|
State Of The Art: Ideas And Images In The 1980s
|
(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
|
|
Dieser Artikel gilt, aufgrund seiner Grösse, beim Versand als 3 Artikel!
Inhalt: |
'A documentary extravaganza that will have other TV stations bristling with envy.' The Face
'State of the Art is unequivocally bold in its own contemporary approach' The Listener
IIluminations established its prominence in visuaI arts programming with this major study of contemporary art.
State of the Art is an exciting, authoritative and chaIlenging series of documentaries about the visuaI arts in the 1980s. FiImed in Europe, the United States and Australia in 1985-6, the six programmes feature many key artists incIuding Joseph Beuys, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cindy Sherman, Antony GormIey, Hans Haacke and Eric FischI. Framing the works and concerns of these artists is the intellectual context of the time, and especiaIly the contemporary concerns of post-modernism. Each film adopts a thematic approach, with episodes Iooking at History, Value, lmagination, PoIitics, SexuaIity and ldentity.
OriginaIly seen on ChanneI 4 in Britain, and then shown in more than 20 countries, State of the Art has been unavaiIabIe since its original broadcast. lt is released in this 20th anniversary 2-disc DVD edition with a speciaIly fiImed interview with the writer of the series, Sandy Nairne, now Director of London's NationaI Portrait GaIIery.
He considers the unique documentary approaches that the series developed to present art on the screen and reflects on the controversy that the series provoked. A picture gallery of key images is also incIuded. |
|