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Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language
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Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language

Jan 1, 1999
0h 48m
★ 0.0

Overview

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."

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Michael Blackwood Productions

Cast

Helmut Federle

Himself

Helmut Federle

Günther Förg

Himself

Günther Förg

Jonathan Lasker

Himself

Jonathan Lasker

Robert Mangold

Himself

Robert Mangold

Brice Marden

Himself

Brice Marden

Gerhard Richter

Himself

Gerhard Richter

Richard Serra

Himself

Richard Serra

Philip Taaffe

Himself

Philip Taaffe

Günter Umberg

Himself

Günter Umberg

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