FULFILLMENT OF HIS VISION...A REMARKABLE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT AN ARTISTS' WHO REALIZES HIMSELF THROUGH HIS ARTWORK AND A DREAM WHICH BECAME TRUE IN THE HIGH POWERED MANHATTAN ART WORLD...

 
"ART SEEN: ARTISTS IN THEIR STUDIOS (PART I)" THIS TAPE GIVES INSIGHT INTO THE LIVES AND ART OF MORE THAN 10 ARTISTS, BY VISITING EACH OF THEIR STUDIOS! INTERVIEWS AND SEEING THEM WORK HELPS THE VIEWER ESTABLISH A CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR ARTWORK.  CHRIS BURDEN, CHARLES ARNOLDI, AND RICHARD KOSHALEK; CURATOR AT THE LOS ANGELES MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, ARE ONLY A FEW INCLUDED IN THIS REMARKABLE DOCUMENTARY...(INSET PICTURE: CHRIS BURDEN)

 
"ART SEEN: ARTISTS IN THEIR STUDIOS (PART II)" PART II CONCLUDES THE IN-DEPTH LOOK AT ARTISTS, THEIR STUDIOS, AND THEIR ARTWORK...THIS TAPE PRESENTS A WHOLE NEW COLLECTION OF ARTISTS, WHICH ARE NOT INCLUDED IN ART SEEN PART I,  WHO SHARE FRANK DISCUSSIONS AND PERSONAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THEIR CREATIVE PROCESS DURING VISITS TO EACH OF THEIR STUDIOS...


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"CHARLES ARNOLDI: PORTRAIT OF AN ARTISTS' STUDIO" THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH ART IS CREATED INFLUENCES THE OUTCOME OF THE ART ITSELF...AN INTIMATE VISIT WITH THE RIGHT ARTIST CAN ALTER YOUR PERCEPTION OF REALITY FOREVER...THE DETAILED INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS OF ARNOLDI'S ENORMOUS STUDIO, BELONGING TO THIS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ARTIST; CHARLES ARNOLDI, IS THE BACKDROP FOR THIS UNFORGETTABLE STUDIO VISIT... 

 
"LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI: PAINTER AND POET" POET LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI CREATES AND DESTROYS A PAINTING DURING THIS DOCUMENTARY...RENOWNED AS A KEY FIGURE WITHIN THE "BEAT MOVEMENT", FERLINGHETTI IS ALSO A PRACTICING VISUAL ARTIST. THIS VIDEO COMBINES TWO ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES IN A MONTAGE OF POETRY AND PAINTINGS... 

 
"LOWELL NESBITT: GALLERY OPENING AND STUDIO VISIT" LOWELL NESBITT FIRST RECEIVED CRITICAL ACCLAIM IN THE 1960'S AND HAS BEEN CARVING HIS OWN NICHE IN THE ART WORLD EVER SINCE...THIS VIDEO FOCUSES ON HIS LARGE SCALE REALISTIC RENDITIONS OF NATURE AND FLORAL PAINTINGS. SHOT ON LOCATION IN HIS NEW YORK STUDIO AND AN ART OPENING, A RARE GLIMPSE OF NESBITT WORKING ON AN ENORMOUS PAINTING ,IS THE CENTER PIECE OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTARY...

 
"NEW YORK'S EAST VILLAGE ART SCENE (PART I) INTERVIEWS TEN GALLERY DIRECTORS AND TEN ARTISTS, DOCUMENTS AN OPENING, AND SHOWS SEVERAL ON LOCATION STREET SCENES...PRODUCED IN 1985 THIS REMARKABLE DOCUMENTARY HAS BEEN PRESENTED AT THE WHITNEY MUSEUM IN NEW YORK AND THE SMITHSONIAN'S' HIRSHHORN MUSEUM. "WIDELY TOUTED AS THE REVITALIZATION OF NEW YORK'S ART WORLD"
(INSET PICTURE: MARK KOSTABI) 

 
"NEW YORK'S EAST VILLAGE ART SCENE (PART II) INTERVIEWS THIRTEEN GALLERY DIRECTORS AND NINE ARTISTS, INCLUDES A GALLERY OPENING. THIS IS THE SECOND HALF OF THE EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION INTO THE 80'S EAST VILLAGE ART MOVEMENT WITH; GRACIE MANSION, LES LEVINE, MARK KOSTABI, AND MANY OTHERS...

 
"LOS ANGELES: CALIFORNIA ART SCENE (PART I)" INTERVIEWS THIRTEEN ARTISTS AND 14 GALLERY DIRECTORS, WITH A GALLERY OPENING AND PERFORMANCE ART...THE FINEST ART GALLERIES IN LOS ANGELES ARE VISITED AND AN ARTIST REPRESENTED BY EACH GALLERY IS INTERVIEWED WITH THE GALLERIES' DIRECTOR...A MUST SEE  (INSET PICTURE: ED MOSES) 

 
"LOS ANGELES: CALIFORNIA ART SCENE (PART II) INTERVIEWS TEN ARTISTS AND SEVENTEEN GALLERY DIRECTORS, A GALLERY OPENING, AND PERFORMANCE ART ARE ALSO FEATURED. "THE PEOPLE IN THE TAPE ARE THE MEDIUM..." (L.A. READER).  THE POLITICS OF THE ART WORLD AND THE GALLERY "LADDER" ARE BOTH HOT TOPICS IN THIS RARE LOOK INTO THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD OF ART... 

 
"SAN FRANCISCO: CALIFORNIA ART SCENE (PART I)" INTERVIEWS FOURTEEN ARTISTS AND FOURTEEN GALLERY DIRECTORS, ART EVENTS, OPENINGS, AND A VIDEO FESTIVAL ARE ONLY A FEW OF THE STUNNING ELEMENTS FEATURED IN THIS LIVELY DOCUMENTARY...THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES THE BEST GALLERIES AND THE BEST ARTISTS; ROY DEFOREST, NAME JUNE PAIK, AND KEITH HARING... (INSET PICTURE: ROY DEFOREST) 

 
"SAN FRANCISCO: CALIFORNIA ART SCENE (PART II)" A SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE EVENT, INTERVIEWS IN ARTISTS' STUDIOS, LIVE INTERACTIVE VIDEO PERFORMANCE, FOURTEEN ARTISTS, FOURTEEN GALLERY DIRECTORS AND A LOT MORE...THIS IS IN-DEPTH COVERAGE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF "SAN FRANCISCO: CALIFORNIA ART SCENE (PART I)... 

 
"FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY" PHOTOGRAPHY IS EXPLORED AS AN ART FORM. MANY EXQUISITE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS ARE INCLUDED. THE WORKING METHODS AND HABITS CONCERNING THE EVOLUTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY ARE ELABORATELY ILLUSTRATED AND COMMUNICATED. THIS TAPE DRAMATICALLY STIMULATES, WHILE PUTTING INTO PERSPECTIVE, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY AS AN ART FORM... 

 
"COMPUTER ART (PART I)" EACH ARTIST EXPRESSES THE IDEALS AND CONCERNS WITHIN THEIR IMAGINATION USUALLY CONVENTIONAL ART FORM SUCH AS PAINTING OR PHOTOGRAPHY, BUT IN THIS CASE THE FINISHED ARTWORK IS COMPUTER GENERATED...THIS DOCUMENTARY SHOWS AN ARTIST BEGINNING WITH A COMPUTER TO CREATE A PICTURE WHICH IS EVENTUALLY BLOWN UP INTO A FINISHED LARGE SCALE ACRYLIC PAINTING. A REMARKABLE PROGRAM ABOUT COMPUTER ART... (INSET : DARCY GERBARG) 

 
"COMPUTER ART (PART II)" THIS TAPE CONTINUES THE EXPLORATION INTO THE COMPUTER AS AN ARTISTS' TOOL...THE LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES OF COMBINING ART AND TECHNOLOGY HAVE PUT THE COMPUTER ON THE PALETTES OF MANY INNOVATIVE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS...THIS EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTARY FEATURES A DAZZLING ARRAY OF COMPUTER GENERATED ART WORK...(INSET PICTURE: BARBARA NISSIM) 

 
"COMPUTER ART (PART III)" SINCE THE PRIMITIVES SCRAWLED UPON THE WALLS OF CAVES, ARTISTS' TOOLS HAVE CONTINUED TO EVOLVE...THIS UNFORGETTABLE DOCUMENTARY CLOSELY EXAMINES THE USE OF COMPUTERS AS A VIABLE AND VIBRANT FORM OF ARTISTIC CREATION...VIEWERS SEE A STEP-BY-STEP DEMONSTRATION OF HOW COMPUTER GENERATED ARTWORK IS MADE..COMPUTERS THE MEDIUM OF THE FUTURE...(INSET PICTURE: SAMIA HALABY) 

 
"VIRTUAL REALITY AND CYBER POLITICS" VIRTUAL REALITY, PREVIOUSLY USED FOR ART RELATED CREATIONS, HAS BEEN ABSORBED INTO INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS...THIS TAPE IS A HYBRID COMBINATION OF ART, POLITICS, AND TECHNOLOGY...INNOVATIVE AND POLITICALLY ORIENTED; COMPUTERIZED EFFECTS, ELECTRONIC AUDIO, AND LITERAL DISSERTATION YIELD VERY EFFECTIVE, VISUALLY STIMULATING, PERSUASIVE INSIGHT INTO THE SIGN OF THE TIMES... 

 
"AFRICAN ART" THIS DOCUMENTARY FEATURES AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOW AFRICAN ART DEALER: MERT SIMPSON. ALSO AN ARTIST , SIMPSON WORKS WITH INDIGENOUS AFRICAN MATERIALS TO CREATE HIS ABSTRACT ARTWORK ON THE SURFACE OF FOUND AFRICAN ARTIFACTS! THE RESULTS ARE IMPRESSIVE FINISHED MASTERWORKS. SIMPSONS' CREATIVE METHOD, PHILOSOPHIC CONCEPTS, AND RECENT EXHIBITION IN PARIS ARE DISCUSSED ON LOCATION IN NEW YORK AT HIS GALLERY. AN ETHNOGRAPHIC CORNUCOPIA, THIS TAPE SHOULD NOT BE MISSED... 








"WOMEN IN THE ARTS" (PART I)  WOMEN IN THE ARTS ILLUSTRATES THE INFLUENCE OF FEMALE SENSIBILITIES IN THE VISUAL ARTS. FEATURING DEBORAH REMINGTON: A ONE WOMAN ART MOVEMENT, WHO HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN OVER 240 BOOKS AND MAGAZINES. THIS DOCUMENTARY TELLS THE TALE OF A FEMALE'S SUCCESS IN TODAY'S COMPETITIVE CONTEMPORARY ART WORLD. (INSET PICTURE DEBORAH REMINGTON)

 
"WOMEN IN THE ARTS (PART II)" FEATURES THE ARTIST SARI DIENES, WHO TALKS ABOUT HER INVOLVEMENT AND EXHIBITIONS WITH JACKSON POLLACK, MARK ROTHKO, AND MARCEL DUCHAMP AT THE BETTY PARSONS GALLERY. SHOT IN A RURAL UPSTATE NEW YORK ARTISTS' COLONY, THIS 92 YEAR OLD ENERGETIC ARTIST USING FOUND OBJECTS DEMONSTRATES HER APPROACH AND TECHNIQUE IN THE CREATION OF HER ART. THIS EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTARY DEPICTS THE COURAGE AND FORTITUDE OF AN ARTIST IN FOR THE "LONG  HAUL"...  (INSET PICTURE: SARI DIENES)

 
"ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM" ONE OF THE FEW ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTS RECORDED ON VIDEO, JON SCHUELER CREATED THIS DOCUMENTARY JUST PRIOR TO HIS DEATH...ASSOCIATED WITH CLIFFORD STILL AND RICHARD DIEBENKORN, SCHUELER IS SHOWN WORKING FROM A NUDE MODEL CREATING A LARGE SCALE ABSTRACT PAINTING. ON LOCATION IN HIS NEW YORK LOFT STUDIO, AN EXPLORATION INTO AN EXPRESSIVE FINAL DOCUMENT, OF ONE OF THE LAST ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTS...(INSET PICTURE: JON SCHUELER)

 
"CONCEPTUAL ART" THE NON OBJECT ORIENTED CEREBRAL ART FORM; CONCEPTUAL ART, AND ITS IMPORTANCE, IS ELOQUENTLY COMMUNICATED...VIEWS OF SEVERAL INSTALLATIONS ARE INCLUDED... THIS EXTRAORDINARY TAPE ESTABLISHES AN UNDERSTANDING OF ART AS A CONCEPT, RATHER THAN THE CONVENTIONAL IDEA OF ART EXCLUSIVELY BEING A FINISHED PRODUCT...(INSET PICTURE: DAVID RABINOWITCH)

 
"MULTI-MEDIA AS AN ART FORM" WORKING IN SEVERAL MEDIUMS FOR SOME ARTISTS IS THE ONLY WAY TO FULLY EXPRESS THEIR AESTHETIC INTENT...PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY, PRINTMAKING, AND VIDEO ARE SOME OF THE TOOLS USED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THIS COLLECTION OF VIGNETTES...MULTI-MEDIA TAKEN TO THE EXTREME, COMBINING DOCUMENTARY, ABSTRACT, LITERAL, AND CONCEPTUAL TECHNIQUES...THIS UNUSUAL TAPE IS THE EMOTIONAL TOTALITY OF AN  EXTRAORDINARY AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE...YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS ONE... 

 
"THE FOUND OBJECT AND ENVIRONMENT AS ART" HYBRID COMBINATIONS OF FOUND ART AND ENVIRONMENTAL INSTALLATIONS ARE FEATURED IN THIS STUNNING DOCUMENTARY...A DYNAMIC PRESENTATION WHICH GRAPHICALLY PORTRAYS PAINTED ROOFTOPS COMBINED WITH FOUND OBJECTS OVERLOOKING THE WORLD TRADE CENTER..."I FELT LIKE I WAS ON THE MOUNT EVEREST OF ART"...THIS TAPE EXPOSES A MAJOR ARTISTIC EXPRESSION... (INSET PICTURE: GERI TAPER) 

 
"MINIMAL ART" THE ABSENCE OF SUBJECT MATTER, WITHIN AN ARTWORK, CAN BE AS VISUALLY STIMULATING AS AN ELABORATELY DETAILED RENDITION. MINIMALISM ADDRESSES THE AESTHETIC ORIGINALLY CHAMPIONED BY ELLSWORTH KELLY AND DONALD JUDD, WITHIN THE SCHOOL OF COLOR FIELD ABSTRACTION, WHERE ENTIRE CANVASSES MAY CONTAIN ONLY ONE SMALL ELEMENT OR ONE COLOR AS THE TOTAL SUBJECT...A VISIT TO A MID-TOWN MANHATTAN STUDIO CLARIFIES MINIMALISM... ...MINIMALISM AT ITS BEST...(INSET PICTURE: JEAN DAVIDSON)

 
"SITE SPECIFIC ART (PART I)" THIS UNUSUAL PROGRAM FEATURES AN ELEGANT, WELL THOUGHT OUT, SITE SPECIFIC ARTWORK OVERLOOKING NEW YORK'S HARBOR AND THE STATUE OF LIBERTY...FOURTEEN OTHER MASSIVE SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS CREATE A DIVERSE VIDEO COMPILATION OF HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT SCULPTURE...IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE PRELIMINARY DETAILED ORGANIZATION AND THE EXECUTION OF SITE SPECIFIC WORK, THEN THIS EXPLICIT DOCUMENTARY IS FOR YOU...(INSET PICTURE: NED SMYTH)

 
"SITE SPECIFIC ART (PART II)" THIS PROGRAM IS VERY UNUSUAL...SCULPTURES CONTAINING RADIO TRANSMITTERS BROADCAST THE CONVERSATION OF ANYONE CLOSE TO THE SCULPTURES, ON "PIRATE STATIONS", WHICH INTERRUPT REGULAR RADIO STATION FREQUENCIES...THESE SCULPTURES ARE A RARE COMBINATION OF AVANT-GARDE AND SITE SPECIFIC ART ...THIS DOCUMENTARY DEPICTS A SITE SPECIFIC AESTHETIC CONVEYED IN A SOPHISTICATED MONTAGE OF POLITICALLY MOTIVATE ART...THIS IS REALLY GOOD...(INSET PICTURE: GARY LLOYD) 

 
"PUBLIC SCULPTURE (PART I)" THE EXTRAORDINARY CONFRONTATION BETWEEN AN ARTISTS' PRIVATE VISION, AND THE REMARKABLE REALIZATION OF SEVERAL MONOLITHIC PUBLIC SCULPTURES, IS THE STUNNING SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS UNUSUAL DOCUMENTARY. ERIK SEVERIE, THE INFAMOUS NEWSCASTER, TAKES PART IN THE INSTALLATION OF ONE PUBLIC SCULPTURE REPRESENTED...BEING AN ARTISTS' PRIVATE MESSAGE, NUMEROUS PUBLIC PIECES SUCCINCTLY DEPICTED, YIELD A POLITICAL UNDERSTANDING FOR PUBLIC ART...(INSET PICTURE: ROGER BARR)

 
"PUBLIC SCULPTURE (PART II)" THIS IS AN EXCELLENT COMPANION PIECE FOR "PUBLIC SCULPTURE (PART I). DEPICTING THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF ASTONISHING LARGE SCALE PUBLIC ART , THIS DOCUMENTARY FEATURES THE LOCATIONS OF MONUMENTAL PUBLIC SCULPTURE INSTALLATIONS, WHICH RECEIVE NETWORK TELEVISION ATTENTION, REPORTING THE PROGRESS AND COMPLETION OF SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC WORKS...(INSET PICTURE: PETER LOBELLO)

 
"PRINT MAKING: ETCHING (PART I)" DIVERGENT ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, EVENTUALLY UTILIZES PRINT MAKING AS A MEANS OF ARTICULATION...THIS UNUSUAL TAPE EXPOSES THE WORKING METHODS OF A TALENTED ARTIST SPECIALIZING IN PRINT MAKING! IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PRINT MAKING, THEN THIS IS THE DOCUMENTARY FOR YOU... (INSET PICTURE: BARBARA PARSONS)

 
"PRINT MAKING: LITHOGRAPHY AND PAINTING (PART II)" ARTISTS USING PAINT AS THE MAIN FORM OF AESTHETIC EXPRESSION GENERALLY RELY ON LITHOGRAPHY AS A VEHICLE TO DISTRIBUTE THEIR ART. THIS EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENTARY ENABLES THE VIEWER TO UNDERSTAND A MULTI-TALENTED ARTIST, WHO REALIZES AND VISUALIZES HIS ARTISTIC DREAM THROUGH PAINTING AND LITHOGRAPHY...(INSET PICTURE: SHERMAN HAY) 

 
"PRINT MAKING: AIRBRUSH (PART III)" THE MOST IMMEDIATE MEANS OF EXPRESSION IN PRINT MAKING CAN INVOLVE AIRBRUSH, WHICH ENABLES THE FLOW OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION WITH A MINIMUM OF PRECONCEIVED PREPARATION OR CONSTRAINTS...A STEP-BY-STEP DEMONSTRATION OF AIRBRUSH TECHNIQUE COMBINED WITH AESTHETIC EVALUATION OF THE RESULTS, IS THE FOCUS OF THIS CONCISE DOCUMENTARY, WHICH IS THE FINAL EXCITING EPISODE IN THE THREE PART TRILOGY OF THE PRINTMAKING SERIES...(INSET PICTURE: DOLLY JOHNSON) 

 





"500 DEFINITIONS OF ART" THIS TAPE REALLY DOES CONTAIN OVER 500 DEFINITIONS OF ART...THE DEFINITIONS, WHICH ALTERNATE BETWEEN A MALE AND A FEMALES' VOICE, ARE JUXTAPOSED WITH HUNDREDS OF ARTWORKS...WITH AN IMAGINATIVE ELECTRONIC SOUND TRACK, "500 DEFINITIONS" INSTILLS INTEREST IN A NON THREATENING WAY...FOR ALL LEVELS...IT DRAWS PEOPLE IN ALREADY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT ART, AS WELL AS, THOSE WITH LITTLE OR NO ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE...ENJOYABLE AND EDUCATIONAL FOR ALL...(INSET PICTURE: MINOS MILONAS) 

 
"AN EXTRAORDINARY ART DEALER" FROM THE QUIET SECLUSION OF A LOS ANGELES MANSION, TO THE HIGH PROFILE ARENA OF A MAJOR ART GALLERY, THIS TAPE FOLLOWS THE PATH OF A SUCCESSFUL ART DEALER...THE EXHILARATING FOCUS IS ON THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF PROMOTING CONTEMPORARY ART...(INSET PICTURE: VALERIE MILLER) 

 
"HOLOGRAPHY" HOLOGRAPHY IS AN UNUSUAL MEDIUM, WHICH CREATES REALISTIC THREE DIMENSIONAL ILLUSIONS UTILIZING ONLY TWO DIMENSIONAL REALITY...PAINTING AND SCULPTURE ARE COMBINED WITH HOLOGRAPHY, IN THIS INNOVATIVE DOCUMENTARY...THE TECHNICAL EXPERIMENTATION AND EXPERTISE IN THIS REMARKABLE TAPE, IS NEVER UNDERTAKEN FOR ITS OWN SAKE WHEN HOLOGRAPHY IS USED TO CREATE FINE ART, BUT RATHER IT PUSHES TO EMBODY AN IDEA OR VISION OF THE ARTIST...(INSET PICTURE: ALEXANDER)

 
"FIGURATIVE ART" FIGURATIVE ART WAS PERHAPS THE FIRST ART TO BE CREATED, AND IT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE IN CONTEMPORARY ART TODAY...THIS TAPE WAS SHOT IN SEVERAL LOCATION IN NEW YORK, AND AT A MID-TOWN MANHATTAN ART STUDIO...THE CREATION OF WHIMSICAL FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS IS THE MAJOR THRUST OF THIS POWERFUL DOCUMENTARY, WHICH UNLOCKS THE PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE WORLD OF A DEDICATED ARTIST WHO SACRIFICES TO COMMUNICATE AND REALIZE HIS VISION...(INSET: PHILLIP SHERROD) 

 
"FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION" THIS TAPE CONVEYS WORKS WHICH ARE FIGURATIVE, BUT INSISTS UPON REFERENCE TO LITERAL REALITY, THROUGH ABSTRACT MEANS...STILL LIFE, LANDSCAPES, INTERIORS, AND THE HUMAN FORM ARE ALL SUBJECTS FOR A FIGURATIVE INTERPRETATION OF THE ARTISTS' IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS...YOU MUST SEE THIS TAPE TO FULLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THIS INNOVATIVE ARTIST...(INSET PICTURE: ANNE TABACHNICK)

 
"FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONISM" FROM THE JANGLED URBAN MACHINERY OF NEW YORK, EMERGES A HOPEFUL VISION AND OPTIMISTIC CRY...WORKING WITH ACRYLICS ON LARGE PANELS THE MASTERFUL EXPRESSION OF A TIMELESS DRAMA OF EVOLVING HUMAN SPIRIT UNFOLDS...LAYERING FORMS UPON FORMS, A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL QUALITY REVEALS DEEPER AND DEEPER EMOTIONAL AND INTELLECTUAL LEVELS...SHOT AT NUMEROUS LOCATIONS IN NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA...(INSET PICTURE: BILL RABINOVITCH) 

 
"LYRICAL EXPRESSIONISM" THE BRUSH WORK, PALETTE, AND SUBJECT MATTER EXHIBITED IN THIS REMARKABLE DOCUMENTARY RESTS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS SET BY EUROPEAN MASTERS, HOWEVER ORIGINAL PERSONAL THEMES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE ART WORK EMBODIED IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCTION...THIS VIDEO TAPE REVEALS THE AESTHETIC CONCEPTS AND WORKING METHODS OF AN ITALIAN BORN EXPRESSIONIST...(INSET PICTURE: MARCO SASSONE) 

 
"MEDIA EXPERIMENTATION" SOME ARTISTS EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN WHATEVER MEDIUM THEY HAPPEN TO ENCOUNTER, TO AVOID LIMITATIONS INHERENT IN SPECIALIZATION, CONSEQUENTLY ALL MEDIUMS BECOME IMPORTANT...THIS TAPE DEPICTS MULTIMEDIA EXPERIMENTATION USING PAINTING, WATERCOLOR, DRAWING, ALL PRINT MEDIUMS, TAPESTRY, SCULPTURE, FILM, AND VIDEO...A MUST SEE...(INSET PICTURE: BOB FREIMARK)

 
"ENVIRONMENTAL ART" SEGMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENTARY WERE AIRED ON NEW YORKS' CHANNEL FOUR NETWORK NEWS...THE ERIE CANAL, CENTRAL PARK, AND THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPICS ARE JUST A FEW OF THE LOCATIONS INCLUDED AS SITES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ART IN THIS STRIKING TAPE... ENVIRONMENTS ARE INTEGRATED WITH THE ART INSTALLATIONS, TO CREATE ABSTRACT RENDITIONS, WHICH COMMENT ON REALITY AND THE MEANING OF EXISTENCE AS WE KNOW IT...THIS IS RATED FOUR STARS...(INSET PICTURE: PAM MCCORMICK) 

 
"SCULPTURE FOR BETTER OR WORSE" THE REWARDS AND PITFALLS OF BEING INVOLVED WITH THE CREATION OF LARGE SCALE SCULPTURE IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS COMPELLING DOCUMENTARY... ACTUAL FOUNDRY FOOTAGE, OF AN ENORMOUS SCULPTURE BEING CREATED, IS THE CORNERSTONE SCENE... AND ITS' SUBSEQUENT DISPLAY IN FRONT OF NEW YORKS' LINCOLN CENTER IS THE SPLENDID FINISH FOR THIS REMARKABLE TAPE...(INSET PICTURE: LILA KATZEN) 

 
"SCULPTURE AND PAINTING" THIS DOCUMENTARY PROVIDES A THROUGH, CONCISE, AND EFFECTIVE RENDITION OF AN ARTIST ACCUMULATING ORDINARY HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AND PLACING THEM IN SMALL REFINED GLASS ENCLOSED ENVIRONMENTS, CHANGING THE ORDINARY INTO PRECIOUS PIECES OF ART... THESE SENSUAL SCULPTURES ARE THE MAJOR CONCERN OF AN ARTIST WHO ALSO CREATES EQUALLY STIMULATING PAINTINGS... STUDIO VISIT, ACTUAL EXECUTION, AND INTERVIEWS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS FINELY HONED... (INSET PICTURE: KAREN LECOCQ)

 
"GEOMETRIC HARD EDGE ABSTRACTION" A FORERUNNER OF INSTALLATION ART, HARD EDGE RELIEF PAINTINGS ARE ASSEMBLED TOGETHER, WHICH CREATES AN INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT OF AN INTEGRATED GEOMETRIC ABSTRACT FORM... THE PICTURE PLANE BECOMES A REPOSITORY FOR OPTICAL CHANGE BY CUTTING AND ASSEMBLING THE PAINTINGS, AND HANGING THEM ON THE WALL COMBINES THE IMAGES INTO ONE ABSTRACT SHAPE... THE EXECUTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL PAINTINGS AND THEIR EVENTUAL ASSEMBLY IS DOCUMENTED... (INSET PICTURE: HELMUT AMANN) 

 
"SCULPTURAL RELIEF PAINTING" AN INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUE, FUSING DIVERGENT ELEMENTS OF ART INTO A THREE DIMENSIONAL SCULPTURAL WALL RELIEF, WHICH IS THEN CARVED AND PAINTED OVER, IS THE FOCUS OF THIS WELL THOUGH OUT TAPE... ABSTRACTION, NON-OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE ART STYLES ARE COMBINED, PRODUCES SOME EXTREMELY INTERESTING RESULTS FOR THIS CLOSELY SCRUTINIZED ARTIST...  (INSET PICTURE: LINDA VIDAL) 

 
"COMPUTER ART FORM" UTILIZING THE LATEST LASER SCANNERS, HIGH TECH PROGRAMS, AND DIGITAL IMAGING, ARTISTS HAVE NOW TURNED TO INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS TO EXPRESS THEIR PERSONAL AESTHETIC CONCERNS... EXCLUSIVELY COMPUTER ORIENTED, THIS STAGGERING DOCUMENTARY LETS THE VIEW IN ON A FORM OF ART RARELY SEEN... COMPUTER IMAGES CHANGE TO SOUNDS OF MUSIC GENERATED BY A LIVE MUSICIAN... (INSET PICTURE: LANCE JACKSON) 

 
"KINETIC ART: THE ILLUSION OF MOVEMENT" THE ILLUSION OF MOVEMENT, WITHIN A WORK OF ART, HAS ALWAYS INTRIGUED ARTISTS AND VIEWERS ALIKE... THIS BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED TAPE DEPICTS THE CREATION OF THE ILLUSION OF MOVEMENT, UTILIZING VARIOUS VISUAL EFFECTS AND PATTERS... AS THE VIEWER MOVES THE WORKS OF ART BEGIN MOVING AND BECOME KINETIC, ALLOWING THE VIEWER TO INTERACT WITH THE WORK... (INSET PICTURE: FRANK BUNTS) 

 
"PAINTING WITH ELECTRICITY" THIS EXTREMELY UNUSUAL DOCUMENTARY VIVIDLY PORTRAYS THE TECHNIQUE AND EXECUTION, UTILIZING HIGH ELECTRICAL VOLTAGE ON THE BACK OF GLASS, TO CREATE MAGNIFICENT PAINTINGS... PRESENTED ON MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TELEVISION PROGRAMS, THESE REMARKABLE IMAGES, AND THE TECHNIQUES USED TO MAKE THEM, BECOME AN UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY FOR THIS ARTIST ON A PERSONAL QUEST... THIS TAPE IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS' KIND... (INSET PICTURE: DAVE ARCHER) 

 
"LANDSCAPE AND THE FIGURE" THE LANDSCAPE AND THE FIGURE HAVE BEEN A MAJOR FOCUS FOR COUNTLESS ARTISTS THROUGHOUT HISTORY... IN THIS HIGHLY CHARGED DOCUMENTARY, THE FIGURE AND LANDSCAPE ARE COMBINED INTO ONE STRIKING ART WORK... STIMULATING AESTHETIC CONTENT AND EXECUTION IS EXQUISITELY DOCUMENTED IN THIS REMARKABLE PROGRAM, WHICH BROADENS THE CONCEPT OF WHAT ART CAN AND CAN NOT BE... (INSET PICTURE: HARRY WEISBURD) 

 
"METAPHYSICS IN ART" A POWERFUL UNEXPLAINABLE FORCE EXISTS WITHIN EVERYONE, WHICH MOTIVATES CREATION... THIS ASTOUNDING TAPE TAKES THE VIEWER THROUGH AN ARTISTS' METAPHYSICAL EXPERIENCE... METAPHYSICS IN ART IS PORTRAYED, ALONG WITH THE STRUGGLE OF AN ARTIST, TO EXPRESS A PERSONAL IDENTITY... (INSET PICTURE: JEANNE MILES)

 
"ECOLOGY AND ART" THE ARTWORK AND THE WORKING METHODS, OF AN ARTIST DEDICATED TO PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT, IS THE THRUST OF THIS GRATIFYING DOCUMENTARY... RENDERINGS, AS PREMONITIONS OF ECOLOGICAL HORROR, SUGGEST OUR FUTURE... IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT INEVITABLY MAY BE THE FUTURE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT, THEN YOU MUST SEE THIS TAPE TODAY... (INSET PICTURE: ELAINE MARINOFF)

 
"POLITICAL ART SOLUTIONS" THIS TAPE PRESENTS A SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS ARTIST,WHO UTILIZES HIS TALENT TO FUND MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR A YOUNG GIRL THROUGH THE SALE OF ARTWORK... ART IS USED IN A PHILANTHROPIC VENTURE COMMEMORATING THE CHALLENGER SPACE SHUTTLE, ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR THE SIX CREW MEMBERS WHO DIED IN THE ABORTED SPACE EFFORT... THIS TAPE REVEALS ONE MANS' EFFORTS TO SATISFY HIMSELF BY SERVING THE NEEDS OF OTHERS... (INSET PICTURE: GEORGE BLEICH) 

 
"MASTER JAPANESE STONE CARVING" A VANISHING BREED OF STONE CARVERS, WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO ANIMATE INERT MASS AND CONVERT IT INTO ELOQUENT FORM IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTARY... THIS WORK HAS BEEN COLLECTED BY NEW YORKS' MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, THE SMITHSONIAN, THE GUGGENHEIM, AND JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER III... ABOUT A TRADITIONAL ORIENTAL ART FORM, WHICH TRANSCENDS AND EVOLVES INTO BEAUTIFUL MODERN SCULPTURE... (INSET PICTURE: MINORU NIZUMA) 

 
"CONTEMPORARY ORIENTAL ART" THE UNIQUE HYBRID OF CONTEMPORARY ART AND TRADITIONAL ORIENTAL BRUSH STROKE PAINTING, IS THE FOCUS OF THIS DOCUMENTARY... AN ASIAN IMMIGRANT SETTLES IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK ONLY TO BE ENVELOPED BY THE AMERICAN CULTURE. SIMULTANEOUS CULTURAL INFLUENCE MAKES FOR ARTWORK BEYOND THE IMAGINATION OF ANY ONE CULTURE... A CROSS CULTURE TRANSFORMATION... (INSET PICTURE: YOUNG LEE KIM) 

 





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