Michael Blackwood Movie Trailers
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David Chipperfield: Form Matters Trailer (2012)
28 August 2012
When the Tuscan city of Pisa commissioned David Chipperfield to create a master plan that would bring new vitality to this historic spot on the Arno, an exhibition of selected works produced by him in the last 25 years was also invited.
Elizabeth Murray: 4 Decades Trailer (2006)
01 January 2006
"Elizabeth Murray: 4 Decades" tracks the artist's career and shows her moving forward fearlessly toward new shapes and concepts for her unique style of painting.
John Hejduk: Builder of Worlds Trailer (1992)
11 December 1992
A poet among architects and an innovator among educators, John Hejduk converses with poet David Shapiro at The Cooper Union about the mystery and spirit of architecture.
What is Minimalism? : The American Perspective 1958-1968 Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
Featuring notable Minimalist artists such as Bride Marden, Claes Oldenburg, and Donald Judd, What is Minimalism: The American Perspective 1958-1968 explores the movement during an explorative exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Los Angeles.
The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham Trailer (2014)
01 January 2014
In an effort to work without the distractions of the city, artist Carroll Dunham moved his studio from Manhattan to a small village in Connecticut, not far from where he grew up.
Hans Haacke: 4 Decades Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
Hans Haacke is a key figure in contemporary art whose work intersects with conceptual, pop, minimal and land art.
14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s Trailer (1981)
01 September 1981
The multiple means of making art after the end of illusionism led these artists to create performances, sculptures, earthworks, tableaux, furniture, shaped canvases, and more, using unusual materials.
Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways Trailer (2009)
01 January 2009
Wrapped Walk Ways, in Jacob Loose Memorial Park, Kansas City, Missouri, consisted of the installation of 136,268 square feet (12,540 square meters) of saffron-colored nylon fabric covering 2.
Broadway Express Trailer (1961)
16 October 1961
Shot in 1959, Michael Blackwood’s first film Broadway Express is a portrait of New York City’s diverse population, as captured in the city’s subways during the evening rush hour and late at night.
Frank Gehry: An Architecture of Joy Trailer (2000)
04 February 2000
"Frank Gehry: An Architecture of Joy" illustrates the unique intertwining of art and architecture throughout Gehry's spectacularly eclectic career.
Post Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Structural Engineering Trailer (2010)
01 January 2010
"Post Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Structural Engineering" presents a series of detailed lectures during which the past, present and future of metal is discussed.
Brice Marden: 4 Decades Trailer (2006)
01 January 2006
"Brice Marden: 4 Decades" follows the renowned abstract artist as he explores his acclaimed 2006 MoMA retrospective with curator Gary Garrels.
A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera Trailer (1986)
08 October 1986
This documentary by Michael Blackwood looks at the development and production of Glass' opera Akhnaten.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Environmental Art Duo Trailer (1995)
31 December 1995
Beginning with their small wrapped objects of 1958, this portrait examines the continuously bold and ambitious artistic ventures of the enigmatic duo, CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE.
Arata Isozaki: Early work in Japan Trailer (1985)
11 July 1985
Arata Isozaki: Early Work in Japan takes a detailed look at the architect's pieces, exploring applauded projects such as the EXPO '70 Osaka Festival Plaza, Gunma Prefectural Museum of Modern Art and Kitakyushu Municipal Library.
Andy Warhol Trailer (1972)
02 January 1972
With a rambling, unstructured style that echoes Andy Warhol’s own approach to filmmaking, this documentary profiles his career, showing him to be a brilliant manipulator, dedicated voyeur and person of astute commercial judgment.
Working with Einstein Trailer (1979)
25 June 1979
Filmed during the commemoration of Einstein's centennial at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Studies, with former colleagues who provide insight and recollection.
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis Trailer (1990)
01 January 1990
"Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis" is a visually striking film portrait shot on location in Japan with the participation of the major Butoh choreographers and their companies.
A New Spirit in Painting: 6 Painters of the 1980's Trailer (1984)
02 January 1984
Explores the paths being forged by six modern artists, giving us rare insight into the minds behind this rousing new wave of painting.
George Segal Trailer (2016)
23 February 2016
George Segal constructs a type of human form and vulnerability that feels rare in the world of sculpture.
Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact Trailer (1987)
28 April 1987
In his London studio, Francis Bacon discusses his work and approach with David Sylvester. His representations of the human figure in portraits and triptychs link him to the distorted realism of Van Gogh and Picasso, who also portrayed the intensity of life that Bacon calls “the brutality of fact.
Motherwell/Alberti Trailer (1984)
01 January 1984
Motherwell/Alberti explores the artistic connection between Robert Motherwell's Open Series and Rafael Alberti's poetry cycle, A La Pintura.
Jasper Johns: Decoy Trailer (1973)
01 January 1973
Jasper Johns’s Decoy is rooted inside the notions of reproduction, transformation and memory. Believing that an image gains new meaning each time it is presented, Johns boldly confronts his own past work, most notably Ale Cans (1964), and uses Decoy as a method of metamorphosis.
Art in our Time: Toward a New Museum of Modern Art Trailer (2001)
01 January 2001
"Art in Our Time: Toward a New MoMA" features a cycle of 'end of century' exhibitions, cumulatively titled 'MoMA 2000', which aim to present the museum's rich collection in a brand new way.
Arata Isozaki II: International Projects Trailer (1990)
01 March 1990
Through a blend of Japanese history and Western influence, Arata Isozaki has built a career around his boldly distinctive architectural style.
Empire City Trailer (1985)
01 July 1985
A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political and cultural figures.
Christo: Wrapped Coast Trailer (1969)
01 January 1969
In 1969, Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped 2.5 kilometers of coast and cliffs up to 26 metres along the coast of Little Bay, in Southeast Sydney, Australia.
American Art in the 1960s Trailer (1972)
01 January 1972
During this critical decade in American life, artists built on the styles of the 1950s. An explosion of artistic energy produced Pop Art, Minimalism, color-field painting, and hard-edged abstraction.
Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language Trailer (1999)
01 January 1999
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, abstraction - that most quintessentially modernist innovation - maintains a peculiarly contradictory position.
Kisho Kurokawa From Metabolism to Symbiosis Trailer (1993)
02 June 1993
A portrait of the internationally acclaimed Japanese architect who employs Buddhist ideas and western modernism to achieve intercultural architecture.
Louis Kahn: Silence and Light Trailer (1996)
01 January 1996
As an architect, educator, and philosopher, Louis Kahn played a prominent role in the history of 20th century architecture.
Mies Trailer (1986)
01 January 1986
No understanding of the modern movement in architecture is possible without knowledge of its master builder, Mies van der Rohe.
Victor and Sally Ganz: Discovering Eva Hesse Trailer (1999)
01 January 1999
"Victor and Sally Ganz: Discovering Eva Hesse" documents an intimate visit to the couple's famous art collection in their New York City home.
Tadao Ando Trailer (1988)
01 January 1988
Tadao Ando, a self-taught architect, proposes an international architecture that he believes can only be conceived by someone Japanese.
The Artist's Studio: Jean Dubuffet Trailer (1973)
19 July 1973
In the fall of 1973 we had an opportunity to visit Jean Dubuffet in his studio while he was at work on a detail for his musical theater piece Coucou Bazar.
Isamu Noguchi Trailer (1972)
31 December 1972
Isamu Noguchi talks about his career in this documentary featuring Ezra Pound.
The Artist's Studio: E.W. NAY Trailer (2012)
01 January 2012
A visit to the studio of Ernst Wilhelm Nay, a remarkable, if somewhat solitary German artist, who established his status at age 30, just before the advent of the Nazi takeover.
Mel Bochner: Thoughts Made Visible Trailer (1997)
01 January 1997
Filmed at the Yale University Art Gallery, "Mel Bochner: Thoughts Made Visible", approaches a major retrospective exhibition of the artist's early work while providing an opportunity to experience his notable, site-specific installations.
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers Trailer (1980)
01 October 1980
Made in 1980, this film explores the contemporary dance scene through the work of seven New York-based choreographers.
Bernd and Hilla Becher: Typologies of Industrial Architecture Trailer (2007)
24 February 2007
Working together as photographers since 1957, Bernd and Hilla Becher have become known for capturing endangered architecture quickly vanishing from the modern landscape.
Joel Shapiro: 20 Elements Trailer (2005)
01 January 2005
Joel Shapiro, the eminent sculptor, was invited by the Musée d'Orsay in Paris to participate in their project series titled Correspondences, the aim of which was to achieve new insights into the complexity of art through confronting some of the museum's masterpieces with ambitious contemporary works.
Philip Guston: A Life Lived Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
Late in life, the artist looks back over a career that originated in social realism during the '30s, moved to the center of Abstract Expressionism, and culminated in a return to figuration.
New Yorkers Trailer (1971)
01 January 1971
Set in and around E. 77th St., New Yorkers follows inhabitants of the neighborhood, documenting their small businesses, daily encounters and commentary on New York in the 1970s.
A Day with Zaha Hadid Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
While guiding us through her retrospective exhibition “Zaha Hadid Has Arrived”, the renowned architect recalls her career from its beginning, discussing her education, inspiration and technique.
Robert Motherwell: Summer of 1971 Trailer (1972)
01 January 1972
At work on his Elegies and Windows series, Motherwell examines his place in the Abstract Expressionist movement, which he calls the first original American movement in the "mainstream," and its practitioners "the last romantics.
Gerhard Richter: 4 Decades Trailer (2005)
25 February 2005
Curator Robert Storr takes us through the 2002 MoMA Gerhard Richter retrospective.
Colin McPhee: The Lure of Asian Music Trailer (1985)
01 January 1985
Through composer Colin McPhee's passionate and detailed writing about his time in Bali it becomes evident how strongly the country impacted both his career and life.
The New York School Trailer (1972)
01 January 1972
The band of American artists known as the New York School toyed with tradition and rebelled against the Renaissance.
4 Artists: Robert Ryman, Eva Hesse, Bruce Nauman, Susan Rothenberg Trailer (1988)
01 January 1988
4 Artists: Robert Ryman, Eva Hesse, Bruce Nauman, Susan Rothenberg acts as a collective portrait of creators linked only by their stated intention of expressing ideas through art.
Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden Trailer (2009)
01 March 2009
Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden explores the artist's brilliant career through his 2007 retrospective exhibition at London's Royal Academy of Arts.
Hans Bethe꞉ Prophet of Energy Trailer (1980)
01 January 1980
A portrait of the eminent Nobel Prize winning physicist who greatly advanced our knowledge of the atom.