Ivan Karp
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Biography: Ivan C. Karp was an American art dealer, gallerist and author instrumental in the emergence of pop art and the development of Manhattan's SoHo gallery district in the 1960s.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bronx, New York, USA
Birthday: June 04, 1926
Deathday: June 28, 2012
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Gender: Male
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This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage
Overview: Investigates the central ideas of Marshall McLuhan using pictorial techniques and including his own comments. Examines the reaction of others to his views and points out that his interest is the impact of electronic technology on the contemporary world.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-19
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Who Gets to Call It Art?
Overview: Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Henry Geldzahler reflects on the 1960s pop art scene in New York.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-01
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An Unmarried Woman
Overview: A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-24
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Art City 1 Making It in Manhattan
Overview: Unlike any art movie you've ever seen, Making it in Manhattan is informed 'entertainment' about the people who make contemporary art. Artists, collectors, and dealers bring to life the art capital of the world, New York, as it plunges into the 21st Century. Presenting a cross-section of artists, the film discusses inspiration, aesthetics, and the meaning of success. With Louise Bourgeois, Brice Marden, Chuck Close, Neil Jenney, Elizabeth Murray, Ashley Bickerton, Gary Simmons, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Rirkrit Tiravanija, St. Clair Cemin, Ivan Karp, Jay Gorney, Matthew Marks, Jerry Saltz, Herb & Dorothy Vogel, and others. From abstraction to figuration, from installation to conceptual art, from the privacy of the doctor's office to the posh gallery opening, Making it in Manhattan captures the reality of a special world. Music by Tom Waits, Don Braden Ryuichi Sakamoto, George van Eps, Piero Umiliani with Chet Baker.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Andy Warhol
Overview: The first major profile of the American Pop Art cult leader after his death in 1987 covers the whole of his life and work through interviews, clips from his films, and conversations with his family and superstar friends. Andy Warhol, the son of poor Czech immigrants, grew up in the industrial slums of Pittsburgh while dreaming of Hollywood stars. He went on to become a star himself.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-09
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Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory
Overview: Takes an in-depth look at the lives and times of the people who hung out with Andy Warhol and "worked" at the Silver Factory during the Sixties, making it all click as a new counter-culture arose and began to exert its influence throughout the arts.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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The Cool School
Overview: How LA Learned to Love Modern Art. A lesson in how a few renegade artists built an art scene from scratch.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-07
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