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  1. Anthony Caro (2005)

    Director
    Nigel Wattis
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 50 minutes), £14.95

    Sir Anthony Caro (b. 1924), one of Britain’s most eminent sculptors, talks to critic Melvyn Bragg about his life and ideas, and discusses his own works at the exhibition and in his studio. The film was...

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  2. Balthus the Painter (1997 Video)

    Director
    Mark Kidel
    Producer
    Emma Crichton-Miller
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 58 minutes), £14.95

    Profile of the painter Balthus (Count Balthasar Klossowski de Rola), born in Paris in 1908. Chronicles his life and traces the themes and motifs which recur in his work: young girls, knowing cats, spare...

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  3. David Hockney: Pleasures of the Eye (1997)

    Director
    Gero von Boehm
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 56 minutes), £14.95

    David Hockney talks about his philosophy, life and work, discussing the large narrative painting ‘A Visit with Christopher and Don, Santa Monica Canyon 1984’, one of his 1980s photocollages, and an...

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  4. Gilbert and George (1997)

    Director
    Gerald Fox
    Producer
    Gerald Fox
    Subject
    Art; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 104 minutes), £19.95

    Shows artists Gilbert and George in their studio as they create a controversial new set of works, ‘The Fundamental Pictures’, which use their own bodily fluids. also follows them in their daily lives and...

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  5. Claes Oldenburg (1996)

    Director
    Gerald Fox
    Producer
    Gerald Fox
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 53 minutes), £19.30

    Contemporaries Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein and James Rosenquist reminisce about their experiences with American pop artist Claes Oldenburg. Art dealer Arne Glimcher, museum director Tom Krens and critic...

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  6. Howard Hodgkin (1996 Video)

    Director
    Melissa Raimes
    Producer
    Melissa Raimes
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 52 minutes), £14.95

    British artist Howard Hodgkin talks about capturing an emotion into painting and about his use of colour, scale, materials, titles and framing, his choice of themes, the artists he admires, his experience of...

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  7. Vermeer: Light, Love and Silence (1996 Video)

    Director
    Michael Gill
    Producer
    Michael Gill
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 52 minutes), £19.30

    Looks at the social, political and scientific context in which Jan Vermeer lived and worked and explains his techniques and his exploratory process of pictorial composition. Academics including Dr Jonathan...

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  8. Mondrian: Mr Boogie-Woogie Man (1995 Video)

    Director
    Janice Sutherland
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 51 minutes), £14.95

    Traces Mondrian’s artistic development from his austere Calvinist upbringing to his first encouter with cubism. Examines key paintings in detail and explores his theories. Discusses his move to New York in...

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  9. Norman Foster (1995 Video)

    Director
    Mark Kidel
    Producer
    Mark Kidel
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 53 minutes), £14.95

    Profiles Sir Norman Foster at age 60, showing him at work in his office and on the site at some of his major new projects, including the Law Faculty at Cambridge University and the communications tower in...

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  10. Christian Boltanski (1994 Video)

    Director
    Gerald Fox
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2000 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

    The French artist Christian Boltanski (b.1944) is acclaimed for his installations, which often combine an exploration of his own biography wity the European legacy of the Holocaust. The film presents a...

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