Originally released in 1973 but never before
available on DVD, PAINTERS PAINTING is the definitive documentary on the New
York School of painters, from 1940-1970. Director Emile de Antonio (Point of Order and Millhouse) interviews artists in their studios
about their art
from the period of Abstract Expressionism, through Hard Edge and Color Field
painting to Pop Art. Among the featured painters are Robert
Rauschenberg, William de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Helen
Frankenthaler, Frank Stella, Barnett Newman, Hans Hoffman, Jules Olitski,
Philip Pavia, Larry Poons, Robert Motherwell, and Kenneth Noland.
PAINTERS PAINTING is newly digitally remastered
and restored by the Museum of Modern Art (New York) and the University of
Wisconsin Film Department.
Emile de Antonio on Painters Painting
Doug Kellner's essay on American Art 1945-1970
