A documentary introduction to the art world, with star power and obvious ideas. Inside the art world, at the 2017 tribeca film festival in new york on april 23. Due to the impact of the covid19 pandemic, the ability to request physical items has been temporarily disabled. Blurred lines shows how the contemporary gallery system is a cynical industry with little creative merit that caters for posturing, vacuous idiots with a narcissistic compulsion to feel cultured and important.
Blurred lines doc a slick critique of contemporary. Blurred lines asks what drives value in todays art scene. All critics 1 top critics 1 fresh 1 the films brisk pace is a bit wearing once the onehour mark is passed, but the high energy and intelligence is quite charismatic over all. Movie artists and industry insiders shed light on the commercial forces behind the veneer of genius and glamour that often shrouds contemporary art. As banks and stocks collapsed, hirst cashed out 223 pieces of work with a. Inside the art world photos view all photos 5 movie info. Inside the art world wee hunk even in art school, where you would think the teachers would care more about the art than the money, they would advise you on how to commodify your art. Blurred lines tackles the slippery nature of the culturecommerce divide as director barry avrich quality balls weighs the values of the two sides of the art world and finds the scales out of balance. Playfully divided into lots, barry avrichs sweeping and enlightening blurred lines. With jeff koons, paul schimmel, larry poons, stefan edlis. An overview of the major players in the contemporary art market and of the economic factors that motivate those individuals and institutions.
Inside the art world, these astronomical sums of money cannot help but dominate your mind. Documentary made you look explores the fine art of fake. Click here to find out how to create lists of items to request later. Inside the art world lifts the curtain on the provocative contemporary art scene, a glamorous and cutthroat game of genius versus commerce. Barry avrichs indepth and eyeopening documentary pulls back the curtain on the behindthescenes dealings revolving around the contemporary art world. The contemporary angle is key here since avrich hones in on a relatively new phenomenon. Overdrive items can still be requested, and other digital resources remain available through the elibrary site.
Avrich explores the art world from a multitude of angles in this engaging and entertaining doc that boasts an impressive breadth of insight and access to top players in one of the most prestigious and exclusive tiers of the art world. Blurred lines benefits of a visually enthralling subject and delivers an agreeable experience, if a notch sterile. Inside the art world was first made available on netflix usa on sunday, december 31, 2017. Indeed, it is this vain urge that serves as the lifeblood of this racket, and the art consultants, armed with their finely tuned affectations, mould this urge with maddeningly. Go behind the scenes to discover how art is created, exhibited, and sold around the globe. Inside the art world, such as buena vista social club. Inside the art world exclusive clip april 07, 2017 with recordsetting auction prices, jetsetting collectors and colorful creatives, the contemporary art scene makes for rich. Art world 7 gripping art documentaries and movies to stream over the holidays. Inside the art world seeks to provide viewers with an introduction to the cloistered universe that is contemporary art.
Inside the art world, showing at the tribeca film festival, is a successful crash course in the forces shaping the art market that fails to go deeper. Bary avrichs documentary lifts the curtain on the provocative contemporary art scene, a glamorous and cutthroat game of genius versus commerce. Watching blurred lines, you will see the shallowness of the art world, how quickly it all means absolutely nothing how a piece of art can disappear along with the artist, and what a terrible waste of money that can be better used elsewhere in humanity. Inside the art world takes the kind of material thats fodder for an episode of the slate money podcast and fleshes out its points through multiple authorities showing how the sausage is made.
Just days after the 2008 financial meltdown, british artist damien hirsts recordbreaking sothebys auction made headlines worldwide. With unprecedented access to pivotal artists and the whitehot market surrounding them, this film dives deep into the contemporary art world, holding a funhouse mirror up. We may be in awe of the stunning art pieces director barry avrich plucks from the galleries and flashes before our eyes, but the world they reside within is one that few of us know. Inside the art world, canadian filmmaker barry avrich examines the hazy, conflicting values placed on the things that go into modern museums, hip. Find out where to watch, buy, and rent blurred lines. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing blurred lines.
From artist studios to auction houses, gallery openings to international art fairs, this documentary takes an inside look at the glamorous, scandalous, outrageous world of contemporary art. Learn from the major players in the contemporary art market what happens to the creative process when its end goal becomes economic gain. Inside the art world tvpg 1h 24min documentary 23 april 2017 usa an overview of the major players in the contemporary art market and of the economic factors that motivate those individuals and institutions. Inside the art world investigates the entire ecosystem that comprises the art market. Inside the art world opens at the tribeca film festival this weekend and it will also be screened at the hot docs festival in toronto later this month. Inside the art world and thousands of other movies and tv shows worldwide. Featuring insider accounts from the most influential and powerful players in the. Fastpaced, informative and engaging, blurred lines. With marina abramovic, katherine arnold, leon black, amy cappellazzo.
Inside the art world is a documentary directed by barry avrich. Avrich explores the art world from a multitude of angles in this engaging and entertaining doc that boasts an impressive breadth of insight and. Inside the art world 2017 is available on netflix united states. No stranger to chronicling the uniquely highbrow and hugestakes scene thanks to his 2017 documentary blurred lines. A documentary introduction to the art world, with star. The film fails to raise interesting new questions or delve deeply into unexplored territory.
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