The production of a single, epic-scale painting by Leon Golub in the mid-1980s, from early sketches to final exhibition, forms the first part of this expansive portrait of an activist artist whose best-known work draws on and confronts forms of political violence and repression. A multi-decade project for Kartemquin, the film’s second section revisits Golub in 2001 as his work takes a new direction and he and his wife, feminist artist Nancy Spiro, reflect on the role of art in society, their relationship and their legacies.
Digital Video, color, 80 min. DIR: Jerry Blumenthal, Gordon Quinn.
