Movies: Abstract art

In this unofficial sequel to "Every Single Minute", the boy finds himself lost in his sleep state....

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 recreation of Kandinsky's account of returning to his studio one dark evening, and being astonished by an...

The documentary accompanies Irish-born artist Sean Scully as he works on his piece “Grey Wolf”....

A film unmade-- That is, Survage's film was never realized in the traditional sense-- At the time, such a project was beyond technological possibility. His pioneering efforts to combine luminous, expressive painting and the moving picture were furthe...

Boy finds it difficult to relate to his external...

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The short film in a non-linear structure goes through the interpretation of timelines...

An anthropomorphic creature has trouble sleeping....

Protagonist is faced with an internalized feeling that emerges in a moment in memory...

The short film tells the story of a frustrated priest when faced with an apparently impartial friend, who was wearing a "social mask"...

A journey through a composite galaxy of artificial light....

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An abstract journey through the unconscious in transition of a protagonist stretched out on the asphalt, on a Sunday...

“Pat Pasloff is a strong artist within a strong tradition…She has transcended some of the angst of Abstract Expressionism, without descending into something that is bland or formulaic or potentially conceptual” – David Cohen Pat Pasloff (1928 – 2011...

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A family political disagreement is interpreted under a dreamlike logic, where the protagonist is emotionally divided....

A childlike soul runs through their lives, all bound together by the same root trauma....

Boy experiences pleasant visit from painful loss...

Doors in our life. Each has a melody, like a music box. They have stories, like a book. They will be opened one by one....

This short film introduces us to the "automatistes," followers of an abstract art form that developed in Montreal. The movement, initiated by Paul-Émile Borduas, is explained by the artists themselves when narrator Bruce Ruddick drops in at their coo...