Robert Motherwell and the New York School: Storming the Citadel

UPC: 032031454293

Studio: Kultur Video

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:null

Summary: Because Robert Motherwell checked in as one of the last living Abstract Expressionists just prior to his death in July 1991, that passing seemed to signal the end of an era. The period in which Motherwell peaked was one shaped not only by him, but by Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko and many others of the same school - a movement characterized by a revolutionary attempt to upend the conventions of American painting, and of art that exhibited immediate influence by such global events as the Spanish Civil War and the launch of the Works Progress Administration. The documentary Robert Motherwell & the New York School: Storming the Citadel draws on such resources as archival footage and photos, and interviews with art legends including William Rubin, Philip Pavia and Larry Rivers to both etch out a biographical profile of Motherwell and relay the broader history of the Abstract Expressionist movement as a whole. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Category: Visual Arts [nf]

Robert Motherwell and the New York School: Storming the Citadel

Format: DVD

Release Date: 09/28/2010

Audio: 2 PCM stereo

Runtime: 55 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Robert Motherwell & The New York School: Storming the Citadel
1. Introduction [6:00]
2. The Surrealists [5:53]
3. Abstract Espressionism [6:21]
4. The Greenwich Village Years [3:38]
5. Collages [3:06]
6. The Subjects of the Artists [4:23]
7. Pushing Freedom to Its Limits [6:57]
8. Elegies for Spanish Republic [5:20]
9. Dealing With Success [6:53]
10. A Range of Imagery [1:06]
11. The Guggenheim Exhibition 1985 [1:41]
12. Conclusion [3:59]

Cast and Crew: Kenneth Cavander  Screenwriter 
Richard Peaslee  Composer (Music Score) 
Susan Lacy  Executive Producer 
Megan Callaway  Producer 
Catherine Tatge  Director 
Catherine Tatge  Producer 
Jonathan Epstein  Actor 
Robert Motherwell  Actor