I would say that the most of Brakhage’s extensive painting on film was inspired by the socalled Abstract Expressionist painters, I believe he said as much.
Brakhage was certainly not painting or scratching (“cute”) little animated figures or the same tiresome (easy/lazy) cliches as most practitioners end up doing. > On Dec 4, 2017, at 3:48 PM, Robert Withers <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > I am bemused by this topic since the questioner specifically referred to > "abstract expressionist" painting on film There have been a lot of painters > on film including myself, and kids I taught in film class. > But I've never been aware of a painter on film who wasn't inspired > specifically by the traditions and techniques of experimental or animated > film, and the very technology of motion picture film itself. > > Abstract expressionists were very self-conscious of their specific practice > (I don't remember who named the style). With the big expressionistic > body-gestures it seems to have little to do with the careful, miniaturistic > practices of painters on film, no matter how free the projected image looked. > I fondly remember Brakhage's Persian Series which he created with a lightbox > and painting kit on the tables of a Colorado Cafe. > > Maybe art historians of the future will link all free abstract images as > "abstract expressionism" but I don't think so. > > Cheers, > Robert > > > WithersWorks.com <http://withersworks.com/> > 202 West 80th St. #5W > New York, NY 10024 > > > On Dec 3, 2017, at 7:00 AM, [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > >> Re: Painting directly to film > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks Myron Ort www.zeno-okeanos,com
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