

Baselitz paints upside down and Schnabel's plates are just the beginning, darling.
Explores the paths being forged by six modern artists, giving us rare insight into the minds behind this rousing new wave of painting.
Direction
Blackwood captures raw artistic process without filter.
Production
Intimate studio access to five egos at peak 80s.

Director
Michael Blackwood
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film captures the exact moment when painting stopped being about galleries and started being about auction records.
Schnabel had already begun his plate paintings when filmed; by 1987, one would sell at auction for $93,000. The hype was real.
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