What's This? Understanding Contemporary Art

Mullington, Chris, (film director.). Petzold, Sheila, (film producer.). The Television Factory (Ottawa), (film producer.). National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), (film producer.).

Summary: An introduction to the richness and diversity of the National Gallery of Canada's contemporary art collection, this video features works by Canadian and international artists from the 1970s through to the present. What's This? Understanding Contemporary Art is organized into nine sections and highlights paintings, sculptures, installations and photographs. Beginning with the question "What is contemporary art?" the video addresses fundamental questions about contemporary art: Why does it look so simple? How should we look at it? This video provides personal insights into why artists create and looks at the wide range of materials they use and the effects that photography and new technologies have on their work. What's This? also examines the role that language and history have played in shaping the art of Canada's First Nations.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (28 min., 35 sec.) : sound
remote
access
Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2011.
Copyright: ©1996

Content descriptions

General Note:	Agency:.Co-produced by the National Gallery of Canada and the Television Factory.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Available to subscribers only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Chris Mullington ; producer, Sheila Petzold ; script, Chris Mullington ; editing, Chris Mullington ; script, Sheila Petzold ; editing, Sheila Petzold ; music, Edmund Eagan.
Participant or Performer Note:	Cast, Lynne Adams.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1996.
Target Audience Note:	16-17.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-03-01).