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Lifeline: Clyfford Still

Lifeline: Clyfford Still

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 12, 2019

Runtime

1h 17m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

80%

Original Title

Lifeline: Clyfford Still

Production Companies

Kino Lorber

Director

Dennis Scholl

Description

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.