Award-winning documentary series by producer Linda Freeman provides intimate and personal looks at the lives and works of famous artists working in their own studios. David Irving is the writer-director. VHS. Color. 28 minutes. Faith Ringgold / Paints Crown Heights — Through folktales and painting, the documentary shows how 12 diverse cultures have contributed to the American spirit. Richard Mayhew / Spiritual Landscapes — Captures a poetic feeling about the land. Are they abstracts, impressions, expressions, landscapes? Only the viewer and the artist can say. Howardena Pindell / Atomizing Art — A passionate artist and social critic marries beauty with ugliness, right with wrong, justice with injustice. African Art, Women, History: the Luba People of Central Africa — In the magical world of the Lukasa, kings are born only after their spirits have taken possession of the body of a woman. Then, watch history come alive. I Can Fly / Kids and Creativity — Explores creative processes in art, music, song, pottery, and dance. See performances by theatrical troupes Blue Man Group, Stomp!, and de la Guarda. Sparks fly. Robert Colescott / The One-Two Punch — An artist paints with humor, irony and sarcasm about racial and gender stereotypes. Emma Amos / Action Lines — A dramatic palette includes materials such as photos, her own weaving, and African cloth to help portray her feelings and fears. Elizabeth Catlett / Sculpting the Truth — An artist who sculpts the truth from wood, stone, terra cotta, and people she knows. |
