Miscellaneous - Art City: Making it in Manhattan
Miscellaneous - Art City: Making it in Manhattan
Art City: Making it in Manhattan
Artists, along with collectors and dealers, bring to life the art capital of the world, New York, as it plunges into the 21st Century. Presenting a cross-section of artists - status, age, sex and ethnic backgrounds - the film moves into lofts, studios and galleries for intimate scenes of artists at work. They discuss inspiration, aesthetic issues, the meaning of success, and how they overcame hardship to pursue a lifetime in art, Many of the artists, which include Louise Bourgeois, Richmond Burton, Brice Marden, Chuck Close, David Deutsch, Neil Jenney, Elizabeth Murray, Ashley Bickerton and Gary Simmons, are seen making work that will be studied by scholars and loved by art enthusiasts far into the future, 1996, 58 minutes, produced by Chris Maybach and Paul Gardner, Directed by Chris Maybach. Distributed by Twelve Films, Los Angeles VHS $25
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