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Black square 

Call Number: DK285.5 .G5 v.7
Publication information: Oakland, CA : distributed by The Video Project, [1989?]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (93 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: First work (60 min.): Tells the story of Russia's artistic avant- garde from the 1950's to the 1970's. A cinematic appreciation of works only recently allowed to be exhibited and of the artists that created them. 2nd work (33 min.): A bacchanal of rock-jazz music erupts in an abandoned Leningrad palace. Collective singing, dancing, and playing makes this group of people a community and an ensemble, not just a crowd

Style wars 

Call Number: GT3913.N72 S895 2004
Publication information: Los Angeles, CA : Public Art Films, c2004
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (70 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide
Contents: Style wars -- Special features: Original outtake footage -- Feature commentary by director-producer Tony Silver and producer Henry Chalfant -- Interview with Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant (2002) -- Interview with editors Victor Kanefsky and Sam Pollard (2002) -- Digitally remastered tracks 5.1 Dolby soundtrack featuring classic tracks from Grandmaster Flash, Treacherous Three, Troubled Funk, Fearless Four, Rammelzze vs. K-Rob and more.. 32 artist galleries including new interviews, trains and rare photos -- Tributes to Dondi and Shy 147 -- Guest interviews -- Destroy all lines-30 minute loop of over 200 whole cars and burners -- Featuring music from Def Jux, El-P, RJD2, and Aesop Rock, plus Mr. Wiggles, Kimson Angola-Red Albert, and Darryl Jenifer
Description: A documentary exploration of the subculture of New York's young graffiti writers and breakdancers, showing their activities and aspirations and the social and aesthetic controversies surrounding New York graffiti. Dramatizes conflicts between graffitists and the city, as well as among the graffitists themselves

Robert Irwin; the beauty of questions 

Call Number: N66 .R6 1997
Publication information: Berkeley, CA : University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, 1997
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Artist Robert Irwin presents his approach to art and its role in the world, and talks about his lifelong process of artistic search and discovery. Shows him at work on some of his installations in various locations

20th century art at the Metropolitan Museum; the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing 

Call Number: N611.L5 T9 1987
Publication information: [New York] : The Museum [Ill.] : Home Vision [distributor], c1987
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Contents: pt. 1. 1900-1940 (30 min.) -- pt. 2. 1940-1987 (30 min.)
Description: Museum director, Philippe de Montebello, hosts an inaugural installation tour of the Museum's new wing devoted to 20th century art. Displays selections from more than 8,000 paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and objects of design and architecture created by American and European artists in this century

The shock of the new. Mechanical Paradise 

Call Number: N6450 .M4 1988
Publication information: New York : Ambrose Video Pub. [distributor], [1988], c1979
Physical description: 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Explores Western art during the period 1870-1914 and shows how the artists of this period reflected the fragmentation and mechanization of urban life

That's what they call art 

Call Number: N6487.N4 W4 1993
Publication information: New York : Educational Video Center, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (31:30) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Presents a survey of the 1993 Whitney Museum biennial art show of contemporary American art much of the art focuses on racism, AIDS, violence, and sexism. Includes interviews with artists and curators

In our own time 

Call Number: N6490 .I6 1989
Publication information: Santa Barbara, CA : Annenberg/CPB Collection, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Contents: pt. 1. Abstract expressionism, Pollack, Warhol, Lichtenstein and Oldenburg -- pt. 2. The international art world
Description: Examines abstract expressionism and art since World War II. Discusses works of various artists including Jackson Pollack, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, Joseph Beuys, and Yves Klein. Also discusses large-scale environmental works, such as James Turrell's reshaping of a huge volcanic cone in the Painted Desert of Arizona

Into the twentieth century 

Call Number: N6490 .I67 1989
Publication information: Santa Barbara, CA : Annenberg/CPB Collection, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Contents: pt. 1. The Fauves, Picasso and Cubism Kandinsky and color abstraction -- pt. 2. Le Corbusier, Wright and Dada surrealists Dail, Magritte and Miró
Description: Covers the work of the Fauves, the Cubists, the International Style, and the Surrealists. Features experts Christopher Green and Margit Rowell

Places 

Call Number: N6490 .P53 2005
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2005]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (15 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Contents: Abstracting landscape -- Sculpture from nature -- Outside in
Description: Segment one of this program uses four paintings by Mondrian to track his migration from impressionistic and abstract landscapes to the pure geometry of Neo-Plasticism. Segment two employs Brancusi's Fish, Dame Barbara Hepworth's Pelagos, and Joseph Beuys' The End of the Twentieth Century to analyze how abstract sculptors represent nature. Segment three explores Richard Long's fascination with organizing nature through his Line Made by Walking, Red Slate Circle installation, and Waterfall Wall Painting, created by finger painting with a white clay slurry on a large black wall

The shock of the new. Culture as Nature 

Call Number: N6490 .S4 1988
Publication information: New York : Ambrose Video Publishing [distributor], 1988, c1979
Physical description: 1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Discusses why the 20th century brought about a major change in the subject matter used by artists. Shows how the various manifestations of popular culture replaced nature as the focus of artistic interest and describes the Pop art movement

The shock of the new. The future that was 

Call Number: N6490 .S42 1988
Publication information: New York : Ambrose Video Publishing [distributor], 1988, c1979
Physical description: 1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Art critic Robert Hughes discusses the current nature of modern art, which he believes is characterized by attempts to remove art from the highly organized system of dealers and museums and replace it with conceptual art, earthworks, and body art. He talks about the fragmentation of the avant-garde, doubts about the future of painting, and the blatant narcissism of contemporary art

Abstract art 

Call Number: N6494.A2 A278 2001
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2001
Physical description: 1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: After a capsule summary of impressionism and cubism, the program tracks the full flowering of abstract art, stretching into abstract expressionism and minimalism. Special attention is given to Kandinsky, Mondrian, Pollock, Rothko, Caro, Martin, and Rae. Includes footage of artists at work along with a wide selection of paintings and sculpture

Framing & forming 

Call Number: N6494.A2 F736 2002
Publication information: [Princeton, N.J.] : Film for the Humanities & Sciences, c2002
Physical description: 1 videodisc (25 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Brings viewers to grips with the works of modern masters without frustration or adopting the judgments of the art experts. Viewers are urged to develop a critical awareness of paintings' cultural frames of reference and a sensitivity toward their artistic forms and learn to genuinely experience them for themselves. Examines Jackson Pollock's Summertime: Number 9A

Meaning in abstract art 

Call Number: N6494.A2 M436 2002
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2001
Physical description: 1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Using Carl Andre's works as a springboard, this program suggests approaches to finding the meaning in abstract art while examining the historical forces that propelled a century of artistic modernism. Discusses cubism, suprematism, abstract expressionism, and minimalism

Art Deco 

Call Number: N 6494.A7 A78 2004
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2004].
Physical description: 1 videodisc (29 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Description: Presents the history of the Art Deco style in fine arts, architecture and the decorative arts. Includes footage of many art deco buildings in America and archival footage showing other examples of art deco works and objects. Also includes commentary from art historians.

The shock of the new. The powers that be 

Call Number: N6494.D3 S4 1988
Publication information: New York : Ambrose Video Publishing [distributor], 1988, c1980
Physical description: l videocassette (52 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Examines the art of the post-World War I period, including Dada and German expressionism, and discusses how art reflected the intellectual and political mood of the period

Munch and Ensor; fathers of expressionism 

Call Number: N6494.E9 M863 1994
Publication information: Glenview, IL. : Crystal Productions New York : Distributed by Academic and Entertainment Video, 1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (21 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: This video uses the art of Munch and Ensor to introduce the artistically revolutionary and psychologically terrifying themes of northern European expressionism. It describes expressionism's impact within 20th century art, and its development in antithesis to the southern European tradition of classical, formal beauty

The shock of the new. The view from the edge 

Call Number: N6494.E9 S42 1988
Publication information: New York : Ambrose Video Publishing [distributor], 1988, c1979
Physical description: 1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Links the decline of Expressionism with the horror of World War II and an increasingly pragmatic and secular outlook that left little room for the mythic-religious imagery of the past

Installation art 

Call Number: N6494.I56 I57 2001
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c 2001, c2000
Physical description: 1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Defines what has come to be known as installation art, while providing a number of examples that unite diverse elements such as architecture, sculpture, painting, video, music and performance. Tracey Emin, Richard Wilson and other contemporary British artists talk about their environmental and site-specific art in which they explore the dynamic tension between artwork and its setting

The shock of the new. The threshold of liberty 

Call Number: N6494.S8 T4 1980
Publication information: New York : Ambrose Video [distributor], 1988, c1980
Physical description: 1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Discusses the impact of surrealism and shows examples of the art and architecture produced by this movement, including the Ideal Temple built in rural France, the Watts Tower, and paintings by Miro, Dali, Magritte, and others

Persistent women artists; Pablita Velarde, Mine Okubo, Lois Mailou Jones 

Call Number: N6505 .P4 1996
Publication information: Ashland, OR : Southern Oregon State College Productions : Distributed by Reading & O'Reilly, Inc., c1996
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: International artist and art educator Betty LaDuke interviews three American women artists of diverse heritages, who discuss how their art reflects the experience of each as a Native, Asian, and African American woman

Art 21; art in the twenty-first century 

Call Number: N6512 .A6684 2001
Publication information: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, c2001
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (240 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Meet twenty-one diverse contemporary artists through revealing profiles that take viewers behind the scenes into artists' studios, homes, and communities to provide an intimate view of their lives, work, sources of inspiration and creative processes

Art 21; art in the twenty-first century. 

Call Number: N6512 .A6684 2003
Publication information: [Alexandria, Va.] : Art21, Inc. : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2003
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (450 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in

Art 21; art in the 21st century. 

Call Number: N6512 .A66843 2005
Publication information: [Alexandria, Va.] : Art 21, Inc. : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2005
Physical description: 1 videodisc (220 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Contents: POWER: Cai Guo-Qiang -- Laylah Ali -- Krysztof Wodiczko --- Ida Applebroog -- Teresa Hubbard -- Alexander Birchier -- MEMORY: Susan Rothenberg -- Mike Kelley -- Hiroshi Sugimoto -- Josiah McElheny -- STRUCTURES: Matthew Ritchie -- Fred Wilson -- Richard Tuttle -- Roni Horn. PLAY: Jessica Stockholder -- Ellen Gallagher -- Arturo Herrera -- Oliver Herring
Description: Takes viewers into artists' studios, homes, and communities to provide an intimate view of their lives, work, creative processes, and sources of inspiration. Presents 18 artists working in the United States

Art city. Making it in Manhattan 

Call Number: N6512 .A68 1996
Publication information: Los Angeles, CA : Twelve Films, c1996
Physical description: 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Moves into lofts, studios and galleries for intimate scenes of artists at work. Includes Louise Bourgeois, Brice Marden, Chuck Close, Neil Jenney, Elizabeth Murray, Ashley Bickerton, and Gary Simmons. They discuss inspiration, aesthetic issues, the meaning of success, and how they overcame hardship to pursue a lifetime in art

Art city. Simplicity 

Call Number: N6512 .A682 2002
Publication information: Los Angeles, CA : Twelve Films, c2002
Physical description: 1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Travelling around the country, this documentary takes a revealing trip into the studios and lives of a group of singular artists. It touches on artists' relations with the press, ambiguous feelings about showing one's work, distilling concepts into an essence, and what it means to succeed in the artworld

Art city; a ruling passion 

Call Number: N6512 .A683 2002
Publication information: Los Angeles, CA : Twelve Films, c2002
Physical description: 1 videodisc (58 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Many artists use the pain, exhilaration and resolution of private desires to express themselves in their art. This documentary focuses on intense personalities who've used their art to explore the emotional impact, or dark humor of psychological truths

Art of the sixties 

Call Number: N6512 .A7 1985
Publication information: New York : BFA Educational Media, [198-], c1968
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 guide sheet
Description: Documents modern American art during the first seven years of the 1960's. Studies the work of fifteen artists

20th century American art; highlights of the permanent collection 

Call Number: N 6512 .T9 1992
Publication information: [S.l.] : Home Vision, c1982
Physical description: 1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Illustrates the diversity and richness of twentieth century American art at the Whitney Museum, using a documentary style combined with a subjective personal essay

Works by women; from the heart 

Call Number: N6512 .W67 1998
Publication information: West Long Branch, N.J. : [distributed by] Kultur, [1998?]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., b&w and col. 1/2 in
Description: This film explores twentieth-century art by women, focusing on nine of the thirteen artists whose works compose the Gihon art collection: Works by Women. The artists provide the dialogue, about artistic techniques employed, family background, philosophy of art, self-criticism, and success. Artists featured in the film are: Lynda Benglis, Nancy Chambers, Clyde Connell, Janet Fish, Hermine Ford, Dorothy Hood, Mary McCleary, Gail Stack and Dee Wolff

14 Americans; directions of the 1970's 

Call Number: N6535.N5 F6 1980
Publication information: New York : Michael Blackwood Productions, 1980
Physical description: 1 videocassette (91 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Examines a diverse group of New York-based artists in order to record many of the most provocative works and ideas of the decade. Covers a wide spectrum of artistic concepts and media

Jeff Koons; the banality work 

Call Number: N 6535 .N5 J44 1990
Publication information: New York : Inner-Tube Video, 1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Features the most talked about exhibition of the late 1980's as well as an indepth interview in which this notorious young artist illuminates and defends his artistic vision

The order; from Matthew Barney's Cremaster 3 

Call Number: N6537.B2257 O744 2003
Publication information: New York : Palm Pictures, c2003
Physical description: 1 videodisc (151 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + contents insert
Contents: The order / film version from Cremaster 3 (31 min.) -- The order / with multiangle navigation (120 min.)
Description: In a death-defying race to the top of the Guggenheim Museum, Matthew Barney is a tartan-clad apprentice seeking Masonic redemption

Romare Bearden; visual jazz 

Call Number: N6537.B4 R65 1995
Publication information: Chappaqua, NY : L & S Video Enterprises, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: A bold brilliant artist, Romare Bearden created collages and paintings of stunning humanity in which he aimed to do nothing less than to redefine the image of man in terms of the African-American experience

Stories of illumination and growth; John Biggers' Hampton murals 

Call Number: N6537.B52 S86 1992
Publication information: Newport News, VA : Distributed by Cinebar Productions, c1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 29 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Prominent Afro-American artist John T. Biggers, a graduate of Hampton University in 1948, returns to Hampton to create two murals for the new library. His art, rich in positive images and traditional symbols, provides a link to Hampton's past and a direction for the future. Chronicles the creation of the murals. John Biggers also discusses his influences and the stories he is telling in his art

Drawing the line; a portrait of Keith Haring 

Call Number: N6537.H34 D7 1989
Publication information: W. Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur International Films, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Profiles Keith Haring who died of AIDS in February 1990. Haring went from being an anonymous graffiti artist who drew chalk figures on Neww York City subway posters, to being called the successor to Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. His hieroglyphics-like style filtered the modern world through the perspective and wonderment of a child, yet he always incorporated social issues such as the fight against apartheid, crack, and AIDS into his work. Includes interviews with gallery owners Leo Castelli and Tony Shafrazi, actor/friend Dennis Hopper, and Whitney Museum curator, Barbara Haskell

Drawing the line; a portrait of Keith Haring 

Call Number: N6537.H34 D7 2004
Publication information: West Long Branch, NJ : Distributed by Kultur International Films, [2004]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Profiles Keith Haring who died of AIDS in February 1990. Haring went from being an anonymous graffiti artist who drew chalk figures on New York City subway posters, to being called the successor to Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. His hieroglyphics-like style filtered the modern world through the perspective and wonderment of a child, yet he always incorporated social issues such as the fight against apartheid, crack, and AIDS into his work. Includes interviews with with gallery owners Leo Castelli and Tony Shafrazi, actor/friend Dennis Hopper, and Whitney Museum curator Barbara Haskell

Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. gary Hill 

Call Number: N6537.H533 A35 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (12 min., 27 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. In Blind spot, created by the American artist Gary Hill, a brief encounter in the street with a man in a southern French city that has a large North African population is slowed down, forcing the viewer into an intimate relationship with the subject and the shifting emotions in his face. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist

Jasper Johns; ideas in paint 

Call Number: N6537.J6 J37 1989
Publication information: [Chicago, IL] : Home Vision, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (56 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Examines the life, work, and inspiration of artist Jasper Johns, whose rich images of maps, flags, and targets led the artistic community away from Abstract Expressionism towards Pop Art and Minimalism. Includes conversations with the painter and comments from various colleagues including John Cage and Merce Cunningham, and a trip to the 1988 Venice Biennale

Jasper Johns; take an object a portrait, 1972-1990 

Call Number: N6537.J6 J38 1998
Publication information: West Long Branch, N.J. : [distributed by] Kultur, [1998?]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Painter Jasper Johns works in his studio in 1972 repainting and discussing his Map . John's work over the next 18 years is reviewed and illuminated by John Cage's readings of Johns' statements, a text of Samuel Beckett which Johns illustrated and the comments of the curator Mark Rosenthal. The film ends with Johns at work in his final etching of The Seasons in 1989

How to draw a bunny 

Call Number: N6537.J63 H69 2000
Publication information: [United States] : Palm Pictures, c2000
Physical description: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in
Description: Explores the fascinating, often hilarious, and always enigmatic world of artist and underground icon Ray Johnson whose mysterious suicide frames the film. He was considered a genius whose collages have been exhibited in major museums around the world

Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. Joan Jonas 

Call Number: N6537.J663 A35 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (6 min., 24 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. In Waltz, a filmed performance piece created by the American artist Joan Jonas, she pays homage to 18th century French outdoor theater, incorporating mythology into the narrative alongside spontaneously occurring events. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist

Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. Paul McCarthy 

Call Number: N6537.M31 A35 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (5 min., 20 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. WGG (Wild gone girls), a filmed performance piece created by the American artist Paul McCarthy, depicts a sailing party gone wrong. McCarthy questions the effects that violence and mutilation, both real and simulated, have on the viewer in contemporary culture. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist

Agnes Martin 

Call Number: N6537.M38 A35 1978
Publication information: [Chicago, Ill.] : Video Data Bank, School/Art Institute of Chicago, c1978
Physical description: 1 videocassette (44 min.) : sd., b&w 1/2 in
Description: Agnes Martin discusses her art, including recent work in film. She emphasizes that art must have meaning or a theme to be true art

Robert Rauschenberg; man at work 

Call Number: N6537.R27 R62 1997
Publication information: Chicago, IL : Home Vision Arts [S.l.] : RM Associates [distributor], c1997
Physical description: 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A look at one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Includes Rauschenberg's autobiographical work, the multipaneled 1/4 mile or 2 furlong piece, filmed at his Captiva Island studio

A life in the day of Man Ray 

Call Number: N6537.R3 L543 1994
Publication information: [Chicago, IL] : Home Vision [S.l.] : Distributed worldwide by RM Associates, [1994], c1991
Physical description: 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: In an extensive interview filmed in 1961, Man Ray speaks of, and with, his fellow artists of the Dada and Surrealist movements in Paris and the United States. Combining reminiscence, anecdote and visual material, this program reports insightfully on the life, work, and times of Man Ray

Man Ray; prophet of the avant-garde  

Call Number: N6537.R3 M35 2010
Publication information: New York, NY : Fox Lorber CentreStage : Distributed by WinStar TV & Video, c1999
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. & b&w 1/2 in
Description: Traces the artist's remarkable legacy from his early beginnings in New York to his distinctive achievements in Paris and finally, to the impact his work left for future generations in a variety of fields --Container

Man Ray; the Bazaar years, 1920-1940 

Call Number: N6537.R3 M36 1999
Publication information: Venice, CA : Art/World Productions TMW Media Group [distributor], c1999
Physical description: 1 videocassette (10 min.) : sd., col. and b&w 1/2 in
Description: Willis Hartshorn, director of the International Center of Photography in New York City, conducts a tour of an exhibit of Man Ray's commercial work, mainly as a fashion photographer for magazines such as Harper's Bazaar during the period 1920-1940. Discusses the relation between his commercial work and his artistic photography

Faith Ringgold paints Crown Heights 

Call Number: N6537.R55 F25 1998
Publication information: Chappaqua, NY : L & S Video Inc. , c1998
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Faith Ringgold details the creation of the quilt she created to represent the diverse cultures and traditions comprising the area of Crown Heights in New York city

Betye and Alison Saar, conjure women of the arts 

Call Number: N6537.S2 B48 1998
Publication information: Chappaqua, NY : L & S Video Inc., c1998
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Mother and daughter artists demonstrate collaborative art, and the use of found objects in their work, and reflect on their relationship, motivation, and role as African-American women

Richard Tuttle; never not an artist 

Call Number: N6537.T8 .R53 2005
Publication information: San Francisco : Twelve Films, 2005
Physical description: 1 videodisc (32 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: An elegant iconoclast who never hesitates to take risks, Tuttle uses frail and transitory materials such as plywood, tissue, wire, cloth - even shadows - to create entire worlds of thought. Go into the studio and life of a most distinctive artist

Andy Warhol 

Call Number: N6537.W28 A5 1987
Publication information: [Chicago] : Home Vision, 1987
Physical description: 1 videocassette (79 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A profile of Andy Warhol's life and work since his death in February 1987 examines a career that spanned painting, film, publishing, rock music and television

Andy Warhol; a life at the edge 

Call Number: N6537.W28 A52 1998
Publication information: [New York?] : A&E Home Video New York : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group, [1998]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in

Andy Warhol 

Call Number: N6537.W28 A535 2004
Publication information: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2004]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + contents insert
Contents: Biography -- Early paintings -- Commercial art -- Silkscreens -- Marilyn Monroe -- Self-portrait -- Egg designs -- Religious art -- The last supper -- Mixed themes
Description: The definitive biography of artist Andy Warhol accompanied by spectacular images of his greatest work

Superstar; the life and times of Andy Warhol 

Call Number: N6537.W28 S864 2000
Publication information: New York : Sony Music Entertainment, 2000
Physical description: 1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in
Description: Traces the life of painter Andy Warhol from Pittsburgh schoolboy to pop art legend, from advertising illustrator to chronicler of the haunt monde of New York City. Includes behind-the-scenes looks at Factory life and several enigmatic interviews given by Warhol over the years, as well as a dazzling array of images from Warhol's art and films

Against the odds; the artists of the Harlem Renaissance 

Call Number: N6538.N5 A4 1994
Publication information: [Alexandria, VA] : PBS Video, c1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (57 mins.) : sd., col. with b&w 1/2 in
Description: Discusses the struggle of Black visual artists in the 1920's and 1930's to show and sell their work. Documents the influence of the Harmon Foundation in creating an artistic home where Black visual artists flourished and developed a wide range of talent. Includes items from a show curated by the Newark Museum to celebrate the work of the Foundation

African-American artists;affirmation today 

Call Number: N6538.N5 A475 1994
Publication information: [Glenview, Ill. : Crystal Productions], c1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min., 38 sec.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Contemporary Afro-American artists Lois Mailou Jones, Sam Gilliam, Leroy Almon, Frederick Brown, and Keith Morrison talk about their work, background, and triumphs over racial prejudice

Faith Ringgold; the last story quilt 

Call Number: N 6538 .N5 F34 1991
Publication information: [Chicago, Ill.] : Home Vision, c1991
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: A profile of the life and work of Faith Ringgold, noted Afro-American woman artist who specializes in painting on quilts and other cloth surfaces

Kindred spirits; contemporary African-American artists 

Call Number: N6538.N5 K5 1992
Publication information: Alexandria, VA : PBS Video, c1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Based on the highly acclaimed exhibition, Black Art : Ancestral Legacy, organized by the Dallas Museum of Art. Includes interviews with artists from the exhibition: John Biggers, Bessie Harvey, Lois Mailou Jones, Jean Lacy, Ed Love, Charles Searles, Renee Stout curator, Alvia Wardlaw and poet/author, Maya Angelou

A history of European art 

Call Number: N6750 .K567 2005
Publication information: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2005
Physical description: 8 videodiscs (ca.1440 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 4 course guidebooks (22 cm.)
Description: This 48 lecture series surveys the great movements of European painting, sculpture, and architecture from the age of Charlemagne to the onset of World War II
Contents: Pt. 1. Disc 1. Lectures 1-6. Approaches to European art -- Carolingian and Ottonian art -- Romanesque sculpture and architecture -- Gothic art in France -- Gothic art in Germany and Italy -- Giotto and the Arena Chapel, Pt. 1 -- Pt. 1. Disc 2. Lectures 7-12. Giotto and the Arena Chapel, Pt. 2. -- Duccio and the Maestà -- Sienese art in the 14th century -- Black Death and the international style -- Early Renaissance sculpture in Florence -- Early Renaissance architecture in Florence;Pt. 2. Disc 3. Lectures 13-18. Masaccio and Early Renaissance painting -- Jan van Eyck and Northern Renaissance art -- Northern Renaissance altarpieces -- Piero della Francesca in Arezzo -- Sandro Botticelli -- Andrea Mantegna and Giovanni Bellini -- Pt. 2. Disc 4. Lectures 19-24. High Renaissance painting in Venice -- High Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci -- High Renaissance, Raphael -- High Renaissance, Michelangelo -- Albrecht ̈Dürer and German Renaissance art -- Riemenschneider and Grünewald;Pt. 3. Disc 5. Lectures 25-30. Netherlandish art in the 16th century -- Pieter Bruegel the Elder -- Mannerism and the late work of Michelangelo -- Annibale Carracci and the reform of art -- Caravaggio -- Italian Baroque painting in Rome -- Pt. 3. DIsc 6. Lectures 31-36. Gian Lorenzo Bernini -- Peter Paul Rubens -- Dutch painting in the 17th century -- Rembrandt -- Poussin and Claude, the allure of Rome -- Baroque painting in Spain;Pt. 4. Disc 7. Lectures 37-42. Louis XIV and Versailles French art in the 18th century -- Neoclassicism and the birth of Romanticism -- Romanticism in the 19th century -- Realism, from Daumier to Courbet -- Manet and Monet, the birth of Impressionism -- Pt. 4. Disc 8. Lectures 43-48. Monet and Degas -- Renoir, Pissarro, and Cézanne -- Beyond Impressionism, from Seurat to Matisse -- Cubism and early modern painting -- Modern sculpture, Rodin and Brancusi -- Art between two wars, Kandinsky to Picasso

Hamish Fulton 

Call Number: N6797.F85 A35 2002
Publication information: [London] : Illuminations, c2002
Physical description: 1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Made alongside Hamish Fulton's large-scale 2002 exhibition at Tate Britain, this profile features both an extensive range of the artist's work made since 1971 and an engaging interview in which he outlines some of his ideas. --Container notes

Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. Douglas Gordon 

Call Number: N6797.G66 A35 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (13 min., 48 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. In Over my shoulder, created by the Scottish artist Douglas Gordon, the artist uses hand gesticulations against a white sheet to communicate violent and sensual emotions. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist

Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. Isaac Julien 

Call Number: N6797.J85 A35 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (4 min., 38 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. Encore (Paradise Omeros: redux) created by the English artist Isaac Julien, presents stunning, color-saturated images that refer to the African Diaspora and the quest to find roots in a New World. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist

Mark Wallinger 

Call Number: N6797.W35 A35 2002
Publication information: [London] : Illuminations, 2002
Physical description: 1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: An interview based profile of British artist, Mark Wallinger, who discusses his show as Britain's representative at the 2001 Venice Biennale, and the meanings and motivations of his art

A Day in the country; Impressionism and the French landscape 

Call Number: N 6847.5 .I4 D3 1984x
Publication information: Whittier, CA : Finley-Holiday Film Corp., c1984
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (27 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Presents 40 works of Impressionist art shown at an exhibition organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago and the Réunion des Musées Nationaux. Narration presents a non-technical overview of the Impressionist movement

A fresh view; impressionism and post-impressionism 

Call Number: N6847.5.I4 F7 1989
Publication information: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Annenberg/CPB Collection, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Contents: pt. 1. Courbet and Manet -- pt. 2. Post-impressionists, Seurat, Van Gogh, Gaugin and Cézanne
Description: Contrasts Courbet's treatment of subjects from everyday life with the innovations and techniques used by the impressionists in France. Examines the impressionists' characteristic concern with color and changing light and contrasts this with the very individualistic visions of the Post-Impressionists. Features experts John House and Griselda Pollock

The Cubist epoch 

Call Number: N 6848.5 .C82 C82 1971
Publication information: Indianapolis, IN : Kartes Video Communications, 1986, c1971
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (53 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Surveys cubist art in the context of its period by focusing on The cubist epoch exhibition originally shown at the Los Angeles County Art Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Examines works by Picasso, Braque, Gris, Léger, and others

Degas and the dance; the man behind the easel 

Call Number: N6853.D33 D44 2003
Publication information: New York : Koch Lorber Films, 2003
Physical description: 1 videodisc (66 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Features the paintings, drawings, and sculptures of ballet dancers created by Edgar Degas

The secret of Marcel Duchamp 

Call Number: N6853.D8 S43 1999
Publication information: Chicago : Home Vision Arts [Munich] : Distributed worldwide by Reiner Moritz Associates, Ltd., c1999
Physical description: 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w 1/2 in
Description: This program explores the life and work of the enigmatic Marcel Duchamp and tells the story of his late love affair with Maria Martins, which affected him profoundly and inspired the Etant donnés. In 1913, Duchamp shocked the cultural establishment when he turned everyday objects into works of art simply by adding his signature. Also includes archival footage of the artist in interview

Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. Pierre Huyghe 

Call Number: N6853.H88 A53 2004
Publication information: [New York] : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (5 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. In I Jedi, created by the French artist Pierre Huyghe, the film references Andy Warhol's Empire State and pays homage to Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters by incorporating the Devil's Tower monument made famous in the film. Huyghe splits the screen in half, creating a mood of suspense, as the viewer waits for a correction that never takes place. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist

Matisse & Picasso 

Call Number: N6853.M33 M385 2002
Publication information: Fort Worth, Tex. : KERA-TV [United States : Distributed by] Home Vision Entertainment, c2002
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col., b&w segments 1/2 in
Description: Inspired by the Kimball Art Museum's exhibition, Matisse & Picasso : a gentle rivalry, and the writing of Françoise Gilot, this video explores the relationship of Picasso and Matisse. Through paintings, historical photographs and critical comparisons of the painters' works, the viewer learns of the respect and admiration each artist had for the other and of their friendship

Degenerate art 

Call Number: N6868 .D33 1995
Publication information: Alexandria, VA : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Describes Nazi attacks on the avant garde and their desecration of modernist art culminating in the 1937 exhibition of Entartete Kunst (degenerate art) in Munich. Describes the opening of the Haus der Kunst and the Nazi approved art it exhibited. Produced in conjunction with the 1991 Los Angeles County Museum reconstruction of the Degenerate Art exhibition, which assembled more than 150 surviving masterworks from the original show and gathered photographic documentation, motion-picture footage and the recollections of witnesses of the time

The shock of futurism 

Call Number: N6918.5.F8 S46 1992
Publication information: New York, NY : Academic and Entertainment Video, c1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (23 min) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Documentary examines the least known and most extreme of all the 20th century Avant-Gardes, the Futurists, who developed many concepts and artistic principles

Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. Francis Ays 

Call Number: N6973.A45 A35 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (4 min., 12 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. In El Gringo, created by the Belgian artist Francis Alys, viewers experience the discomfort of being an outsider when the camera is confronted by a pack of snarling dogs. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist

Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. David Claerbout 

Call Number: N6973.C55 A35 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (2 min., 44 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. In Le moment, created by the Belgian artist David Claerbout, cinematic techniques are used to create a suspenseful journey through a dimly lit forest that reaches an unexpected conclusion. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist

Breaking free of the earth [videorecording;Kazimir Malevich, 1878-1935] 

Call Number: N6999.M34 B7 1990
Publication information: Chicago, Ill. : Distributed by Home Vision, c1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (54 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Based on the exhibition held at Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, 1989. Documents the exhibition and allows Malevich to reveal his own story, providing viewers with analyses and commentary on his work that is vivid, precise and personal

Dali­ 

Call Number: N7113.D3 D3 1988
Publication information: West Long Branch, NJ : Distributed by Kultur International Films, [1988]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (75 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: A documentary on Salvador Dali's life and art, featuring interviews with Dali and his friends and colleagues

Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. Pipilotti Rist 

Call Number: N7153.R57 A35 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (4 min., 48 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. I want to see you, created by the Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist, explores the macrocosm of humanity in a video, art and music collaboration. A lyrical tale of a witch's coven is played over images of a person where each body part symbolically represents an area of the world. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist

Christo's Valley curtain 

Call Number: N 7193 .C5 C4 1974
Publication information: New York, NY : Maysles Films, 1974, c1973
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (28 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Examines the construction of the Mammoth Valley curtain, a 500-foot-high veil stretched across Rifle Gap, Colo., by the Bulgarian artist Christo

5 films about Christo & Jeanne-Claude 

Call Number: N7193.C5 F58 2004
Publication information: N.Y., N.Y. : Plexifilm, 2004
Physical description: 3 videodiscs (282 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (81 p. : ill. 19 cm.)
Contents: Christo's valley curtain (1974) -- Running fence (1978) -- Islands (1986) -- Christo in Paris (1990) -- Umbrellas (1995) -- Interview
Description: Presents works from the 30 year collaboration between acclaimed filmmakers Albert and David Maysles, and the renowned environmental artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Islands 

Call Number: N 7193 .C5 I7 1986
Publication information: New York, NY : Maysles Films, c1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (57 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Documentary of Christo's project to surround for two weeks several islands in Biscayne Bay in a pink plastic fabric. Includes footage of two other projects, the Pont Neuf and the Reichstag

Running fence; Christo's project for Sonoma and Marin Counties;State of California 1972-76 

Call Number: N 7193 .C5 R8 1978
Publication information: New York, NY : Maysles Films, 1978, c1977
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (58 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Follows the artist, Christo, from concept, to building, to presentation of a 24.5-mile-long, 18'-high fence of white fabric across Sonoma and Marin counties. The project took nearly 4 years to complete. After 2 weeks the fence was taken down and the materials given to the people whose land the fence was built on

Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. Anri Sala 

Call Number: N7255.A43 S25 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (5 min., 22 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. In Time after time, created by the Albanian artist Anri Sala, oblique and barely moving frames stimulate the viewers' visual and auditory capacity by forcing them to concentrate on a single puzzling image until its essence is revealed in an unexpected flash of light. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist

Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. William Kentridge 

Call Number: N7396.K45 A35 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (2 min., 38 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. In Automatic writing, created by the South African artist William Kentridge, the artist's beautiful series of animated black and white drawings brings viewers into the artist's unconscious, using surrealist techniques to explore the point where writing and drawing intersect. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist

William Kentridge; drawing the passing 

Call Number: N7396.K47 W55 1999
Publication information: Houghton, South Africa : David Krut [S.l.] : Distributed by German United Distributors, c1999
Physical description: 1 videocassette (50' 27 ) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Kentridge discusses the creative process of making his animated films, drawings, and theatre work. Shows him in the final stages of animating Stereoscope and includes excepts from various works. In his artistic works he has investigated the diseased, amnesiac consciousness of late and post-apartheid South Africa

From bitter earth; artists of the Holocaust 

Call Number: N7417.6 .F76 1998
Publication information: New Jersey : Films for the Humanities [distributor], 1998
Physical description: 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Interviews with artists who documented the ghettos and Nazi death camps

Gerhardt Knodel, an artist and his work 

Call Number: N7433.9 .G4 1981
Publication information: Chicago, Ill. : Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp. [distributor], c1980
Physical description: 1 videocassette (13 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: American fiber artist Gerhardt Knodel articulates his artistic goals, intercut with scenes of his studio, folk weavers in Kentucky who produce his special designs, and the installation of his massive woven pieces in such modern edifices as Detroit's Renaissance Center

Sister Wendy's American collection 

Call Number: N7477 .B417 2001a
Publication information: Boston : WGBH Boston Video, 2001
Physical description: 3 videodics (ca. 6 hr.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Sister Wendy Beckett comes to America for a spectacular tour that blends art, history, culture and storytelling into one delightful experience as she guides you through six of America's greatest art museums
Contents: [disc 1]. The Art Institute of Chicago The Cleveland Museum of Art -- [disc 2]. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas Los Angeles County Museum of Art -- [disc 3]. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The shock of the nude; Manet's Olympia 

Call Number: N7572 .S56 2000
Publication information: [Boston, Mass.] : Produced by WGBH Educational Foundation [Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Video, c2000
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in. + 1 teaching guide (40 p. : ill. 28 cm.)
Description: Scandal surrounded the Paris 1865 exhibition of the painting, Olympia. Manet had dared to portray visual art's most universal subject, the nude, as an unidealized woman--a prostitute who stares directly at the viewer. He flouted the accepted ideas of beauty and propriety in art and outraged audiences. Although Olympia is now regarded at a masterpiece, visual artists continue to test society's conventions. --Container

Picturing the genders 

Call Number: N7630 .P53 2002
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2002
Physical description: 1 vidoecassette (31 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Art historians Charles Harrison and Trish Evans analyze female subjects painted by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Berthe Morisot, Edgar Degas, Auguste Renoir, and others in order to explore the permutations and societal implications of male and female points of view as respresnted by artists of both sexes.

The artist as a social critic; The artist as a visionary 

Call Number: N 8243 .S65 A7 1986
Publication information: Mount Kisco, NY : The Center, c1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (25 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 program guide (86 p. 17 cm.)
Description: Shows how painters have expressed their ideas about relationships, vice, injustice, human folly and achievement. Includes outstanding examples of social criticism by Botticelli, Goya, Hogarth, Rivera, David, Peter Blume and Ben Shahn. The painter as visionary is examined in the works of Blake, Giorgione, Bosch, Dali, de Chirico and Klee

Women artists; the other side of the picture 

Call Number: N8354 .W66 1999
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1999
Physical description: 1 videocassette (54 min.) : sd., col. : 1/2 in
Description: Respected artists such as Doris McCarthy, Judy Chicago, Joyce Weiland, and Jane Ash Poitras--in combination with curators, art historians, and The Guerilla Girls, the 'terrorists' of the art world--discuss the dearth of women's artwork in major galleries and examine the poignant social history of women in the fine arts--a story of suppression, marginalization, and omission. --Container

Art is long; life is short 

Call Number: N8600 .A77 1991
Publication information: [Chicago, Ill.] : Home Vision, c1991
Physical description: 1 videocassette (51 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Examines the changing role that art plays in contemporary culture through the opinions of British rubbish sculptor Tony Cragg, American artist Jackie Winsor, and the artistic duo David McDermott and Peter McGough. Along with curators, conservationists, and collectors, they describe a modern art scene in which timing is everything, and museums are run like businesses

The game of art and how to play it 

Call Number: N8600 .G3 1991
Publication information: [Chicago, Ill.] : Home Vision, c1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (51 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Examines how money effects art, focusing on the collectors and art consultants who see modern art less as an aesthetic pursuit and more as an international commodity. Also, investors and specialists consider the transient nature of modern art and the question of conservation

Leo & Ileana; legendary art dealers 

Call Number: N8660.C3 L46 1992
Publication information: New York, NY : Inner-Tube Video, c1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Meet Leo Castelli and Ileana Sonnabend, legendary art dealers who have played significant roles in championing and promoting Pop Art, Minimal Art and Conceptual Art. We will also see A view from the Sixties , an exhibition. Also interviewed is Barbara Rose, art critic and historian

Maya Lin; a strong clear vision 

Call Number: NA737.L48 M39 1995
Publication information: [S.l.] : American Film Foundation Santa Monica, CA : Sanders & Mock Productions/Ocean Releasing, [1995], c1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (98 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Portrays the career of Maya Lin as an architect/artist as told by her and others, with special focus on the design and emotional impact of the Vietnam Veterans and Civil Rights Memorials

Benny Andrews; the visible man 

Call Number: NC139.A6 B46 1996
Publication information: Chappaqua, NY : L & S Video, c1996
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 28 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Examines the life and works of African-American artist Benny Andrews

Jim Dine; a self-portrait on the walls 

Call Number: NC139.D56 A4 2006
Publication information: Berkeley, CA : Berkeley Media LLC, [2006]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (28 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: When a museum in Ludwigsburg, Germany, wanted to mount an exhibition of works by American artist Jim Dine but could not afford to ship his paintings and sculptures to Germany, the artist agreed to go to Ludwigsburg and create wall drawings there. Shows Dine drawing and talking about his work, the exhibition to the public, and, finally, after six weeks, the drawings being obliterated when painters cover them with a fresh coat of paint

The Art of being human; a portrait of Frederick Franck 

Call Number: NC139.F72 A82 1995
Publication information: Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Profiles the life and work of the author of The Zen of seeing. A witness of the devastation of two World Wars, Franck seeks to convey through his painting, sculpture, and books the humanity of others as a means of eliminating incidents of violence

Behind the scenes with David Hockney 

Call Number: NC750 .B4 1992
Publication information: New York, NY : First Run Features Home Video, [c1992]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: David Hockney, the world-famous artist whose work spans painting, drawing, book illustration, photo-collage and set design, shows how modern artists play with the conventions of perspective, illusion of depth and the vanishing point as he draws a walk around a chair, representing many different views of the chair in one picture

All about looking 

Call Number: NC765 .A45 2006
Publication information: Berkeley, CA : Berkeley Media LLC, [2006?]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (29:43 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Jim Dine discusses and demonstrates his ideas on the importance of looking at the model again and again and reworking the drawing again and again in drawing from a live model

The line king; the Al Hirschfeld story 

Call Number: NC975.5.H57 L5 1997
Publication information: [S.l.] : Cabin Fever, [1997]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (126 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A portrait of Al Hirschfeld which features rare home movies, special appearances by his celebrity subjects and interviews with his late wife Dolly Haas, daughter Nina, Carol Channing, Joseph Papp and Katherine Hepburn

Origins of American animation, 1900-1921 

Call Number: NC1766.U5 O7 1995
Publication information: New York : Unapix Consumer Products, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (84 min.) : sd., b&w 1/2 in. + 1 guide ([4] p. 18 cm.)
Contents: The enchanted drawing -- Fun in a bakery shop -- Humorous phases of funny faces -- Keeping up with the Joneses (women's styles) -- Keeping up with the Joneses (men's styles) -- Dreamy dud : he resolves not to smoke -- Bobby Bumps starts a lodge -- Krazy Kat goes a-wooing -- Krazy Kat, bugologist -- Krazy Kat and Ignatz mouse at the circus -- The phable of a busted romance -- The phable of a phat woman -- Never again! The story of a speeder cop -- Mr. Nobady Holme : he buys a jitney -- Mary and Gretel -- The dinosaur and the missing link : a prehistoric tragedy -- W.S.S. Thriftettes --AWAL, or, All wrong old laddiebuck -- The Katzenjammer kids : policy and pie -- Fragment from Gertie on tour -- Fragment from The centaurs -- Tony Sarg's almanac : the first circus
Description: This collection, 21 complete films and two fragments, showcases the best of the Library of Congress's animated cartoons from the first decades of this century, an era full of surprises and experimentation

Chuck Jones; extremes & inbetweens, a life in animation 

Call Number: NC1766.U52 J6637 2000
Publication information: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2000
Physical description: 1 videocassette (85 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Chuck Jones offers a personal introduction to his timeless cartoon creations, with clips from classic works like What's Opera, Doc? and highlights from cartoon shorts. Presents a fascinating look at the life and times of the pioneering artist whose contributions have influenced some of today's leading animators and filmmakers. Includes critiques from many leading filmmakers

Pablita Velarde; an artist and her people 

Call Number: ND237.V4 P3 1984
Publication information: Washington, DC : The Division : Distributed by National Audiovisual Center, 1984
Physical description: 1 videocassette (20 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Pablita Velarde reflects on her life as an Indian artist for nearly fifty years. She illustrates and describes the ancient earth color painting technique and through her art and storytelling provides an intimate glimpse of the values and customs of her Pueblo people

Frida Kahlo, 1910-1954 

Call Number: ND 259 .K33 F7 1993
Publication information: [S.l.] : Home Vision, c1983
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (62 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Profiles Frida Kahlo's work, her interest in politics, and her tempestuous relationship with husband Diego Rivera, leader of the Mexican muralist movement

The life and times of Frida Kahlo 

Call Number: ND259.K33 L54 2005
Publication information: [United States] : PBS Home Video, [2005], c2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Frida Kahlo was more than a great painter: her life and art reflected the maelstrom of the revolution and culture that defined the first half of the twentieth century. This film combines Kahlo's artwork with photos, archival films and interviews

The Frescoes of Diego Rivera 

Call Number: ND259.R5 F7 1986x
Publication information: [S.l.] : Home Vision [distributor], c1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (35 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Explores Rivera's evolution as an artist, his use of the fresco technique and his politics. His frescoes unite themes of nature and revolution, drawing a parallel between the evolution of life and the struggle for human dignity

East and West, painting/poems by Sheila Isham 

Call Number: ND 1457 .C56 I832 1981
Publication information: Chicago, Ill. : Britannica [distributor], 1981
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (6 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 guide
Description: Actualizes examples of Isham's painting/poems through video and musical interpretations. Explains calligraphy as an art form and means of cultural expression

David Hockney's secret knowledge 

Call Number: ND1482.R4 D395 2004
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2002
Physical description: 1 videocassette (81 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Investigation of how early painters used simple cameras to capture realistic images--400 years before the invention of the photograph. Examines works by Jan Van Eyck, Vermeer, Holbein, Caravaggio and Velázquez. Demonstrates methods using camera lucida, camera obscura and convex mirrors

Lasansky; inside the image 

Call Number: NE539.L3 L3 1993
Publication information: Iowa City : Audiovisual Center Marketing, University of Iowa, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Explores the art and philosophy of Mauricio Lasansky--artist, teacher, and printmaker. Displays his technique and his colorful, intense, powerful works. Includes interviews with Lasansky

Roy Lichtenstein; the art of the graphic image 

Call Number: NE539.L5 R6 1994
Publication information: Washington, D.C. : Department of Education Resources, National Gallery of Art, c1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (25 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Roy Lichtenstein, in a series of interviews spanning 20 years, discusses his art and his various techniques. Shows the artist at work in his own studio and at two printmaking workshops: G.E.L., California and Tyler Graphics Ltd., New York

Metamorphose; M.C. Escher, 1898-1972 

Call Number: NE670.E75 M47 1999
Publication information: Bethesda, MD : Acorn Media, [1999], c1998
Physical description: 1 videocassette (approx. 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: A look at M.C. Escher and his work traces his career path and personal life, from the early years in Italy to his move to Switzerland. Includes an interview with the Dutch artist himself

Recycled, re-seen; folk art from the global scrap heap 

Call Number: NK600 .R42 1997
Publication information: Santa Fe, NM : Museum of International Folk Art : [Distributed by] Crystal Productions, [1997?]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (36 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in + 1 curriculum guide (64 p. 28 cm.) + 20 col. art posters in container (31 cm.)
Description: Through interviews with artists around the world, this video teaches the value of recycling the world's discards into artwork. Showcases pieces from the 1996 traveling exhibition of the same title

Art nouveau, 1890-1914 

Call Number: NK775.5.A7 A7852 2000
Publication information: [United States] : Home Vision Arts, c2000
Physical description: 1 videocassette (33 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: A look at the art nouveau movement, focusing mainly on the Art nouveau, 1890-1918 exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England. Includes archival film footage from the period and features interviews with prominent scholars

Out art 

Call Number: NK 805 .O88 1982x
Publication information: Washington, D.C. : PBS Video [distributor], 1981, c1982
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (29 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Presents art forms in improbable places and from unlikely sources that are joyful celebrations of life, such as artwork on trucks and walls, or unconventional outdoor sculptures

First World Festival of Negro Arts 

Call Number: NX430.S38 F5 1992
Publication information: New York, N.Y. : [Distributed by] William Greaves Productions, [199-?]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (40 min.) : sd., b&w 1/2 in
Description: Presents Dakar's 24-day Festival of Negro Arts. Depicts performances of African and American entertainers and presents displays of art works. Includes Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, and Alvin Ailey

Postmodernism 

Call Number: NX456.5.P66 .P67 2001
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2001
Physical description: 1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: This program looks at postmodernism as reflected in architecture and art. Using numerous examples drawn from the United States and Britain, this documentary seeks to define the movement through commentary by authors, architects and art critics. Looks at the contributions and influence of 20th century visionaries such as Robert Venturi, Andy Warhol, Jacques Derrida, and Kazuo Ishiguro to the development of Postmodernism

Latin American women artists; 1915-1995 

Call Number: NX501.5.A1 L38 2005
Publication information: New York, NY : American Montage, Inc. : [Distributed by] Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2005
Physical description: 1 videodisc (27 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in
Description: Features the work of important artists of the recent past, like Brazil's Tarsila do Amaral and Mexico's María Izquierdo and Frida Kahlo. Includes recent interviews with living artists such as Colombian painter Fanny Sanín, Chilean multi-media artist Soledad Salamé, Venezuelan sculptor Elba Damast and Cuban multi-media artist María Campos Pons. Latin American Women Artists 1915-1995 gives a comprehensive history of art made by women working in La América Latina throughout the twentieth century

Geometric abstraction 

Call Number: NX504 .G46 1983
Publication information: New York : Inner-Tube Video, c1983
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Geometric art by Al Held, Sol LeWitt and Brice Marden is examined in 1982 gallery shows in New York. Interviews with artists Al Held and Brice Marden are included

New narrative art 

Call Number: NX504 .N49 1984
Publication information: New York : Inner-Tube Video, c1984
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Examines art by Jennifer Bartlett and Jonathan Borofsky at the Paula Cooper Gallery, and Robert Longo at the Leo Castelli and Metro Pictures Galleries

Performance art 

Call Number: NX511.N4 P47 1982
Publication information: New York : Inner-Tube Video, c1982
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Three New York performers show how closely the fine arts and popular arts are linked. Sam Hsieh performs in the streets of New York City by living outside for an entire year artist Robert Longo stages living sculpture at the Kitchen Center for Music and Art and Colette performs in a scene which she has staged at the Armageddon Night Club

Laurie Anderson; on performance 

Call Number: NX512.A54 L38 2001
Publication information: New York : Inner-Tube Video, c2001
Physical description: 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Profiles performance artist Laurie Anderson. Includes footage of 1984 and 1999 interviews with Anderson, excerpts from Anderson's performances, and an interview with RoseLee Goldberg, author of a book on Anderson's work

Chris Burden 

Call Number: NX512.B87 C47 1989
Publication information: Newport Beach, Calif. : Newport Harbor Art Museum, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Chris Burden talks about his works of the past twenty years, from the performances of the seventies to the sculpture and installations of the eighties

Germany-- Dada; an alphabet of German Dadaism 

Call Number: NX 600 .D3 G47 1986
Publication information: Indianapolis, IN : Kartes Video Communications, c1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (55 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Deals with aims and activities of the revolutionary group of artists and writers who made up the Dadaist movement in Germany. Filmed in the true Dadaist spirit with the cooperation of two original Dadaists, Hans Richter and Richard Huelsenbeck

A world of art; works in progress 

Call Number: NX620 .W6 1996
Publication information: S. Burlington, VT : Annenberg/CPB Project, [1997], c1996
Physical description: 10 videocassettes (ca. 26 min. each) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 faculty guide (142 p.)
Contents: 1. Lorna Simpson -- 2. Guillermo Gomez-Pena -- 3. Bill Viola --- 4. Hung Liu -- 5. Beverly Buchanan -- 6. June Wayne -- 7. Milton Resnick -- 8. Judith F. Baca -- 9. Goat Island -- 10. Mierle Laderman Ukeles

Popular culture; rage, rights, and responsibility 

Call Number: P 94 .P6 1994
Publication information: [Alexandria VA] : PBS Video, c1994, c1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 58 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Discussion of who decides what is popular culture, who produces it, who it influences, and the responsibilities of those who do produce it

Two moon July 

Call Number: PN 1995.9 .I45 T9 1987
Publication information: [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : Pacific Arts Video, c1987
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Impressionistic performance and video collaboration between contemporary artists, recorded live at The Kitchen in New York City. Features music, dance, video and visual arts

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