(Photographica, 28th October 2020) Stan Brakhage (1933-2003) Stan Brakhage (1933-2003) ‘PRELUDE: DOG STAR MAN’ FILM STILL, 1961-1964, Vintage silver gelatin print, printed 1967, image size, 185 x 140mm, sheet size, 266 x 206mm, with various annotations in pen and crayon in margin, and with hand written label affixed and Stephen Dwoskin archival stamp verso Stan Brakhage was an non-narrative filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the most important experimental filmmakers of the 20th century. He worked with various kinds of celluloid: 16mm, 8mm, 35mm, and IMAX, and was a practitioner of what he referred to as 'pure cinema'. Dog Star Man (1961-64), perhaps his most famous work, features a man climbing a mountain, shots of stellar objects and more footage of his wife giving birth. It is usually read as addressing the unity of creation. Provenance: Stephen Dwoskin Archive Dwoskin Archive Stephen Dwoskin (1939 – 2012) was a respected independent filmker, writer and teacher who began his carreer in the undergound film scene of New York. Subsequentelly, Dwoskin moved to London where he founded the London Filmakers Cooperative in 1966. In the United Kingdom and throught the work of the cooperative, Dwoskin got into contact with artists like Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987), Allen Ginsberg (1926 - 1997), and Robert Frank (1924 – 2019). The selection proposed in this auction presents pieces annotated by the artist prior to publication.
(Photographica, 28th October 2020) Stan Brakhage (1933-2003) Stan Brakhage (1933-2003) ‘PRELUDE: DOG STAR MAN’ FILM STILL, 1961-1964, Vintage silver gelatin print, printed 1967, image size, 185 x 140mm, sheet size, 266 x 206mm, with various annotations in pen and crayon in margin, and with hand written label affixed and Stephen Dwoskin archival stamp verso Stan Brakhage was an non-narrative filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the most important experimental filmmakers of the 20th century. He worked with various kinds of celluloid: 16mm, 8mm, 35mm, and IMAX, and was a practitioner of what he referred to as 'pure cinema'. Dog Star Man (1961-64), perhaps his most famous work, features a man climbing a mountain, shots of stellar objects and more footage of his wife giving birth. It is usually read as addressing the unity of creation. Provenance: Stephen Dwoskin Archive Dwoskin Archive Stephen Dwoskin (1939 – 2012) was a respected independent filmker, writer and teacher who began his carreer in the undergound film scene of New York. Subsequentelly, Dwoskin moved to London where he founded the London Filmakers Cooperative in 1966. In the United Kingdom and throught the work of the cooperative, Dwoskin got into contact with artists like Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987), Allen Ginsberg (1926 - 1997), and Robert Frank (1924 – 2019). The selection proposed in this auction presents pieces annotated by the artist prior to publication.
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