The Shock of the New
Sep 21, 1980A definitive eight part series on the rise and fall of the modern art movement presented by critic Robert Hughes.
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Claes Oldenburg
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Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of
Feb 18, 1964Shot during Warhol's cross-county trip to Los Angeles during his second exhibition at the Ferus - the same trip during which he filmed the footage for Elvis at Ferus. Locations included Hollywood, Malibu, Venice, Pasadena, Topanga Canyon, the Santa Monica pier and the Beverly Hills Hotel.
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Hannah's Haircut
Jan 01, 1975Hannah Wilke, upon Tschinkel's suggestion, cuts fellow artist, Claes Oldenburg's hair, which is taped for Tschinkel's Manhattan Cable TV show, Inner-Tube Video. This memorable piece reflects a caring relationship.
Sort of a Commercial for an Icebag
Dec 31, 1970This short film sees the thoughts and process of Claes Oldenburg come to life as he produced the soft kinetic sculptures from his ice bag series at Gemini GEL print studios.
Fotodeath
Dec 31, 1961An experimental film from Al Kouzel which edits unrelated scenes together with a camera tying them together.
Grettur
Jan 01, 1967Produced over several years between 1962 and 1967, Grimaces shows the faces of over a hundred artists, gallery owners and critics grimacing to the camera.
Ein Schlips steht Kopf
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Heads
Dec 19, 1969Includes 'portraits' of Marianne Faithfull, Thelonious Monk and 28 others, some known, some less so.
The Great Ice-Cream Robbery
Aug 25, 1971Two screens of film about - and sometimes shot by - Claes Oldenburg, detailing his inspiration, his methods and his relationship with his partner Hannah Wilke.
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Manhattan Mouse Museum
Jan 01, 2011Manhattan Mouse Museum takes a glimpse into the world of American Pop Art icon Claes Oldenburg as he tends to an assembly of small curios, objects, and artworks.
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Poem Posters
May 19, 1967... with real-life portraits of Jayne Mansfield, Frak O'Hara, Ruth Ford, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, William Burroughs, Andy Warhol, Rudy Gernreich, Jonas Mekas and others.
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Voyages II
Dec 27, 1963Nekropolis I
Dec 30, 1963Scarface and Aphrodite
Dec 28, 1963
Who Gets to Call It Art?
Feb 01, 2006Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Henry Geldzahler reflects on the 1960s pop art scene in New York.
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Art of the Sixties
Jan 01, 1967This film documents the major directions in modern American art during the first seven years of the 1960s. The keynote is that the artist has expanded his realm from the two-dimentional picture frame, climaxed by the artists of the 40s and early 50s, merged color with sculpture, and sought out modern media to express himself. This has produced the characteristic wide spectrum of interest, ideas, and products in contemporary art.
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Pat's Birthday
Jan 01, 1962Breer was influenced by the new performance art and "happenings" making waves in the avant-garde of Europe and New York. He worked briefly with Claes Oldenburg and his performance pieces resulting in a 13 minute film, Pat's Birthday (1962). - AWN
Roy Lichtenstein
Jan 01, 1975In conversation with Roy Lichtenstein, critic Lawrence Alloway places Pop Art on a continuum of twentieth-century art that includes collage, Dada, and Purism in referring to signs and objects of contemporary society; Lichtenstein argues for distinctions between himself, Warhol, Oldenburg, and others. In his Long Island studio, Lichtenstein works on an elaborate composition; one of his 4 major paintings on the theme "The Artist's Studio."
Claes Oldenburg: The Formative Years
Jan 01, 1975Gathering inspiration from the world around him, Claes Oldenburg has dedicated his career to giving objects life. What many would see only as their mundane, everyday tools Oldenburg sees as an opportunity for art. His famed large scale sculptures stand with such stature and force that the viewer has no choice but to become involved with the piece.
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Scarface and Aphrodite
Dec 28, 1963
All Kinds of Love
Jun 20, 2023The Great Ice-Cream Robbery
Aug 25, 1971Two screens of film about - and sometimes shot by - Claes Oldenburg, detailing his inspiration, his methods and his relationship with his partner Hannah Wilke.
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