Art-of-Arts

  Black Art in the Absence of Light                 Black Art in the Absence of Light is an HBO documentary directed and produced by Sam Pollard. This film has two main focuses which are African American art history, and the other is following the development of some African American artists. This documentary has a wealth of knowledge about African American art and art history.             This film starts out with an interview that is being given by Tom Browka from the Today Show. This interview is an original clip from 1976 Browka is interviewing Professor David Driskell from the University of Maryland. The topic of the interview is the Exhibition 200 Years of Black Art . The exhibition chronicles invisible African American Art that has never been represented in American culture. Professor Driskell curated an exhibition that partially encompassed two hu...

                                                            18th Annual High School Art Exhibition Elements of principle and Design                                                 March 27 – May 22, 2022               The Tyler Museum of art is presenting the 18th Annual High School Art Exhibition -Elements of principle and design . It opened on March 27 and runs through May 22, 2022. The high school art exhibit was started in 2005 for artists in nearby East Texas highs schools enrolled in eleventh a...

  The Painter and the Thief is a documentary that chronicles a robbery of two paintings by artist Brobaro Kysikova. In this film, the artist befriends one of the thieves and has a lasting, impactful, friendship with the thief Karl Bertil. This choice affects the artist’s personal and professional life.             This film starts with a gallery showing by the artist Brobaro Kysikova. The movie then shows a replay of the robbery where two paintings are stolen in broad daylight. One quickly realizes this is the gallery showing by Kysikova. The robbers come in through the back door with trash cans, cut the paintings from their stretcher bars, roll the canvases up with tape and string, and leave as quickly as they appeared. The film next moves into a phone conversation with the artist Brobaro Kysikova and the police department. The officer explains the theft of the paintings. Kysikova is, of course, distraught and in the film, ...

                                                 Our City of Dreams                                   Our City of Dreams directed by Chiara Clemente follows five different women artists from different cultures that work in different mediums. These artists are shown from oldest to youngest with a quick look at their success stories and struggles and how they were drawn to New York City.               Filmed interviews with each artist show how and why they settled in New York City. These artists were all driven by an instinctive pull to the...

                                            Visual Art and Anthropology              Visual Art and Anthropology is an informative documentary written and produced by Scott McLeary professor at Fairfield University. This documentary gives the viewer insight into how the western art world labeled indigenous peoples’ artworks and titled them primitive. Also shown in this film are stairsteps in the progression of western art documentaries and how westerners perceive the materials being documented.             In a lecture-style taping Professor McLeary explains in front of a camera how art is judged in the western world. What is art? This is a time-old question without...

                                                                   Time, and Space in Site-Specific                 Does the site dictate the material? Materiality plays an important role in site-specific art. Onsite art became popular in the nineteen sixties and is still being produced today. Materiality in the art of this nature includes time and space. Do artists who produce land art hinder indigenous peoples’ heritage and their relationship with the land?             Materiality is a communication of agency. It has no boundaries. Art transcends meanings and speaks different languages. It b...