Painters Painting

Painters Painting was an interesting film to see for it's inside look at the artists perspectives on their works. Normally, when you see an artwork in a museum you have very little idea of the artist's original intent and it is more or less completely left up to the viewer's interpretation. However this movie shows you the other side of the story which is refreshing and intriguing. For example Frank Stella would give much more meaning to his paintings then what the average viewer would be able to draw from it. It is also interesting to see what he thought about the response to artworks. He mentioned that people thought some of his works were cold and calculating but he disagreed and told of his influences and where he was coming from with it. This is almost more interesting than the artworks themselves. Another interesting part of the movie was hearing about how the artists interacted and influenced each other. It is easy to think that they are all isolated but this movie reveals that they were not and would often interact. Listening to the artists speak and hearing about their inspirations and processes gives a lot more meaning to the artworks.