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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 ...
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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. It's late at night. Philip Guston (1913-1980) is in the studio. He's not sleeping but he’s painting images of people who are. Legend shows the artist in bed, crowded by a nightmarish mix of objects. Punching fists, broken glass, a police baton, bricks, dirty cans, a startled horse. This scene captures the restlessness of an ...
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.
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."
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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 ...
