Robert Irwin: A Desert Of Pure Feeling

In a world that is becoming more and more mechanized, what is the value of lived human experience?  California “light and space” artist Robert Irwin has been investigating this question all his life. He began as a painter in LA’s “Cool School” scene, but abandoned object-making to pursue pure dialog, philosophy, and experimentation. Rejecting art world fame to create experimental installations, Irwin developed a new way of working that made perception itself the subject. Irwin tells the story in his own words, supplemented with archival interviews, new interviews with Irwin and his colleagues, and immersive footage of Irwin’s artworks.

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Credits

Director:

Jennifer Lane

Executive Producer:

Carolyn Pfeiffer, Nancy P. Sanders, David Koh, Nicole DiMiceli

Producer:

David Hollander, Jennifer Lane, Joseph Cashiola, Arne Glimcher

Screenwriter:

Jennifer Lane

Cinematographer:

David Hollander, Joseph Cashiola, Joan Churchill, Layton Blaylock

Editor:

Jennifer Lane

Principal Cast:

Robert Irwin

Contact

Public Film Contact:

David Hollander
Triptych Films LLC
fourthdensity@gmail.com
2102162658

Publicity Contact:

Amelia Redgrift
aredgrift@pacegallery.com
212 421 3292

Sales Agent:

David Koh

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2022
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92 mins