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Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language
Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language

Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language

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At the beginning of the twenty-first century, abstraction - that most quintessentially modernist innovation - maintains a peculiarly contradictory position. Used, on one hand, by post-modernist artists as just one more quotable style amongst many, it is on the other hand still considered an elitist or hermetic language by audiences intimidated by its lack of recognizable subject matter. Yet ultimately, abstraction continues to be a viable creative path for contemporary artists of all generations, many of whom embrace it as the most inclusive and fundamentally resonant of artistic languages. Filmed at the artists' studios, the Dia Center for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Museum during their exhibition, "Abstraction in the Twentieth Century."

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Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

48 mins

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Release Date

01 January 1999

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Cast

Helmut Federle

Helmut Federle

Himself

Günther Förg

Günther Förg

Himself

Jonathan Lasker

Jonathan Lasker

Himself

Robert Mangold

Robert Mangold

Himself

Brice Marden

Brice Marden

Himself

Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter

Himself

Richard Serra

Richard Serra

Himself

Philip Taaffe

Philip Taaffe

Himself

Günter Umberg

Günter Umberg

Himself

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