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THE COOL SCHOOL is an object lesson in how to build an art scene from scratch and what to avoid in the process. The film focuses on the seminal Ferus Gallery, which groomed the LA art scene from a loose band of idealistic beatniks into a coterie of competitive, often brilliant artists, including Ed Kienholz, Ed Ruscha, Craig Kauffman, Wallace Berman, Ed Moses and Robert Irwin. The Ferus also served as launching point for New York imports, Andy Warhol (hosting his first Soup Can show), Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein as well as leading to the first Pop Art show and Marcel Duchamp's first retrospective. What was lost and gained is tied up in a complex web of egos, passions, money, and art. This is how L.A. came of age.
Irving Blum, Walter Hopps, Ed Ruscha, Frank Gehry, Dennis Hopper, Ed Kienholz, Billy Al Bengston, John Baldessari, Dean Stockwell, Larry Bell, Ken Price.
NARRATOR: Jeff Bridges
| Catalog Number: MC-820 |
Type: Feature |
Genre: Documentary |
| Copyright: 2008 |
Length: 86 minutes |
Format:
DVD Region: 0 (All) |
| TV System: NTSC |
ISBN: |
UPC: 829567054522 |
| Label: Arts Alliance |
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2008-07-22 Newsday
By John Anderson
Cool School is a must for anyone interested in 20th century American art.
| 2008-07-22 Time Out New York
By Joshua Rothkopf
Smart, jazzy and unafraid to deflate egos, Morgan Neville’s fast-paced, finely critical study makes for a pungent intro to a movement now esteemed as a key alternative to the New York AbEx stranglehold.
| 2008-07-22 Entertainment Weekly
By Lisa Schwarzbaum
Documentarian Morgan Neville takes an appropriately lively, left-field approach to The Cool School's eye-opening history of the Beat-era Left Coast art scene -- a lesser-known chapter in the story of American modern art.
| 2008-07-22 Boxoffice Magazine
By Sara Schieron
Sweeps you off your feet with quick-witted visuals and cleverly used archival footage.
| 2008-07-22 New York Times
By Manohla Dargis
The Cool School, a breezy, lively documentary about a thin slice of the Los Angeles fine art scene in the 1950s, is easy on the eyes, and the ears too.
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