Abstract Expressionism Movies

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, abstraction - that most quintessentially modernist innovation - maintains a peculiarly contradictory...

Impressionism and expression of a view, Mavy uses fragments of the ocean landscapes of Alice Guy's studies through fluctuations of bright nuances and...

Jackson Pollock said, “he makes the rest of us look academic,” Mark Rothko acknowledged him as a “myth-maker” and Clement...

An adaptation of the play "4.48 Psychosis" written by Sarah Kane. The movie consists of scenes that work as a fragmenteded voyage through the mind of...

Explores the paths being forged by six modern artists, giving us rare insight into the minds behind this rousing new wave of painting.

When forest animals invade our cities, the world is in disarray. Office vixen Fiona struggles with her banana phone addiction. Will she succumb to...

Confined to an endlessly burning waiting room, a dying sedentary woman experiences herself blurring in and out of her body. In her last remaining...

This documentary offers an intimate look at the life and legacy of American abstract expressionist Franz Kline. Through personal memories and...

The band of American artists known as the New York School toyed with tradition and rebelled against the Renaissance.Feeling as though free...

The Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky claimed, or has been credited with, the 'creation' of abstract art. At the core of this film is a dramatic...

"Button Eyes" is a 2D animated short film set from the abstract perspective of a strange beast born without eyes who travels across the land hoping...

This documentary takes a look at how intrepid 1960s musicians like Cornelius Cardew, Gavin Bryars and John Cage changed the sound of music by...

A powerful and intimate portrait, Joan Mitchell: Portrait of an Abstract Painter captures Mitchell's independent spirit and testifies eloquently to...

A groundbreaking documentary on the internationally renowned painter, designated by ARTnews Magazine one of the world's top-ten living artists. This...

“Pat Pasloff is a strong artist within a strong tradition…She has transcended some of the angst of Abstract Expressionism, without...

Do you ever wonder why you are the way you are? One day I decided to ask myself this question and I have been struggling to put the answer together...

Jackson Pollock's 'Mural': The Story of a Modern Masterpiece is an Emmy Award winning documentary that explores the remarkable journey...

A jazzy film in which the spectator is forced to look with the ears and listen with the eyes. An abstract film drawn directly on the computer.