Hanafuda Jasper Johns (1981)

Hanafuda  Jasper Johns
NR 35 minAug 13th, 1981
HANAFUDA observes the artist Jasper Johns and the master Japanese silkscreen printers at Simca Print Artists as they created three different images from Johns USUYUKI and CICADA series For me the camera was a pretext for an indepth apprenticeship The finished film recapitulates my process of learning gleaned over time as I observed Johns and the printers at work What I wanted to know was how one generates a work of art and for that matter what is art what work is involved and how do ideas as opposed to physical labor drive the decision making process The films became a meditation on art and craft as well as on the dialectic of mind and body concept and actual work Katy Martin
DirectorKaty Martin

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:August 13th, 1981
Original Language:English