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"CHRISTO: THE
ARTISTS' DECISION" THE ENVIRONMENTAL ARTIST, CHRISTO,
HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS, "BOLD, DARING, AND OUTRAGEOUS" EVER SINCE HIS
COLOSSAL "VALLEY CURTAIN" EARNED HIM INTERNATIONAL CREDIBILITY.
CHRISTO'S MONOLITHIC INSTALLATIONS HAVE BEEN ERECTED ON SEVERAL
CONTINENTS. HE USES DIAGRAMS AND LARGE SCALE DRAWINGS TO HELP REALIZE
HIS MONUMENTAL SCULPTURAL INSTALLATIONS. SHOT IN THE ARTISTS' NEW YORK
STUDIO. CHRISTO: THE ARTIST OF"TODAYS' AND TOMORROW"
"CHRISTO:
THE UMBRELLA PROJECT (PART I)" ONE OF CHRISTOS'
GREATEST MASTERPIECES IS DOCUMENTED AND SCRUTINIZED IN THIS
OVERWHELMING SPECTACLE DEPICTING
THE ARTIST AND THE UMBRELLA PROJECT VIVIDLY. INTERVIEWS WITH CHRISTO AT
THE UMBRELLA SITE, HELICOPTER FOOTAGE, CHRISTO AND HIS WORK FORCE
INSTALLING THE PROJECT; ALL LEND THEMSELVES TO A CONCISE AND AND
PRECISE RENDITION OF THE EVENT AND THE ARTWORK, WHICH WILL NEVER BE
SEEN AGAIN! THIS TAPE
CAPTURES THE ESSENCE AND FLAVOR OF AN HISTORICAL MOMENT IN TIME.
"CHRISTO:
THE UMBRELLA PROJECT (PART II)" THIS TAPE IN
CONJUNCTION WITH UMBRELLAS PART I DELIVERS THE FULL STORY AND IMPACT OF
CHRISTOS' EXECUTION OF THE UMBRELLA PROJECT. A COMPLEX CHAIN OF EVENTS
LEADS THE ARTIST TO THE POSSIBILITY AND REALITY NECESSARY TO CREATE AND
INSTALL HIS $26,000,000. (TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLAR) MASTERPIECE. 
"NAM JUNE PAIK: AVANT GARDE VIDEO"
AVANT GARDE VIDEO AT ITS' FINEST. THIS TAPE HAS
BEEN PRESENTED AT THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART. NAM JUNE PAIKS'
EXPERIMENTS
WITH VIDEO HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED IN MUSEUM AND GALLERIES ALL AROUND THE
WORLD. PAIK DISCUSSES TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUE. INCLUDES COLLABORATIONS
WITH LAURIE ANDERSON, ALLEN GINSBURG, MERCE CUNNINGHAM AND JOSEPH
BEUYS.
EXCERPTS FROM SOME OF PAIKS, VIDEO ART ARE INCLUDED. 
"KEITH HARING: ARTIST AT WORK" THIS DOCUMENTARY CAPTURES KEITH CREATING AN EXTREMELY LARGE
MURAL, WHILE HE REFLECTS UPON AND TALKS ABOUT HIS AESTHETIC CONCERNS. A
PRINT SIGNING, AN ART RECEPTION, AND SEVERAL INTERVIEWS; SHOT IN MANY
LOCATIONS, THIS TAPE CANDIDLY PORTRAYS HARING AS"UNPRETENTIOUS, SAVVY,
AND WELL
INTENTIONED".
"KENNY SCHARF: THE MASTERS'
CHOICE" KENNY SCHARF IS ONE OF THE MORE IMPRESSIVE NEW
YORK ARTISTS ON THE RISE INTERNATIONALLY. THIS TAPE DOCUMENTS A VISIT
TO THE ARTISTS
MONOLITHIC STUDIO. A SPONTANEOUS WORKING SEQUENCE CUT TO MUSIC REVEALS
THE TECHNIQUE AND EXECUTION OF HIS ART, WHICH CONTAIN SOME OF THE MORE
INTERESTING AESTHETIC CONCERNS OF TODAY'S ART WORLD. THIS IS A MUST
SEE... 
"PROCESS ART: JACKI WINSOR" CONCEPTUAL AND PROCESS ARTISTS BOTH FEEL A FINISHED PIECE OF
ART SHOULD NOT BE EMPHASIZED. THIS TAPE TAKES YOU THROUGH AN EXPERIENCE
OF A MARATHON, NON STOP, FURIOUS PACE OF NEW YORKS' PROCESS ARTIST
JACKIE WINSOR. SHE AND A BAND OF ASSISTANTS, WORKING IN EXCESS OF 50
CONTINUOS HOURS, WILL COMPLETE AN ARTWORK ONLY TO LIGHT IT ON FIRE OR
BLOW IT UP
WITH DYNAMITE! THIS IS THE ULTIMATE PROCESS ART EXPERIENCE... 
"ARMAN: THE ARTISTS' DREAM" YEARS AGO A FRENCH IMMIGRANT LIVING OUT OF THE CHELSEA HOTEL
ENVISIONED AN AESTHETIC DREAM...THIS FEATURE REVEALS THE FULFILLMENT OF
HIS VISION...A REMARKABLE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT AN ARTISTS' WHO REALIZES
HIMSELF THROUGH HIS ARTWORK AND A DREAM WHICH BECAME TRUE IN THE HIGH
POWERED
MANHATTAN ART WORLD...
"ART SEEN: ARTISTS IN THEIR
STUDIOS (PART I)" THIS TAPE GIVES INSIGHT INTO THE
LIVES AND ART
OF MORE THAN 10 ARTISTS, BY VISITING EACH OF THEIR STUDIOS! INTERVIEWS
AND SEEING THEM WORK HELPS THE VIEWER ESTABLISH A CONCEPTUAL
UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR ARTWORK. CHRIS BURDEN, CHARLES ARNOLDI,
AND RICHARD KOSHALEK; CURATOR AT THE LOS ANGELES MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY
ART, ARE ONLY A FEW INCLUDED IN THIS REMARKABLE DOCUMENTARY...(INSET
PICTURE: CHRIS BURDEN)
"CHARLES ARNOLDI: PORTRAIT OF AN
ARTISTS' STUDIO" THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH ART IS
CREATED INFLUENCES THE OUTCOME OF THE ART ITSELF...AN INTIMATE VISIT
WITH THE RIGHT
ARTIST CAN ALTER YOUR PERCEPTION OF REALITY FOREVER...THE DETAILED
INTERIORS
AND EXTERIORS OF ARNOLDI'S ENORMOUS STUDIO, BELONGING TO THIS
INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ARTIST; CHARLES ARNOLDI, IS THE BACKDROP FOR
THIS UNFORGETTABLE STUDIO VISIT... 
"LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI: PAINTER
AND POET" POET LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI CREATES AND
DESTROYS A PAINTING DURING THIS DOCUMENTARY...RENOWNED AS A KEY FIGURE
WITHIN THE "BEAT
MOVEMENT", FERLINGHETTI IS ALSO A PRACTICING VISUAL ARTIST. THIS VIDEO
COMBINES TWO ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES IN A MONTAGE OF POETRY AND
PAINTINGS... 
"LOWELL NESBITT: GALLERY OPENING
AND STUDIO VISIT" LOWELL NESBITT FIRST RECEIVED
CRITICAL ACCLAIM IN THE 1960'S AND HAS BEEN CARVING HIS OWN NICHE IN
THE ART WORLD EVER SINCE...THIS VIDEO FOCUSES ON HIS LARGE SCALE
REALISTIC RENDITIONS OF
NATURE AND FLORAL PAINTINGS. SHOT ON LOCATION IN HIS NEW YORK STUDIO
AND
AN ART OPENING, A RARE GLIMPSE OF NESBITT WORKING ON AN ENORMOUS
PAINTING
,IS THE CENTER PIECE OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTARY...
"NEW YORK'S EAST VILLAGE ART SCENE
(PART
I) INTERVIEWS TEN GALLERY DIRECTORS AND TEN ARTISTS,
DOCUMENTS AN OPENING, AND SHOWS SEVERAL ON LOCATION STREET
SCENES...PRODUCED IN 1985 THIS REMARKABLE DOCUMENTARY HAS BEEN
PRESENTED AT THE WHITNEY MUSEUM
IN NEW YORK AND THE SMITHSONIAN'S' HIRSHHORN MUSEUM. "WIDELY TOUTED AS
THE REVITALIZATION OF NEW YORK'S ART WORLD" 
"LOS ANGELES: CALIFORNIA ART SCENE
(PART I)" INTERVIEWS THIRTEEN ARTISTS AND 14 GALLERY
DIRECTORS, WITH A GALLERY OPENING AND PERFORMANCE ART...THE FINEST ART
GALLERIES IN LOS ANGELES ARE VISITED AND AN ARTIST REPRESENTED BY EACH
GALLERY IS INTERVIEWED WITH THE GALLERIES' DIRECTOR...A MUST SEE
(INSET PICTURE: ED MOSES) 
"SAN FRANCISCO: CALIFORNIA ART
SCENE (PART I)" INTERVIEWS FOURTEEN ARTISTS AND
FOURTEEN GALLERY DIRECTORS, ART EVENTS, OPENINGS, AND A VIDEO FESTIVAL
ARE ONLY A FEW OF THE STUNNING ELEMENTS FEATURED IN THIS LIVELY
DOCUMENTARY...THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES THE BEST GALLERIES AND THE BEST
ARTISTS; ROY DEFOREST, NAME JUNE PAIK, AND KEITH HARING... (INSET
PICTURE: ROY DEFOREST) 
"COMPUTER ART (PART I)" EACH ARTIST EXPRESSES THE IDEALS AND CONCERNS WITHIN THEIR
IMAGINATION USUALLY CONVENTIONAL ART FORM SUCH AS PAINTING OR
PHOTOGRAPHY, BUT IN THIS CASE THE FINISHED ARTWORK IS COMPUTER
GENERATED...THIS DOCUMENTARY SHOWS AN ARTIST BEGINNING WITH A COMPUTER
TO CREATE A PICTURE WHICH IS EVENTUALLY BLOWN UP INTO A FINISHED LARGE
SCALE ACRYLIC PAINTING. A REMARKABLE PROGRAM ABOUT COMPUTER ART...
(INSET : DARCY GERBARG) 
"COMPUTER ART (PART II)" THIS TAPE CONTINUES THE EXPLORATION INTO THE COMPUTER AS AN
ARTISTS' TOOL...THE LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES OF COMBINING ART AND
TECHNOLOGY HAVE PUT THE
COMPUTER ON THE PALETTES OF MANY INNOVATIVE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS...THIS
EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTARY FEATURES A DAZZLING ARRAY OF COMPUTER
GENERATED
ART WORK...(INSET PICTURE: BARBARA NISSIM) 
"COMPUTER ART (PART III)" SINCE THE PRIMITIVES SCRAWLED UPON THE WALLS OF CAVES,
ARTISTS' TOOLS HAVE
CONTINUED TO EVOLVE...THIS UNFORGETTABLE DOCUMENTARY CLOSELY EXAMINES
THE USE OF COMPUTERS AS A VIABLE AND VIBRANT FORM OF ARTISTIC
CREATION...VIEWERS
SEE A STEP-BY-STEP DEMONSTRATION OF HOW COMPUTER GENERATED ARTWORK IS
MADE..COMPUTERS THE MEDIUM OF THE FUTURE...(INSET PICTURE: SAMIA
HALABY) 
"VIRTUAL REALITY AND CYBER
POLITICS" VIRTUAL REALITY, PREVIOUSLY USED FOR ART
RELATED CREATIONS, HAS BEEN ABSORBED INTO INDUSTRIAL
APPLICATIONS...THIS TAPE IS A HYBRID COMBINATION OF ART, POLITICS, AND
TECHNOLOGY...INNOVATIVE AND POLITICALLY ORIENTED; COMPUTERIZED EFFECTS,
ELECTRONIC AUDIO, AND LITERAL DISSERTATION YIELD VERY EFFECTIVE,
VISUALLY STIMULATING, PERSUASIVE INSIGHT INTO THE SIGN
OF THE TIMES... 
"AFRICAN ART" THIS
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOW AFRICAN ART DEALER: MERT
SIMPSON. ALSO AN ARTIST , SIMPSON WORKS WITH INDIGENOUS AFRICAN
MATERIALS TO CREATE
HIS ABSTRACT ARTWORK ON THE SURFACE OF FOUND AFRICAN ARTIFACTS! THE
RESULTS ARE IMPRESSIVE FINISHED MASTERWORKS. SIMPSONS' CREATIVE METHOD,
PHILOSOPHIC CONCEPTS, AND RECENT EXHIBITION IN PARIS ARE DISCUSSED ON
LOCATION IN
NEW YORK AT HIS GALLERY. AN ETHNOGRAPHIC CORNUCOPIA, THIS TAPE SHOULD
NOT BE MISSED... 
"WOMEN IN THE ARTS" (PART I) WOMEN IN THE ARTS ILLUSTRATES THE INFLUENCE OF FEMALE
SENSIBILITIES IN THE VISUAL ARTS. FEATURING DEBORAH REMINGTON: A ONE
WOMAN ART MOVEMENT, WHO HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN OVER 240 BOOKS AND
MAGAZINES. THIS DOCUMENTARY TELLS THE TALE OF A FEMALE'S SUCCESS IN
TODAY'S COMPETITIVE CONTEMPORARY ART WORLD. (INSET PICTURE DEBORAH
REMINGTON)
"WOMEN IN THE ARTS (PART II)" FEATURES THE ARTIST SARI DIENES, WHO TALKS ABOUT HER
INVOLVEMENT AND EXHIBITIONS WITH JACKSON POLLACK, MARK ROTHKO, AND
MARCEL DUCHAMP AT THE BETTY PARSONS GALLERY. SHOT IN A RURAL UPSTATE
NEW YORK ARTISTS' COLONY, THIS 92 YEAR OLD ENERGETIC ARTIST USING FOUND
OBJECTS DEMONSTRATES HER
APPROACH AND TECHNIQUE IN THE CREATION OF HER ART. THIS EXTRAORDINARY
DOCUMENTARY DEPICTS THE COURAGE AND FORTITUDE OF AN ARTIST IN FOR THE
"LONG
HAUL"... (INSET PICTURE: SARI DIENES)
"ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM" ONE OF THE FEW ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTS RECORDED ON VIDEO,
JON SCHUELER CREATED THIS DOCUMENTARY JUST PRIOR TO HIS
DEATH...ASSOCIATED WITH CLIFFORD STILL AND RICHARD DIEBENKORN, SCHUELER
IS SHOWN WORKING FROM A NUDE MODEL CREATING A LARGE SCALE ABSTRACT
PAINTING. ON LOCATION IN HIS NEW YORK LOFT STUDIO, AN EXPLORATION INTO
AN EXPRESSIVE FINAL DOCUMENT, OF ONE OF THE LAST
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTS...(INSET PICTURE: JON SCHUELER)
"CONCEPTUAL ART" THE
NON OBJECT ORIENTED CEREBRAL ART FORM; CONCEPTUAL ART, AND ITS
IMPORTANCE, IS ELOQUENTLY COMMUNICATED...VIEWS OF SEVERAL INSTALLATIONS
ARE INCLUDED... THIS EXTRAORDINARY TAPE ESTABLISHES AN UNDERSTANDING OF
ART AS A CONCEPT, RATHER THAN THE CONVENTIONAL IDEA OF ART EXCLUSIVELY
BEING A FINISHED PRODUCT...(INSET PICTURE: DAVID RABINOWITCH)
"THE FOUND OBJECT AND ENVIRONMENT
AS ART" HYBRID COMBINATIONS OF FOUND ART AND
ENVIRONMENTAL INSTALLATIONS ARE FEATURED IN THIS STUNNING
DOCUMENTARY...A DYNAMIC PRESENTATION WHICH GRAPHICALLY PORTRAYS PAINTED
ROOFTOPS COMBINED WITH FOUND OBJECTS OVERLOOKING THE WORLD TRADE
CENTER..."I FELT LIKE I WAS ON THE MOUNT EVEREST OF ART"...THIS TAPE
EXPOSES A MAJOR ARTISTIC EXPRESSION... (INSET PICTURE: GERI TAPER) 
"MINIMAL ART" THE
ABSENCE OF SUBJECT MATTER, WITHIN AN ARTWORK, CAN BE AS VISUALLY
STIMULATING AS AN ELABORATELY DETAILED RENDITION. MINIMALISM ADDRESSES
THE AESTHETIC
ORIGINALLY CHAMPIONED BY ELLSWORTH KELLY AND DONALD JUDD, WITHIN THE
SCHOOL OF COLOR FIELD ABSTRACTION, WHERE ENTIRE CANVASSES MAY CONTAIN
ONLY ONE SMALL ELEMENT OR ONE COLOR AS THE TOTAL SUBJECT...A VISIT TO
A MID-TOWN MANHATTAN STUDIO CLARIFIES MINIMALISM... ...MINIMALISM AT
ITS BEST...(INSET PICTURE: JEAN DAVIDSON)
"SITE SPECIFIC ART (PART I)" THIS UNUSUAL PROGRAM FEATURES AN ELEGANT, WELL THOUGHT OUT,
SITE SPECIFIC ARTWORK OVERLOOKING NEW YORK'S HARBOR AND THE STATUE OF
LIBERTY...FOURTEEN OTHER MASSIVE SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS CREATE A
DIVERSE VIDEO COMPILATION OF HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT SCULPTURE...IF
YOU
ARE INTERESTED IN THE PRELIMINARY DETAILED ORGANIZATION AND THE
EXECUTION
OF SITE SPECIFIC WORK, THEN THIS EXPLICIT DOCUMENTARY IS FOR
YOU...(INSET
PICTURE: NED SMYTH)
"SITE SPECIFIC ART (PART II)" THIS PROGRAM IS VERY UNUSUAL...SCULPTURES CONTAINING RADIO
TRANSMITTERS BROADCAST THE CONVERSATION OF ANYONE CLOSE TO THE
SCULPTURES, ON "PIRATE STATIONS", WHICH INTERRUPT REGULAR RADIO STATION
FREQUENCIES...THESE SCULPTURES ARE A RARE COMBINATION OF AVANT-GARDE
AND SITE SPECIFIC ART ...THIS DOCUMENTARY DEPICTS A SITE SPECIFIC
AESTHETIC CONVEYED IN A SOPHISTICATED MONTAGE OF POLITICALLY MOTIVATE
ART...THIS IS REALLY GOOD...(INSET PICTURE: GARY LLOYD) 
"PUBLIC SCULPTURE (PART I)" THE EXTRAORDINARY CONFRONTATION BETWEEN AN ARTISTS' PRIVATE
VISION, AND THE REMARKABLE REALIZATION OF SEVERAL MONOLITHIC PUBLIC
SCULPTURES, IS THE STUNNING SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS UNUSUAL DOCUMENTARY.
ERIK SEVERIE, THE INFAMOUS NEWSCASTER, TAKES PART IN THE INSTALLATION
OF ONE PUBLIC SCULPTURE REPRESENTED...BEING AN ARTISTS' PRIVATE
MESSAGE, NUMEROUS PUBLIC PIECES SUCCINCTLY DEPICTED, YIELD A POLITICAL
UNDERSTANDING FOR PUBLIC ART...(INSET PICTURE: ROGER BARR)
"PUBLIC SCULPTURE (PART II)" THIS IS AN EXCELLENT COMPANION PIECE FOR "PUBLIC SCULPTURE
(PART I). DEPICTING THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF ASTONISHING LARGE
SCALE PUBLIC ART , THIS DOCUMENTARY FEATURES THE LOCATIONS OF
MONUMENTAL PUBLIC SCULPTURE INSTALLATIONS, WHICH RECEIVE NETWORK
TELEVISION ATTENTION, REPORTING THE PROGRESS AND COMPLETION OF
SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC WORKS...(INSET PICTURE: PETER LOBELLO)
"PRINT MAKING: ETCHING (PART I)" DIVERGENT ARTISTIC EXPRESSION,
EVENTUALLY UTILIZES PRINT MAKING AS A MEANS OF ARTICULATION...THIS
UNUSUAL TAPE
EXPOSES THE WORKING METHODS OF A TALENTED ARTIST SPECIALIZING IN PRINT
MAKING! IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PRINT MAKING, THEN THIS IS THE
DOCUMENTARY
FOR YOU... (INSET PICTURE: BARBARA PARSONS)
"PRINT MAKING: LITHOGRAPHY AND
PAINTING (PART II)" ARTISTS USING PAINT AS THE MAIN
FORM OF AESTHETIC EXPRESSION GENERALLY RELY ON LITHOGRAPHY AS A VEHICLE
TO DISTRIBUTE THEIR ART. THIS EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENTARY ENABLES THE
VIEWER TO UNDERSTAND A MULTI-TALENTED ARTIST, WHO REALIZES AND
VISUALIZES HIS ARTISTIC DREAM THROUGH PAINTING AND LITHOGRAPHY...(INSET
PICTURE: SHERMAN HAY) 
"PRINT MAKING: AIRBRUSH (PART
III)" THE MOST IMMEDIATE MEANS OF EXPRESSION IN PRINT
MAKING CAN INVOLVE AIRBRUSH, WHICH ENABLES THE FLOW OF CREATIVE
EXPRESSION WITH A MINIMUM OF PRECONCEIVED PREPARATION OR
CONSTRAINTS...A STEP-BY-STEP DEMONSTRATION OF AIRBRUSH TECHNIQUE
COMBINED WITH AESTHETIC EVALUATION OF THE RESULTS, IS THE FOCUS OF THIS
CONCISE DOCUMENTARY, WHICH IS THE FINAL EXCITING
EPISODE IN THE THREE PART TRILOGY OF THE PRINTMAKING SERIES...(INSET
PICTURE: DOLLY JOHNSON) 
"500 DEFINITIONS OF ART" THIS TAPE REALLY DOES CONTAIN OVER 500 DEFINITIONS OF
ART...THE DEFINITIONS, WHICH ALTERNATE BETWEEN A MALE AND A FEMALES'
VOICE, ARE JUXTAPOSED WITH HUNDREDS OF ARTWORKS...WITH AN IMAGINATIVE
ELECTRONIC SOUND TRACK, "500 DEFINITIONS" INSTILLS INTEREST IN A NON
THREATENING WAY...FOR ALL LEVELS...IT DRAWS PEOPLE IN ALREADY
KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT ART, AS WELL AS, THOSE WITH LITTLE OR NO ARTISTIC
EXPERIENCE...ENJOYABLE AND EDUCATIONAL FOR ALL...(INSET PICTURE: MINOS
MILONAS) 
"AN EXTRAORDINARY ART DEALER" FROM THE QUIET SECLUSION OF A LOS ANGELES MANSION, TO THE
HIGH PROFILE ARENA OF A MAJOR ART GALLERY, THIS TAPE FOLLOWS THE PATH
OF A
SUCCESSFUL ART DEALER...THE EXHILARATING FOCUS IS ON THE TRIALS AND
TRIBULATIONS
OF PROMOTING CONTEMPORARY ART...(INSET PICTURE: VALERIE MILLER) 
"HOLOGRAPHY" HOLOGRAPHY
IS AN UNUSUAL MEDIUM, WHICH CREATES REALISTIC THREE DIMENSIONAL
ILLUSIONS UTILIZING ONLY TWO DIMENSIONAL REALITY...PAINTING AND
SCULPTURE ARE COMBINED WITH HOLOGRAPHY, IN THIS INNOVATIVE
DOCUMENTARY...THE TECHNICAL EXPERIMENTATION AND EXPERTISE IN THIS
REMARKABLE TAPE, IS NEVER UNDERTAKEN FOR ITS OWN SAKE WHEN HOLOGRAPHY
IS USED TO CREATE FINE ART, BUT RATHER IT PUSHES
TO EMBODY AN IDEA OR VISION OF THE ARTIST...(INSET PICTURE: ALEXANDER)
"FIGURATIVE ART" FIGURATIVE
ART WAS PERHAPS THE FIRST ART TO BE CREATED, AND IT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE
IN CONTEMPORARY ART TODAY...THIS TAPE WAS SHOT IN SEVERAL LOCATION IN
NEW YORK, AND AT A MID-TOWN MANHATTAN ART STUDIO...THE CREATION OF
WHIMSICAL FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS IS THE MAJOR THRUST OF THIS POWERFUL
DOCUMENTARY,
WHICH UNLOCKS THE PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE WORLD OF A DEDICATED ARTIST
WHO SACRIFICES TO COMMUNICATE AND REALIZE HIS VISION...(INSET: PHILLIP
SHERROD) 
"FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION" THIS TAPE CONVEYS WORKS WHICH ARE FIGURATIVE, BUT INSISTS
UPON REFERENCE TO LITERAL REALITY, THROUGH ABSTRACT MEANS...STILL LIFE,
LANDSCAPES, INTERIORS, AND THE HUMAN FORM ARE ALL SUBJECTS FOR A
FIGURATIVE INTERPRETATION OF THE
ARTISTS' IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS...YOU MUST SEE THIS TAPE TO FULLY
APPRECIATE
THE EFFORT AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THIS INNOVATIVE ARTIST...(INSET
PICTURE:
ANNE TABACHNICK)
"FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONISM" FROM THE JANGLED URBAN MACHINERY OF NEW YORK, EMERGES A
HOPEFUL VISION AND OPTIMISTIC CRY...WORKING WITH ACRYLICS ON LARGE
PANELS THE MASTERFUL EXPRESSION OF A TIMELESS DRAMA OF EVOLVING HUMAN
SPIRIT UNFOLDS...LAYERING FORMS UPON
FORMS, A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL QUALITY REVEALS DEEPER AND DEEPER EMOTIONAL
AND
INTELLECTUAL LEVELS...SHOT AT NUMEROUS LOCATIONS IN NEW YORK AND
CALIFORNIA...(INSET PICTURE: BILL RABINOVITCH) 
"LYRICAL EXPRESSIONISM" THE BRUSH WORK, PALETTE, AND SUBJECT MATTER EXHIBITED IN
THIS REMARKABLE DOCUMENTARY RESTS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS SET BY EUROPEAN
MASTERS, HOWEVER ORIGINAL PERSONAL THEMES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE
ART WORK EMBODIED IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCTION...THIS VIDEO TAPE
REVEALS THE AESTHETIC CONCEPTS AND WORKING METHODS OF AN ITALIAN BORN
EXPRESSIONIST...(INSET PICTURE: MARCO SASSONE) 
"MEDIA EXPERIMENTATION" SOME ARTISTS EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN WHATEVER MEDIUM THEY
HAPPEN TO ENCOUNTER, TO AVOID LIMITATIONS INHERENT IN SPECIALIZATION,
CONSEQUENTLY ALL MEDIUMS BECOME IMPORTANT...THIS TAPE DEPICTS
MULTIMEDIA EXPERIMENTATION USING PAINTING, WATERCOLOR, DRAWING, ALL
PRINT MEDIUMS, TAPESTRY, SCULPTURE, FILM, AND
VIDEO...A MUST SEE...(INSET PICTURE: BOB FREIMARK)
"ENVIRONMENTAL ART" SEGMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENTARY WERE AIRED ON NEW
YORKS' CHANNEL FOUR NETWORK NEWS...THE ERIE CANAL, CENTRAL PARK, AND
THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPICS ARE JUST A FEW OF THE LOCATIONS INCLUDED AS
SITES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ART IN THIS STRIKING TAPE... ENVIRONMENTS
ARE INTEGRATED WITH THE ART INSTALLATIONS, TO CREATE ABSTRACT
RENDITIONS, WHICH COMMENT ON REALITY AND THE MEANING OF EXISTENCE AS WE
KNOW IT...THIS IS RATED FOUR STARS...(INSET PICTURE: PAM
MCCORMICK) 
"SCULPTURE FOR BETTER OR WORSE" THE REWARDS AND PITFALLS OF BEING INVOLVED WITH THE CREATION
OF LARGE SCALE SCULPTURE IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS COMPELLING
DOCUMENTARY... ACTUAL FOUNDRY FOOTAGE, OF AN ENORMOUS SCULPTURE BEING
CREATED, IS THE CORNERSTONE SCENE... AND ITS' SUBSEQUENT DISPLAY IN
FRONT OF NEW YORKS' LINCOLN CENTER IS THE SPLENDID FINISH FOR THIS
REMARKABLE TAPE...(INSET PICTURE: LILA KATZEN) 
"SCULPTURE AND PAINTING" THIS DOCUMENTARY PROVIDES A THROUGH, CONCISE, AND EFFECTIVE
RENDITION OF AN ARTIST ACCUMULATING ORDINARY HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AND
PLACING THEM IN SMALL REFINED GLASS ENCLOSED ENVIRONMENTS, CHANGING THE
ORDINARY INTO PRECIOUS PIECES OF ART... THESE SENSUAL SCULPTURES ARE
THE MAJOR CONCERN OF AN ARTIST WHO ALSO CREATES EQUALLY STIMULATING
PAINTINGS... STUDIO VISIT, ACTUAL EXECUTION, AND INTERVIEWS ARE
INCLUDED IN THIS FINELY HONED... (INSET PICTURE: KAREN LECOCQ)
"GEOMETRIC HARD EDGE ABSTRACTION" A FORERUNNER OF INSTALLATION ART, HARD EDGE RELIEF PAINTINGS
ARE ASSEMBLED TOGETHER, WHICH CREATES AN INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT OF AN
INTEGRATED GEOMETRIC ABSTRACT FORM... THE PICTURE PLANE BECOMES A
REPOSITORY FOR OPTICAL CHANGE BY CUTTING AND ASSEMBLING THE PAINTINGS,
AND HANGING THEM ON THE WALL COMBINES THE IMAGES INTO ONE ABSTRACT
SHAPE... THE EXECUTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL PAINTINGS AND THEIR EVENTUAL
ASSEMBLY IS DOCUMENTED... (INSET PICTURE: HELMUT AMANN) 
"SCULPTURAL RELIEF PAINTING" AN INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUE, FUSING DIVERGENT ELEMENTS OF ART
INTO A THREE DIMENSIONAL SCULPTURAL WALL RELIEF, WHICH IS THEN CARVED
AND PAINTED OVER, IS THE FOCUS OF THIS WELL THOUGH OUT TAPE...
ABSTRACTION, NON-OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE ART STYLES ARE COMBINED,
PRODUCES SOME EXTREMELY INTERESTING RESULTS
FOR THIS CLOSELY SCRUTINIZED ARTIST... (INSET PICTURE: LINDA
VIDAL) 
"COMPUTER ART FORM" UTILIZING THE LATEST LASER SCANNERS, HIGH TECH PROGRAMS, AND
DIGITAL IMAGING, ARTISTS HAVE NOW TURNED TO INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGICAL
TOOLS TO EXPRESS THEIR PERSONAL AESTHETIC CONCERNS... EXCLUSIVELY
COMPUTER ORIENTED, THIS STAGGERING
DOCUMENTARY LETS THE VIEW IN ON A FORM OF ART RARELY SEEN... COMPUTER
IMAGES CHANGE TO SOUNDS OF MUSIC GENERATED BY A LIVE MUSICIAN... (INSET
PICTURE: LANCE JACKSON) 
"KINETIC ART: THE ILLUSION OF
MOVEMENT" THE ILLUSION OF MOVEMENT, WITHIN A WORK OF
ART, HAS ALWAYS INTRIGUED ARTISTS AND VIEWERS ALIKE... THIS BEAUTIFULLY
EXECUTED TAPE DEPICTS THE CREATION OF THE ILLUSION OF MOVEMENT,
UTILIZING VARIOUS VISUAL EFFECTS AND PATTERS... AS THE VIEWER MOVES THE
WORKS OF ART BEGIN MOVING AND BECOME KINETIC, ALLOWING THE VIEWER TO
INTERACT WITH THE WORK... (INSET PICTURE: FRANK BUNTS) 
"PAINTING WITH ELECTRICITY" THIS EXTREMELY UNUSUAL DOCUMENTARY VIVIDLY PORTRAYS THE
TECHNIQUE AND EXECUTION, UTILIZING HIGH ELECTRICAL VOLTAGE ON THE BACK
OF GLASS, TO CREATE MAGNIFICENT PAINTINGS... PRESENTED ON MORE THAN ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY TELEVISION PROGRAMS, THESE REMARKABLE IMAGES, AND THE
TECHNIQUES USED TO MAKE THEM, BECOME AN UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY FOR THIS
ARTIST ON A PERSONAL QUEST... THIS TAPE IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS' KIND...
(INSET PICTURE: DAVE ARCHER) 
"LANDSCAPE AND THE FIGURE" THE LANDSCAPE AND THE FIGURE HAVE BEEN A MAJOR FOCUS FOR
COUNTLESS ARTISTS THROUGHOUT HISTORY... IN THIS HIGHLY CHARGED
DOCUMENTARY, THE FIGURE AND LANDSCAPE ARE COMBINED INTO ONE STRIKING
ART WORK... STIMULATING AESTHETIC CONTENT AND EXECUTION IS EXQUISITELY
DOCUMENTED IN THIS REMARKABLE PROGRAM, WHICH BROADENS THE CONCEPT OF
WHAT ART CAN AND CAN NOT BE... (INSET PICTURE: HARRY WEISBURD) 
"METAPHYSICS IN ART" A POWERFUL UNEXPLAINABLE FORCE EXISTS WITHIN EVERYONE, WHICH
MOTIVATES CREATION... THIS ASTOUNDING TAPE TAKES THE VIEWER THROUGH AN
ARTISTS' METAPHYSICAL EXPERIENCE... METAPHYSICS IN ART IS PORTRAYED,
ALONG WITH THE STRUGGLE OF AN ARTIST, TO EXPRESS A PERSONAL IDENTITY...
(INSET PICTURE: JEANNE
MILES)
"ECOLOGY AND ART" THE
ARTWORK AND THE WORKING METHODS, OF AN ARTIST DEDICATED TO PRESERVING
THE ENVIRONMENT, IS THE THRUST OF THIS GRATIFYING DOCUMENTARY...
RENDERINGS, AS PREMONITIONS OF ECOLOGICAL HORROR, SUGGEST OUR FUTURE...
IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT INEVITABLY MAY BE THE FUTURE OF OUR
ENVIRONMENT, THEN YOU MUST SEE THIS TAPE TODAY... (INSET PICTURE:
ELAINE MARINOFF)
"POLITICAL ART SOLUTIONS" THIS TAPE PRESENTS A SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS ARTIST,WHO UTILIZES
HIS TALENT TO FUND MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR A YOUNG GIRL THROUGH THE SALE
OF ARTWORK... ART IS USED IN A PHILANTHROPIC VENTURE COMMEMORATING THE
CHALLENGER SPACE SHUTTLE, ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE FOR THE SIX CREW MEMBERS WHO DIED IN THE ABORTED SPACE
EFFORT... THIS TAPE REVEALS ONE MANS' EFFORTS TO SATISFY HIMSELF BY
SERVING THE NEEDS OF OTHERS... (INSET PICTURE: GEORGE BLEICH) 
"MASTER JAPANESE STONE CARVING" A VANISHING BREED OF STONE CARVERS, WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO
ANIMATE INERT MASS AND CONVERT IT INTO ELOQUENT FORM IS THE SUBJECT OF
THIS
EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTARY... THIS WORK HAS BEEN COLLECTED BY NEW YORKS'
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, THE SMITHSONIAN, THE GUGGENHEIM, AND JOHN D.
ROCKEFELLER
III... ABOUT A TRADITIONAL ORIENTAL ART FORM, WHICH TRANSCENDS AND
EVOLVES
INTO BEAUTIFUL MODERN SCULPTURE... (INSET PICTURE: MINORU NIZUMA) 
"CONTEMPORARY ORIENTAL ART" THE UNIQUE HYBRID OF CONTEMPORARY ART AND TRADITIONAL
ORIENTAL BRUSH STROKE PAINTING, IS THE FOCUS OF THIS DOCUMENTARY... AN
ASIAN IMMIGRANT SETTLES IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK ONLY TO BE ENVELOPED BY
THE AMERICAN CULTURE. SIMULTANEOUS CULTURAL INFLUENCE MAKES FOR ARTWORK
BEYOND THE IMAGINATION OF ANY ONE CULTURE... A CROSS CULTURE
TRANSFORMATION... (INSET PICTURE: YOUNG LEE KIM)