William Wegman: Video Work 1970-1999

William Wegman: Video Work 1970-1999

20063h 56m

Overview

From 1970-1977 William Wegman created some of the most innovative and important works in the history of video. These early pioneering tapes were created using minimal technology and a few studio props, including Wegman’s canine companion, Man Ray. Consisting of 130 works, some no longer than a television commercial, blurred the boundaries between high and low art as well as art and commerce, and have become a major chapter in the histories of contemporary art and film. This exhaustive compilation has been assembled by the artist with restored material and it contains all nine original reels as well as two later reels. Classics such as Pocketbook Man, Milk/Floor, Stomach Song, Cape On, Stick and Tooth, Spelling Lesson, Dog Duet, Man Ray, Do You Want to? Are included.

Take It Out in Trade
Cannes Man
Don 2
The Switch
The Fearless Freaks
The Hive
Okay for Sound
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
No Strings Attached
The Slingshot
Ali Baba & the Gold Raiders
The Con Artists
All My Lenins
The 5th Quarter
Love, In Between
Bitter/Sweet
Cannibal Ferox
Commando Squad
The Buddy System
Jane Fonda in Five Acts