Who gets to call it art? [videorecording] : the legend of Henry Geldzahler, 1935-1994 / Palm Pictures ; Arthouse Films ; produced and directed by Peter Rosen ; produced by Peter Rosen Productions and MUSE Film and Television.
Format:
[videorecording] :
Publisher:
Palm Pictures,
Copyright Date:
c2005
Description:
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Jasper Johns, John Chamberlain, Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, Ivan Karp, Calvin Tomkins, Larry Poons, James Rosenquist, Jonas Mekas, George Lois, David Hockney, Mark Di Suvero, Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Bellamy, Francesco Clemente, Franz Kline, Hilton Kramer, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella. Special features: Additional artist interviews (14 min.); Q&A with James Rosenquist, Larry Poons, and director Peter Rosen [audio feature]; Fotodeath, a Claes Oldenburg "happening" [featurette] (15 min.); US Theatrical trailer (2 min.); Palm previews (6 min.); weblinks [requires a DVD-ROM drive and Internet access].
Contents:
Who gives a rat's ass? -- I'm Henry...just Henry -- Silent minority -- Living on nothing -- Having the time to feel sorry for yourself -- I'd learn from the artists -- Henry and Andy -- Pop Art -- Henry's show -- I've been working my ass off -- Arrangements don't last -- End credits.
Summary:
Henry Geldzahler (1935-94), star curator and cultural impresario, lived a life worth examining. The first curator of the Department of 20th-Century Art at the Metropolitan Museum, first director of visual arts for the National Endowment of the Arts, and the first full-time commissioner of cultural affairs for New York City, his landmark 1969 show at the Metropolitan is still remembered with awe. "New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940-1970" filled 35 galleries with more than 400 groundbreaking works of contemporary art. This film is not a full biographical examination of this singular figure's life, but rather a portrait in profile, as many of 'his' artists talk about Geldzahler and what his friendship meant to them.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.