Lifeline: Clyfford Still

(2019)

★ 8 IMDb · 2 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2019

Runtime: 77 мин

Country: Canada, United States of America

Director: Dennis Scholl

Cast: Clyfford Still, Julie Mehretu, Джулиан Шнабель, Neal Benezra, Dean Sobel, Brad Cloepfil, David Anfam, Jeffrey Loria, James Demetrion, Jerry Saltz

Plot

Jackson Pollock said, “he makes the rest of us look academic,” Mark Rothko acknowledged him as a “myth-maker” and Clement Greenberg called him “a highly influential maverick and an independent genius.” Clyfford Still, one of the strongest, most original contributors to abstract expressionism, walked away from the commercial art world at the height of his career. Extremely disciplined, principled, and prolific, Still left behind a treasure trove of works like no other major artist in history. With a wonderful mosaic of archival material, found footage and audio recorded by the artist himself, Lifeline paints a picture of a modern icon, his uncompromising creative journey and the price of independence.