LibGuides: Visual Arts: Additional Art Video Resources

Video: Lisa Roet - Ape Lady

Over the last 20 years, artist Lisa Roet has made the plight of chimpanzees the subject of her life's work. Her passionate investigation of primates has seen her producing artworks in diverse mediums.

Duration: 27:39 - via ClickView (login required)

Video: Goya - Crazy Like a Genius

Written and presented by Robert Hughes, one of the worlds most prominent art commentators, this program explores the life and work of Francisco Goya focusing on the painters subversive, often gruesome outlook.

Duration:1:15:15 - via ClickView (login required)

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Series: The A-Z of Contemporary Art

The A-Z Of Contemporary Art Pt. 1
In episode one, we begin with a discussion of Artists - who they are and what they do. Duration: 27:27 - via ClickView (login required)
The A-Z of Contemporary Art Pt. 2
This episode, L - Z, covers everything from Laughter and Modernism through to Zeitgeist. Duration: 27:26 - via ClickView (login required)

Additional Art Videos

Andy Warhol - A Documentary Part 1
Ric Burns' Emmy Award-winning film explores Warhol's amazing artistic output, stretching five decades from the late 1940s to his death in the 1980s. Duration: 1:54:46 - via ClickView (login required)
Rene Magritte - Attempting the Impossible
This documentary centres on the work of Belgian surrealist painter, Ren Magritte (1898-1967) his style of free association of images and unusual juxtaposition of everyday objects. Duration: 50:54 - via ClickView (login required)
Picasso
Born in Malaga, Spain, Picasso's many styles and prolific work rate made him one of the most recognised artists of the 20th century. Duration: 50:08 - via ClickView (login required)
The Power of Art - Henri Rousseau (Documentary)
The self-taught painter Henri Rousseau was mocked for his clumsy compositions and awkward perspectives. But if he had been trained, modern art as we know it might never have happened. Duration: 48:11 - via YouTube
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed
A look at the tender and tragic love story of French painter Pierre Bonnard and his wife and lifelong model, Marthe. Long after his death, his work established him as a master of colour and light. Duration: 49:03 - via YouTube
Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin's life was as colourful as his painting. He was the most restless of all the artists we were nurtured by Impressionism. He wanted "to create art that is simple.". Duration: 23:07 - via ClickView (login required)
Margaret Olley: A Life In Paint
Margaret Olley painted every day of her life. The act of painting is the subject of this documentary on Olley, made a year after her death. Duration: 53:02 - via ClickView (login required)