Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language

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Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language (1999)

Directed by Michael Blackwood

Documentary · 48m

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."

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Cast

H
Helmut Federle Himself
G
Günther Förg Himself
J
Jonathan Lasker Himself
R
Robert Mangold Himself
B
Brice Marden Himself
G
Gerhard Richter Himself
R
Richard Serra Himself
P
Philip Taaffe Himself
G
Günter Umberg Himself

Crew

Director
Michael Blackwood
Writer
Sasha Newman
Director of Photography
Mead Hunt, Uli Fischer
Editor
Julie Sloane
Producer
Michael Blackwood

Details

Release date
1999-01-01
Runtime
48m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Production
Michael Blackwood Productions