Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language (1999)
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."
Director: Michael Blackwood
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Helmut Federle as Himself |
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Günther Förg as Himself |
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Jonathan Lasker as Himself |
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Robert Mangold as Himself |
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Brice Marden as Himself |
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Gerhard Richter as Himself |
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Richard Serra as Himself |
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Philip Taaffe as Himself |
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Günter Umberg as Himself |
| Directing | Michael Blackwood | Director |
| Production | Kathleen Diehl | Production Manager |
| Sound | Ed Cantu | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Sasha Newman | Writer |
| Directing | Julie Sloane | Second Unit Director |
| Production | Michael Blackwood | Producer |
| Production | Imke Wallefeld | Executive Producer |
| Production | Christhart Burgmann | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Julie Sloane | Editor |
| Sound | Felix Andrew | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Mead Hunt | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Uli Fischer | Director of Photography |
| Sound | John Murphy | Sound Recordist |
