Robert Motherwell

Wednesday, October 28, 8 pm  FREE!
Painters Painting
(Emile de Antonio, 1973, U.S., 116 minutes, video)
Originally released in 1973, Painters Painting is the definitive documentary on the New York School of painters, covering 1940 to 1970. Newly digitally remastered and restored, the film features interviews with the most important artists of the period, including 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. David Raskin, associate professor of art history, theory, and criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago introduces the film and leads a post-screening discussion.

The exhibition Robert Motherwell: An Attitude Toward Reality, From the Collection of the Walker Art Center is in the Block Museum's Main Gallery September 26 to December 6. The galleries are open Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings until 8 pm.