From a press release:
Asheville Art Museum presents documentary series on abstraction artists, Jan. 6-Mar. 15
As part of the its commitment to new media and education through film, the Asheville Art Museum has curated a series of art house documentaries that intimately explore the lives and careers of several artists represented in the exhibition What You See Is What You See: American Abstraction After 1950. These films, which range in length and documentary style, were created by independent filmmakers and serve as serious artistic and, at times, experimental works. Documentary films, strictly speaking, are non-fictional, factual works of art, sometimes known as cinema verite.
The ten films presented in the Museum’s New Media Gallery over a ten-week period serve as both educational tools to enhance our understanding of American Abstraction, as well as artistic representations of the subject matter as presented by the filmmakers. In particular, the directors have taken creative license to present true stories in a manner in which he or she seems fitting; often blurring the line between documentary and narrative with elements that are expressive, poetic, rhetorical, historical and subjective.
The films listed below will be screened daily at 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
JANUARY 6–11
Josef Albers: To Open Eyes
(1962) by The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, 32 minutesJANUARY 13–18
Robert Motherwell and the New York School: Storming the Citadel
(2010) by Catherine Tatge, 55 minutesJANUARY 20–25
Jules Olitski: Modern Master
by Andy Reichsman and Kate Purdie, 22 minutesJANUARY 27–FEBRUARY 1
Joseph Fiore: The Nature of the Artist
(2013) by Kane-Lewis Productions, 30 minutesFEBRUARY 2–8
Frankenthaler: Toward a New Climate
(1978) by Perry Miller Adato, 28 minutesFEBRUARY 10–15
George Bireline
(2002) by Neal Hutcheson, 28 minutesFEBRUARY 17–22
Julian Stanczak and Op Art: The Perceptive Eye
(2001) by Barbara Stanczak, 60 minutesFEBRUARY 24–MARCH 1
Painters Painting
(1973) by Emile de Antonio, 116 minutesMARCH 3–8
Sam Gilliam Interview
(2004) by Netropolitan, 44 minutesMARCH 10–15
American Art of the 1960s
(1972) by Michael Blackwood, 57 minutes
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