Update (recent shoots and upcoming episode)

frame grabs from upcoming episodes: Jann Haworth (upper left); Jean Antoine (upper right); Jean Antoine and Sid Sachs (lower left); Kalliopi Minioudaki (lower right)

It's been a busy winter. After spending time in Utah in January, shooting an interview with artist Jann Haworth for the next episode–that will be posted here on June 1st–we shot interviews with art historian Kalliopi Minoudaki on her ground-breaking research and formative contribution to the exhibition-in-the-planning; as well as Belgian painter Axell's widower Jean Antoine, who reminisced about his career as a documentarian that included the experience of producing programs which featured Pauline Boty and Niki de Saint Phalle for European and American television in the 1960s.

If you have not already viewed the first three episodes, click on the links below to do so.

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Episode 3: European Perspective

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Here in Episode 3,  Dr. Sarah Wilson, Art Historian from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, speaks about the position of female artists during the formative years of Pop Art (the 1960s), specifically with regards to the work of Evelyne Axell, Pauline Boty and Niki de Saint Phalle, who were all active during the period. 

Dr. Wilson's informed discourse and spirited elocution bring her subjects, as well as her own invigorated work, to vivid life.

To view additional photographs of Pauline Boty by John Aston go to:

http://www.colinrobinson.com/Boty.html

running time 8:05

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Episode 2: Rosalyn Drexler (A Life in Art)

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Here in Episode 2, you will have the privilege of hearing and watching artist, novelist, playwright and erstwhile wrestler Rosalyn Drexler talk about her life and career. Drexler's paintings were the subject of solo exhibitions at the Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery at The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, in 2004, and the Pace Wildenstein Gallery, New York, in 2007. 

Her work will be included in the exhibition, and catalog, the planning and execution of which this series of video blogs is about, at UArts in January 2010. 

One of the rediscovered cultural icons to be included in the survey, Drexler is a true dynamo. 

running time 9:45

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Episode 1: The Genesis of an Exhibition

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The Making of Beyond the Surface: Women and Pop Art 1958 – 1968 will present the work and personal histories of the female artists who played a role in the forging of Pop Art, within the context of the planning of the exhibition—which will premiere at The University of the Arts Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, in Philadelphia, January 2010—as well as a ‘behind the scenes’ glimpse of the shooting of the full-fledged documentary film that will be made to coincide with the exhibition. While their work was included in the earliest exhibitions of Pop, Cold War politics of the pre-Feminist 60s and gender politics, conspired to negate these artists their place in the consensual canon. Both the exhibition and the film will expand and reëvaluate the critical reception of Pop Art. In recovering important female artists, the exhibition will enlarge the canon to more accurately reflect the women working internationally during this period.

Nine episodes will appear, at approximately three month intervals, between now and December 2009; each episode will further the exploration of the subject through present-day interviews with the artists and authorities on the subject, coupled with archival images and footage.

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Here in Episode 1, curator and concept originator Sid Sachs explains his passion for Pop Art and introduces a few of the artists who will be included.

running time 4:10

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