Elaine de Kooning Paints a Portrait
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Elaine de Kooning Paints a Portrait

““I almost feel my portraits— portraits I’ve made—are now invading my privacy. When I have them around—to have all these people looking at me—it’s oppressive, and I always find portraits oppressive. But I find them, well, fascinating.””

197618m
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In filmmaker Betty Jean Thiebaud’s own portrait of the Abstract Expressionist artist, Elaine de Kooning discusses her work as she paints a new portrait of her friend and fellow artist, Aristodimis Kaldis. Over de Kooning’s musings on Rembrandt, conceptual art, and experience vs.

Cast

Elaine de KooningAristodimos Kaldis

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Director
Betty Jean Thiebaud
Released
1976-01-01
Country
US

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