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The majority of the On Art and Artists collection represents almost 40 years of producing and acquiring interviews with contemporary artists, architects, theorists, and critics. The collection features interviews made by the Video Data Bank and co-founders Lyn Blumenthal & Kate Horsfield, as well as by other individual producers and producing organizations such as Artists Television Network, Long Beach Museum of Art, and the University of Colorado visiting artist program. In addition, the collection includes a number of titles relating to the artists' process, including experimental documentaries and profiles.
  Satoshi Uchiumi, Japanese abstract painter, believes that the beauty of painting lies within paint itself. He has pursued beauty by painting thousands of colored dots. He has also become known for his ability to highlight the relationship between...
Collection: New Releases, On Art and Artists, Single Titles Tags: artist spaces, documentary, interview, painting, visual art |
Since the mid1970s, James Casebere has been making photographs of tabletop models which he builds in his studio. The subject of his work ranges from suburban interiors to institutional structures, inspired by political events and social issues....
Collection: New Releases, On Art and Artists, Single Titles Tags: artist spaces, documentary, interview, mixed media, photography, sculpture |
This 12 minute video by Tom Palazzolo and Chicago writer Jack Helbig tells the story of the recently discovered Chicago street photographer Vivian Maier. Though she was unknown in her lifetime, her extensive body of work is rewriting the history...
Collection: New Releases, On Art and Artists, Single Titles Tags: art history, chicago art, city, documentary, history, outsider art, photography, portrait |
Modesty, whimsy, and clarity of design grace the work of Joe Brainard (1941-1994), an artist and writer whose evocations of memory and desire perhaps found their greatest expression in his memoir-poem I Remember.
Collection: New Releases, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
tryphon: three sounds is a candid portrait of the artist Thomas H. Kapsalis (b.
Collection: On Art and Artists, Interviews, Single Titles Tags: art history, artist spaces, blu-ray, chicago art, documentary, interview, portrait, visual art |
A poet of the New York School in the early- and mid-’60s, Vito Acconci moved toward performance, sound, and video work at the end of the decade. His work moved in a different direction in...
Collection: On Art and Artists, Interviews, Single Titles Tags: architecture, conceptual art, installation, interview, performance, poetry |
Chantal Akerman gained international recognition with her three and a half hour masterpiece, Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), which portrays a housewife’s dull existence and eventual violent action. She has...
Collection: On Art and Artists, Interviews, Single Titles Tags: european film/video, feminism, film or videomaking, film theory, interview |
Laurie Anderson began as a downtown gallery artist, specializing in photography. She soon moved from creative to critical work as a writer for Art News and Art in America. She returned to the art world, making groundbreaking...
Collection: On Art and Artists, Interviews, Single Titles Tags: art criticism, conceptual art, interview, music |
Through her performances and videotapes, Eleanor Antin creates characters (King, Ballerina, Black Movie Star, and Nurse) while spinning tales that blur fiction and history. She avoids good...
Collection: On Art and Artists, Interviews, Single Titles Tags: conceptual art, feminism, interview, visual art |