Lifeline: Clyfford Still
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.
Directed byDennis Scholl
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- November 12, 2019
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Clyfford Still
Julie Mehretu
Julian Schnabel
Neal Benezra
Dean Sobel
Brad Cloepfil
David Anfam
Jeffrey Loria
James Demetrion
Jerry Saltz
- Directed by
- Dennis Scholl
- Produced by
- Marlon JohnsonKonstantia Kontaxis
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