Independent documentary filmmaker Michael Blackwood has produced and directed over 150 films, creating a permanent record of many leading figures in the arts.
New York, NY
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This Presidents Day, February 20, 2023 @TheBrooklynRail will virtually screen 'HANS HAACKE: 4 DECADES' (2007), directed by Michael Blackwood. And the next day Haacke will be in conversation with Yasi Alipour.
To register for both of these events, visit: brooklynrail.org/events
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Adolph Gottlieb, one of the "The Irascible Eighteen" and first generation of The New York School, was born on this day in 1903 in New York City. He is participated in the making of our first art survey film in 1972 called 'THE NEW YORK SCHOOL'
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To honor 40 years since the passing of Thelonious Monk, our films "Monk" and "Monk and Europe" are currently being screened in cities across Japan until late April. Please visit monk-movie.com for more information.
In celebration of #NationalViolinDay, we honor the multi-disciplinary creative pioneer Laurie Anderson.
-image from '14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s' (1980),by Michael Blackwood
#LaurieAnderson #PerformanceArt #Music #Documentary #MichaelBlackwoodProductions #MusicMonday
Our 1970 documentary film "Scenes Seen with Allen Jones" explores the motives behind the artist’s graphic works, paintings and sculptures, the erotic overtones of which are both controversial and alluring.
#AllenJones #Artist #Art #PopArt #Designer #60s #70s #Documentary #Film
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Alexander Calder (1898 - 1976,) as featured in our 1978 documentary film "Masters of Modern Sculpture Part II: The New World."
#AlexanderCalder #Calder #Art #Sculpture #Scultor #Artist #ArtHistory #ModernArt #Documentary #MichaelBlackwoodProductions
Philip Guston (1917-1980,) in our 1980 documentary film "Philip Guston: A Life Lived."
#PhilipGuston #Guston #Artist #Painter #Art #Painting #ModernArt #AbstractExpressionism #NewYorkSchool #Documentary #MichaelBlackwoodProductions
Japanese sculptor, Nobuo Sekine (1942-2019)
To learn more about Sekine and other key artists from Japan's Mono-ha art movement, please see our 1970 film "Japan: The New Art."
#NobuoSekine #Sekine #Art #Sculpture #ModernArt #PostModern #JapaneseArt #Japan #MonoHa #Documentary
We'd like to wish a happy birthday to Christopher Wheeldon!
The English #ballet choreographer was featured alongside 6 other contemporary choreographers working out of New York in our 2010 documentary film "New York Dance: States of Performance."
#ChristopherWheeldon
Perhaps the most famous living architect today, and definitely among our favorite subjects to be featured in our film collection: we'd like to wish a happy 92nd birthday to Frank Gehry!
#FrankGehry #Gehry #Architect #Architecture #Art #Documentary
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#OTD in 2005, Christo and Jeanne-Claude completed their massive site-specific work "The Gates" in New York's Central Park. The work consisted of 7,503 "gates" with vinyl curtains along 23 miles of Central Park pathways.
Today through Sunday @HauserWirth is showing our monographic artist film 'PHILIP GUSTON: A LIFE LIVED' (1981), on demand and free, in conjunction with their upcoming show 'Transformation'.
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#PhilipGuston #ArtFilm #Documentary #Painting #Art #ArtHistory
This holiday season, we're offering a sale on DVD and Blu Ray purchases made through January 3rd. Get 10% off orders of $30+ with code P89FY579 at checkout, and 20% off orders of $69+ with code SXY8AN8M.
Visit our website to browse our entire film collection.
DVD + BLU-RAY HOLIDAY SALE!
Save now through January 3rd, 2021
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Early photograph of Zuni men, as featured in our 1980 film "Light in the West: Photographers of the American Frontier."
#NativeAmericanHeritageDay #Zuni #ZuniPeople #NativeAmerican #NativeAmericans #Native #NativePeople #AmericanHistory #Photography #BlackAndWhite #History
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We're absolutely thrilled to have three of our films featured in virtual screenings by @NortonMuseum The series will start on November 6 at 2PM with "Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective" (1979.)
Tickets for the screenings can be purchased here: ow.ly/pLuC50BXMDY
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The next 5 days will be your last chance to watch "Pablo Picasso: The Legacy of a Genius" with a special introduction by @jerrysaltz , which will be available to stream on @hotdocs until October 29 via this link: ow.ly/FKuf50C0WNr
"Christo and Jeanne-Claude" (1995) will be presented by @NortonMuseum on November 16 at 2PM, as part of a series of virtual screenings featuring films from the Michael Blackwood film collection.
Tickets are available here: ow.ly/xZdu50BXYO9
"Claes Oldenburg: The Formative Years" (1975) will be presented by @NortonMuseum on November 16 at 2PM, as part of a series of virtual screenings featuring films from the Michael Blackwood film collection.
Tickets are available here: ow.ly/M0WG50BXTJo
