Films on Art
This is the official video platform of the IKS – Institute for Art Documentation – and of the award-winning filmmaker and photography curator Ralph Goertz.
All the documentary films you’ll find here are dedicated to contemporary art, with a particular focus on photography – from the famous representatives of the Düsseldorf School of Photography and the Folkwang School in Essen to New Colour Photography from the 1970s.
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ANDREAS GURSKY - a film by Ralph Goertz
1 video
Andreas Gursky is one of the most important international artists working with the medium of photography.
The filmmaker Ralph Goertz accompanied Andreas Gursky for eight years with his camera in his studio, taking photographs, in his class at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art, setting up his exhibit... -
CANDIDA HÖFER - Sense of Place / director's cut
1 video
German photographer Candida Höfer studied first film at the Duesseldorf Art Academy with Ole John and since 1976 photography with Bernd Becher. Together with Thomas Struth, Andreas Gursky and Thomas Ruff she was part of the extraordinary "Becher-class", which is internationally best known as the ...
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ANNA & BERNHARD BLUME - Polaroids
1 video
Anna and Bernhard Blume were a German artist couple who worked with the medium of photography. Their work focused on large-scale installations and performance art. In their works, they engaged with narrow-minded conventionality and the German petty bourgeoisie in an ironic and grotesque manner.
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