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April 28, 2008

Art is Cinema, cinema is art

Filed under: Art News — Charlie @ 5:00 pm

Pop Art isn’t just confined to the canvas. It isn’t just a medium that exists in the 2D format, hung on the wall for art fans to enjoy. Pop Art also exists in the form of film, from such luminaries as Andy Warhol.

The recent film exhibition in the ICA in London showcased the second part of Independent Cinema’s Secret Masterpieces of Cinema. In the exhibition was a program centred around Pop Art.

Among the artists featured were Derek Boshier, who appeared in ‘Pop Goes the Easel’, a BBC documentary set in 1962. The documentary was about four Pop Artists, set at the time when Pop Art was just starting out as a movement.

Also shown was Boshier’s Link, which is a travelogue examining the shapes through architecture through the ancient world, including Egypt and Mecca.

Velvet Underground: Exploding Plastic Inevitable shows clips from the home movies of Pop Art master Andy Warhol. The movies feature abstract footage of Warhol stalwarts such as Gerard Malanga appearing before the camera in a series of blurred images and light.

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