Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language
1999•48m•Released
Documentary
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."
Director
Michael Blackwood
Writer
Sasha Newman
Studio
Michael Blackwood Productions
Cast
Helmut Federle
Himself
Günther Förg
Himself
Jonathan Lasker
Himself
Robert Mangold
Himself
Brice Marden
Himself
Gerhard Richter
Himself
Richard Serra
Himself
Philip Taaffe
Himself
Günter Umberg
Himself
Production
Company
Michael Blackwood Productions
Producer
Michael Blackwood
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