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1981 / 58 min. / color. Directed by Michael Blackwood. Philip Guston is a powerful staple of the abstract expressionist movement, though he would prefer it be referred to as the New York School. Along with composers, choreographers and his fellow visual artists, Guston found his place in the avant garde. Often times finding modern art almost ...
Philip Guston: A Life Lived: Directed by Michael Blackwood. With Clark Coolidge, Musa Guston, Philip Guston, Henry Hopkins. Philip Guston is a powerful staple of the abstract expressionist movement, though he would prefer it be referred to as the New York School.
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- Documentary, Biography, History
- Michael Blackwood
- 1981
Jun 16, 2023 · Musa Guston Mayer takes us into the studio of her father, the artist Philip Guston, reflecting on her relationship with him and the future of his legacy. Philip Guston (American, born Canada, 1913–80). The Line, ca.1978. Oil on canvas, 71 × 73 1/4 in. (180.3 × 186.1 cm). Promised Gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Philip Guston (born Phillip Goldstein, June 27, 1913 – June 7, 1980) was a Canadian American painter, printmaker, muralist and draftsman. "Guston worked in a number of artistic modes, from Renaissance-inspired figuration to formally accomplished abstraction," [ 1 ] and is now regarded as one of the "most important, powerful, and influential American painters of the last 100 years."
Philip Guston: A Life Lived. Late in life, Guston 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. Filmed at his retrospective in San Francisco in 1980 and at his Woodstock studio where he is seen painting.
In this short film, curators Michael Wellen and Michael Raymond, conservator Anna Cooper and the artist's daughter, Musa Mayer, recount the story of Guston's life and career, as well as his restless urge to challenge himself creatively. This film was created as part of the Terra Foundation for American Art Series: New Perspectives.
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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. Filmed at his retrospective in San Francisco in 1980 and at his Woodstock studio, where Guston is seen painting, the artist speaks candidly about his philosophy of painting and the psychological motivation ...
