Elizabeth Murray

Streaming video - 2006

Elizabeth Murray has been moving forward fearlessly during more than 4 decades constantly inventing new shapes for the unique style of painting for which she is known. Her decision to become an artist was the result of an encounter with a still life by Cezanne at the Art Institute of Chicago as a student. Subsequently many artists had an impact on her thinking, the Surrealists, deKooning, and Guston, just to name a few. Earlier influences were the Sunday comics, which she grew up with, as well as popular culture in general. Remarkably she was able to distill all these impulses into an art that was distinctly her own. The Museum of Modern Art acknowledged her position in contemporary art with a large retrospective exhibition curated by Rober...t Storr. She died in 2007. Murray and Storr discuss the many milestones of her development as an artist before pertinent works in this radiant exhibition. This video provides rare insight into a significant artist’s approach and progress.

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Genres
Documentary films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Michael Blackwood Productions 2006.
2019.
Language
English
Other Authors
Michael Blackwood (film director), Elizabeth Murray (actor), Robert Storr
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
Cover Image
Item Description
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (57 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).