EMMY 2017 Documentary Cultural - University of Iowa

Описание: Jackson Pollock's"Mural": The Story of a Modern Masterpiece documents the truths and the myths surrounding this mammoth sized painting "Mural". Artist Jackson Pollock created the painting in 1943 for art patron and advocate Peggy Guggenheim, for her New York townhouse. This painting measuring approximately 20 feet long by 8-foot-high changed the landscape of American modern painting forever. Pollock's creation ignited what would later be called "Abstract Expressionism", an art movement, which even the C.I.A. would embrace to further the cause of American freedom during the uneasy years of the Cold War. The painting would arrive eight years later at the doorstep of the University of Iowa's School of Art and remain gallery-homeless until it's permanent residence at the new Museum of Art, which was constructed in 1969. When a disastrous flood came to the state of Iowa in 2008, it did not fail to overlook the Arts Campus at the University of Iowa. The state legislators at one point debate what to do with this painting, that is now worth over 150 million dollars. A fight to save it from being sold off begins as Mural is shipped about the country which is now a homeless masterpiece. The film also chronicles the travels of the painting from the one-year conservation at the Getty in Los Angles, to its exhibit for the Venice Biennale at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. The trials and history of this painting parallels a journey of its importance in our culture. From Pollock's amazing creation during World War II to the beginning of its world tour throughout Europe in the digital age, the film's goal is to emphasize how this painting has transcended generations and influenced countless artists through the ages. As Historian Eric Doss puts it, "Mural is really about modernism's mobility".