Painting with Light.There is something about watching an artist paint. It is like watching a sunset, a crackling crack·ling n. 1. The production of a succession of slight sharp snapping noises. 2. cracklings The crisp bits that remain after rendering fat from meat or frying or roasting the skin, especially of a pig or a goose. fire or the ebb and flow the alternate ebb and flood of the tide; often used figuratively. See also: Ebb of the ocean. There is no "storyline" but it is completely engaging because we are able to watch the subtle and ever-chaing process of creation. In this videotape, viewers witness four of the contemporary art world's most noteworthy artists, and watch them as they experiment with a remarkable new technology that allows them to create images on a video screen. Four artists -- David Hockney David Hockney, CH, RA, (born July 9, 1937) is an English artist, based in Los Angeles, California, United States. An important contributor to the British Pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. , Larry Rivers Larry Rivers (August 17, 1923 - August 14 2002) was a Jewish American artist, musician, filmmaker and occasional actor. Rivers resided and maintained studios in New York City, Southampton, New York on (Long Island) and Zihuatanejo, Mexico. , Howard Hodgking and Jennifer Bartlett Jennifer Losch Bartlett is an American artist who was born in Long Beach, California in 1941. She received a BA from Mills College in Oakland, California in 1963. While there, she met mixed-media sculptor Elizabeth Murray. -- are able to choose colors and select brush sizes to draw, color and form images on a television monitor. As they do so, viewers see them through the process of creating original works directly on the screen. The result is a significant event in itself, and an inspiring and instructive phenomenon. Although the title is somewhat misleading--the featured artists are not "painting" with the featured process -- this video program is a must for students from the middle schools onward to see and ponder! |
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