TWO
NEW “AMERICAN MASTERS” DOCUMENTARIES EXPLORE THE LIVES OF ICONIC ARTISTS IN
“WYETH”
AND “BASQUIAT: RAGE TO RICHES”
Available on Digital HD
September 8 and on DVD September 11
“AMERICAN MASTERS: WYETH”
Available on Digital HD
September 15 and on DVD September 25
“AMERICAN MASTERS: BASQUIAT: RAGE TO RICHES”
Arlington,
Va. – August 2, 2018 – PBS Distribution announces the release
of two new AMERICAN MASTERS “Artists
Flight” titles, “AMERICAN MASTERS: WYETH” available
on Digital HD September 8 and on DVD
September 11, and “AMERICAN
MASTERS: BASQUIAT: RAGE TO RICHES” available on Digital HD September 15 and on DVD September 25.
“AMERICAN
MASTERS: WYETH”
Directed
by Glenn Holsten, this program tells the story of one of America’s most
popular, but least understood, artists – Andrew Wyeth. Son of the famous
illustrator N.C. Wyeth, Andrew had his first exhibition at age 20, and his
painting “Christina’s World” was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in 1948.
While Wyeth’s exhibitions routinely broke attendance records, art world critics
continually assaulted his work. Detailing the stunning drawings and powerful
portraits he created in Chadds Ford, Pa., and on the coast of Cushing, Maine, WYETH
explores his inspirations, including neighbor Christina Olsen and his hidden
muse, the German model Helga Testorf, who he painted secretly for 15 years.
Through unprecedented access to Wyeth’s family members, including sons Jamie
and Nicholas Wyeth, and never-before-seen archival materials from the family’s
personal collection and hundreds of Wyeth’s studies, drawings and paintings,
this documentary presents the most complete portrait of the artist yet — bearing witness to a legacy just
at the moment it is evolving.
“AMERICAN
MASTERS: WYETH” will be available on Digital HD September 8, 2018 and on DVD ($24.99
SRP) September 11, 2018. The program has a run time of approximately 87 minutes.
“AMERICAN
MASTERS: BASQUIAT: RAGE TO RICHES”
Directed
and produced by David Shulman, this program tells the story of Jean-Michel
Basquiat like never before. One of the most influential American artists of the
20th century, Basquiat was a rock star of the early ’80s New York art scene. He
lived fast, died young and created thousands of drawings and paintings. It took
less than a decade for Basquiat, an accountant’s son from Brooklyn, to go from
anonymous graffiti writer known as SAMO© to an epoch-defining art star. Today,
Basquiat is in the top tier of the international art market along with Picasso,
de Kooning, and Francis Bacon. 2018 marks the 30th anniversary of Basquiat’s
untimely death from a heroin overdose. In death, he has emerged as one of the
most important artists of his generation and now exhibits in museums all over
the world. The program features exclusive interviews with Basquiat’s two
sisters, Lisane and Jeanine, who have never before spoken about their brother
and his art for a television documentary. With striking candor, art world colleagues,
including dealers Bruno Bischofberger, Larry Gagosian and Mary Boone, and
Basquiat’s most intimate friends, lovers and fellow artists draw a portrait of
a handsome, charismatic and fragile personality – one enmeshed in a world of
cash, drugs and the pernicious racism that he encountered. The main weapon
Basquiat used to fight prejudice was his art. A game changer, his painting
embodied and reflected breakthroughs in music, poetry and a new type of
expressionism in modern art.
“AMERICAN
MASTERS: BASQUIAT: RAGE TO RICHES” will be available on Digital HD September 15, 2018 and on DVD ($24.99 SRP) September 25, 2018.
The program has a run time of approximately 90 minutes.
“AMERICAN
MASTERS: WYETH” premieres Friday,
September 7 at 10 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) and “AMERICAN
MASTERS: BASQUIAT: RAGE TO RICHES” premieres
Friday, September 14 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) as part of the AMERICAN
MASTERS “Artists Flight” featuring four new documentaries about four
groundbreaking visual artists Fridays, August 31-September 14 on PBS (check
local listings).
About American Masters
American
Masters, THIRTEEN’s award-winning biography
series, celebrates our arts and culture. Launched in
1986 on PBS, the series has produced an exceptional library, illuminating the
lives of our most enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists,
dramatists, filmmakers, activists, scientists and those who have left an
indelible impression on our cultural landscape. American Masters
has earned 28 Emmy Awards — including 10 for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series and
five for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special — 13 Peabodys, an Oscar, three
Grammys, two Producers Guild Awards and many other honors. To further explore
the lives and works of masters past and present, American Masters offers streaming video of select films, outtakes,
filmmaker interviews, the American
Masters Podcast, educational resources and more at pbs.org/americanmasters. The series is a production of THIRTEEN PRODUCTIONS LLC
for WNET and also seen on the WORLD channel.
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AMERICAN
MASTERS: WYETH
Street
Date: September 11, 2018
Genre:
Documentary
Run
Time: Approximately 87 minutes on 1 disc
SRP:
DVD, $24.99
Format:
DVD and Digital HD
AMERICAN
MASTERS: BASQUIAT: RAGE TO RICHES
Street
Date: September 25, 2018
Genre:
Documentary
Run
Time: Approximately 90 minutes on 1 disc
SRP:
DVD, $24.99
Format:
DVD and Digital HD
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