marcel duchamp | painting
* There is no solution, because there is no problem.
(Il n'y a pas de solution parce qu'il n'y a pas de problème)A C&L sabe...1 - TAKE AN OBJECT - Jasper Jonhs has been regarded as one of the most important artists of the late 20th century. Along with Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns startled the art world by introducing ordinary objects into his work, sometimes painting them realistically, at other times attaching the objects themselves to the work. Explaining his methodology, Jasper Johns once said, “Take an Object, do something to it, do something else to it.” At another time he asserted, “What it is – subject matter – is simply determined by what you’re willing to say it is. What it means is simply a question of what you’re willing to let it do.” Jasper’s creations and the reasoning behind them ultimately paved the way for the pop art and minimal art movements that followed. 2 - PLEASURES OF URBAN DECAY (25 min.) - A film by Sam Ball - A beautiful, offbeat film about Ben Katchor, who has been hailed as the creator of the last great American comic strip. His voice guides us through a vast landscape of old New York skyscrapers, neglected warehouses, lay-away stores and all-night cafeterias. Shot like a 1950's film noir, with angular buildings, bridges, billboard advertisements, Pleasures of Urban Decay peers behind the city's facades, helping us uncover the symbolism and romance of New York. Shown at 2000 Sundance Film Festival and the Rotterdam Festival. 3 - BEYOND WORDS: THE MARRIAGE OF ART AND LITERATURE - 27 minutes - Remarkable fine art books are the product of the collaboration of the writer, visual artist, and printer. Interviews with writers (David Mamet, Lee Breuer), artists, printers, and curators offer insight into the creative process of this unique art form. Actors Kevin Spacey, Kathleen Widdoes, and Milo O'Shea read from the works by Kafka, Joyce, and Ibsen. 4 - CHARLOTTE SALOMON: Life or Theatre? - 60 minutes - Charlotte Salomon, a young Jewish painter from Berlin, took refuge in Nice during the war. This is the story of her childhood, her loves, her dreams of painting, the advent of Nazism, her exile in France, her marriage and deportation to Auschwitz. 5 - ALFRED STIEGLITZ: PHOTOGRAPHER - 1982. 26 minutes. English language only. Striking portraits of Stieglitz, his own images, and the works of other photographers he encouraged and influenced, are used to celebrate this seminal figure in the history of photography and modern art in America. 6 - STATIONS OF THE ELEVATED - 1980. 45 minutes
A poetic study of subway trains and the graffiti that covers them. By Manfred Kirchheimer. Music by Charles Mingus. 7 - WATER GARDEN - 1985. 28 minutes - A portrait of Fort Worth's Water Garden, designed by Philip Johnson, a successful public park and an artistic triumph. By Mitchell Johnson. 8 - BART COOK, CHOREOGRAPHER - 30 minutes. English language only. Bart Cook, celebrated dancer from the New York City Ballet, choreographing a new piece with students from the School Of The American Ballet. By Kit Fitzgerald. 9 - EIGHT BY EIGHT or "A Chess Sonata in 8 Movement" - 1957. 70 minutes. English language only. By Hans Richter in collaboration with Jean Cocteau. Photographed by Arnold Eagle. Lyrics by John Latouche. Sung by Oscar Brand. With Jean Arp, Jacqueline Matisse, Yves Tanguey, Julien Levy, Richard Huelsenbeck, Alexander Calder, Ceal Bryson, Willem de Vogel, W. Sandberg, Dorothea and Max Ernst, Jean Cocteau, Eugene Pellegrini, Paul Bowles, Achmed el Yaccoubi, Jose L. Sert, Frederick Kiesler, Paul Weiner. A comprehensive portrait of the Dada movement: a surreal world on a giant chessboard. Master Piece - INTERVIEW SERIES (26 x 60 min.) 26 wonderful interviews by Wim Kayzer. Famous international scientists, writers, philosophers, musicians and artists express their most personal views on the subject of beauty and consolation. Including: Historian SIMON SCHAMA Writer GERMAINE GREER Writer WOLE SOYINKA, Philosopher MARTHA NUSSBAUM, Writer and Philosopher GOERGE STEIN, Philosopher RICHARD M. RORTY, Philosopher ROGER SCRUTON, Writer JOHN M. COETZEE, Writer GYORGY KONRAD, Writer TATJANA TOLSTAYA, Writer DUBRAVKA UGRESIC, Poet and Psychiatrist RUTGER KOPLAND, Psychologist ELIZABETH LOFTUS, Painter KAREL APPEL, Art Historian RUDI FUCHS, and more…
