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The story of land art 2016 filmmaker james crump examines how renegade new york artists created monumental earthworks in the desolate american southwest in the 1960s and 70s. The story of land art unearths the history of three renegade artistexplorers who staged a radical departure from the new york gallery scene of the 1960s and 70s by creating monumental earthworks in the desolate landscapes of the american southwest. Oct 08, 2016 the film tells the story of a group of visionary artists who were willing to risk their future careers and leave a clear sign of demarcation and distance from the hyperspeculative world of art. The story of land art official trailer 1 2016 documentary hd set in the desolate desert spaces of the american southwest, the film unearths the history of land art during the.

As framed by filmmaker james crump, land art is the story of mans quest to make a mark on the world. Filmisnow movie trailers international 3,432 views. Troublemakers unearths the birth of land art in the late 1960s and early 1970s when a cadre of renegade artists sought to transcend the limitations of painting and sculpture by producing earthworks on a monumental scale in the desolate desert landscape of the american southwest. Dvd or bluray combo pack a documentary about land art, which was a thing in the 1960s and 1970s.

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The story of land art, traces the activities of a more recent group of such visionaries, the handful of american artists who in the late 1960s and early. James crumps troublemakers finds the personalities that thrust land art or earth art, or. Troublemakers takes documentary look at land art the. The story of land art one of his talkinghead subjects, charles ross, reminisces back to the early 1970s to tell how he picked the location for his site. Iconoclasts who changed the landscape of art forever, these revolutionary, antagonistic creatives risked their. The story of land art one of his talkinghead subjects, charles ross, reminisces back to the early 1970s to tell how he picked the location for his sitespecific. Troublemakers chronicles the history of land art in the. The story of land art and alexander calder 20152016 films. Shs season 1 episode 1 the troublemakers surviving high school troublemakers.

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The documentary tells the story of how, as the 60s turned into the 70s, these unruly new york artists began making monumental earthworks in the great, empty spaces of the deserts and salt lakes of the. Negative, a 1,500feet long line cut between two canyons on mormon mesa in nevada. The story of land art, a documentary from 2015, tells the story of the formation of the land art movement in the 60s and 70s. The film features a cadre of renegade new york artists that sought to transcend the limitations of. Jan 08, 2016 earthworks are an older tradition than oil painting, going back 3,000 years, the artist carl andre observes late in troublemakers. Takes its place among the great art documentaries of the last halfcentury the wall street journal troublemakers unearths the history of land art in the tumultuous late 1960s and early 1970s. An involving and exciting inside look at some of the most middleofnowhere outdoors art ever made, troublemakers. Troublemakers the story of land art 2015 18 2016 2015, dvdrip. Here, the filmmaker and art historian talks about the process of making the film.

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