Lights, Camera, Bad Art: Jeni Baker goes to the movies
Oval Office, Sept. 1998, v. 2, no. 2
Jeni Baker discusses a trend in film, especially Hollywood film, in which directors "...delight in making anyone remotely connected to the art world cringe". Baker argues that Hollywood films present the art world in a ridiculous, embarassing and off-putting light, with performance artists getting the most flak. Baker also discusses some films that portray the art world insightfully.
ITEM 1998.104 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
The General – John Boorman
The Letter Writer – Vermeer
2 Days in the Valley – John Herzfeld
As Good as it Gets – Graham Knuttel
If Lucy Fell – James Brooks
Great Expectations – Eric Schaeffer
Age of Innocence – Alfonso Cuaron
Life Lessons – Francesco Clemente
Seinfeld – Martin Scorsese
Legal Eagles – Martin Scorsese
Surviving Picasso – Ivan Reitman
Basquiat – James Ivory
Lust for Life – Julian Schnabel
La Belle Noiseuse – Vincente Minnelli
Jacques Rivette