Self - Art Critic and Writer
‘더 로스트 레오나르도’는 4억 5천만 달러라는 가장 비싼 가격에 팔린 레오나르도 다빈치의 작품 ‘살바토르 문디’의 뒷이야기를 다룬다. 작품은 수상한 뉴올리언스 경매장에서 구매자에게 팔리는데, 구매자가 싸구려 복원 기술 뒤에 숨겨진 대가의 붓놀림을 발견하는 순간부터, 살바토르 문디의 운명은 유명세, 돈, 권력에 대한 절대 채워지지 않는 탐구에 의해 이끌린다. 가격이 치솟을수록, 진품 여부에 대한 의문도 커진다. 이 수백만 달러짜리 그림은 실제 레오나르도의 작품일까? 혹은 어떤 권력가들의 조작일까?
Jackson Pollock said, “he makes the rest of us look academic,” Mark Rothko acknowledged him as a “myth-maker” and Clement Greenberg called him “a highly influential maverick and an independent genius.” Clyfford Still, one of the strongest, most original contributors to abstract expressionism, walked away from the commercial art world at the height of his career. Extremely disciplined, principled, and prolific, Still left behind a treasure trove of works like no other major artist in history. With a wonderful mosaic of archival material, found footage and audio recorded by the artist himself, Lifeline paints a picture of a modern icon, his uncompromising creative journey and the price of independence.
Featuring collectors, dealers, auctioneers and a rich range of artists, including market darlings George Condo, Jeff Koons, Gerhard Richter and Njideka Akunyili Crosby, this documentary examines the role of art and artistic passion in today’s money-driven, consumer-based society.
Unlike any art movie you've ever seen, Making it in Manhattan is informed 'entertainment' about the people who make contemporary art. Artists, collectors, and dealers bring to life the art capital of the world, New York, as it plunges into the 21st Century. Presenting a cross-section of artists, the film discusses inspiration, aesthetics, and the meaning of success. With Louise Bourgeois, Brice Marden, Chuck Close, Neil Jenney, Elizabeth Murray, Ashley Bickerton, Gary Simmons, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Rirkrit Tiravanija, St. Clair Cemin, Ivan Karp, Jay Gorney, Matthew Marks, Jerry Saltz, Herb & Dorothy Vogel, and others. From abstraction to figuration, from installation to conceptual art, from the privacy of the doctor's office to the posh gallery opening, Making it in Manhattan captures the reality of a special world. Music by Tom Waits, Don Braden Ryuichi Sakamoto, George van Eps, Piero Umiliani with Chet Baker.
