Pat Steir: Artist

Directed by: Veronica Gonzalez Peña Released: 2020 (educational) Year of Production: 2017 Running Time: 77 min Language: English Subtitle Options: English Closed Captions Subjects: Art & Culture, Women's Studies             Pat Steir has been at the forefront of American painting for decades. With an artistic practice that spans half a century, she is a leading force in the development of Conceptual Abstraction.   Pat Steir: Artist is the first film ever made about this groundbreaking woman painter. Culled from over 30 hours of candid interviews with Veronica Gonzalez Peña, Steir touchingly evokes her childhood in New Jersey, her young adulthood in NY, her involvement in feminist groups and artistic movements, as well as her deep friendships and alliances with the most influential artists and poets of her generation, including Sol Lewitt, Agnes Martin, John Cage, Anne Waldman, and Sylvère Lotringer.   Pat Steir: Artist is an intimate portrait of the artist by novel