REVIEW OF SELECTED SCREENINGS
if you happen to be catching a flight at sea-tac you might
get a glimpse at a real wonder, it's cappy thompson's
masterpiece and best known public work, it's painted glass
and it's entitled: dreaming of spirit animals
well over 100 people enjoyed the final screenings at this
year's public art documentary film series at the
university of california riverside's palm desert campus
the main film of the evening followed cappy as she traveled
to germany to make her masterpiece - virually by herself
step by step in the process, she narrated the film and
explained the dreams that turned into a dream
that turned into the reality
the next documentary featured famed american artist
jim dine, dine's work has been included, along with
hefferton, lichtenstein, goode, ruscha and walhol as being
historically important and ground-breaking by critics
held at the getty villa on the coast in malibu, california
it included a large self-portrait surrounded by four female
figures based on greek terra cotta sculptures that can be
found in the museum’s permanent collection
dine’s poetry was written on the walls and played on a loop
so that visitors can fully capture it’s essence
finally, marfa voices detailed a genius' angst at having his
art moved from gallery to gallery like a bunch of watercolors
so in 1971, donald judd, the renowned minimalist artist
moved to marfa, texas from new york city - for some room
he made circles on the map, and what he was looking for
was the least amount of people in the largest circle
he found marfa, he rented houses for a couple of years until
he bought two large hangars, and some smaller buildings
and started to permanently install his art - inside and out
a great time was had... plus they had free cookies
- when is the next one...
those cookies were as good as the films
for information on next years events call 760-834-0800
or go online to http://palmdesert.ucr.edu/programs/events.html