Three recent feature films and two historical short films provide in-depth, intimate access to the creative process of painters Peter Bradley and Mike Henderson, sculptor Brian Wall, and traditional Japanese wood-carver Master Seki Koun, as well as a number of his apprentices.
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Pioneering Black abstract artist and curator Peter Bradley reflects on life and art in this invigorating, intimate documentary portrait. “Documentary in its purest form: one subject speaking and showing us his life and work. It is riveting” (Film Threat). With two short films by painter/filmmaker Mike Henderson.
Copresented by the Center for Buddhist Studies, UC Berkeley
Carving the Divine is a documentary film that offers a rare look into a 1,400-year-old Buddhist wood-carving tradition and the practitioners struggling to preserve its legacy in a rapidly changing Japan.
Copresented with the Department of Art Practice, UC Berkeley
An in-depth portrait of artist Brian Wall, renowned for his abstract steel sculptures, told through fascinating interviews and archival materials. Wall taught art at UC Berkeley for over two decades and continues to live and work in the Bay Area at age ninety-two.