Film 3: Painters Painting

1. This introduction explains American painting's issue with subject matter….. What does this mean to you? Use examples from the intro 

They said that paintings were getting tangled with the problems that America was having and that stopped the creativity from being put on a canvas because they were paintings things that people didn't want to see because they were Americas problems. They also talk about how they feel like painting should be something like portraits about ourselves and not talk about the problems that we are having. 

2. Explain why Raushenberg insisted that he erase a piece by Willem de Kooning for his masterpiece Erased de Kooning.

He wanted to try and explore the art concept of the creation of art by using erasure. He wanted to do this to be able to try new things that other artists haven't done so that he could try a new angle at the modern art to make his own art style. He thought that this would add a level of significance to his artwork because it was as he was "destroying" the art and then redoing it. 

3. This film is full of "art speak", and that makes it difficult for non-artists, (and sometimes artists), to understand. You get to hear the original artist speak about their own art in their own words and in their own time. Why is this better/worse than previous films?

I think that this is better because we get to hear about it from artists on what these certain things mean and why they are important in the art world. This is also better from other films because it describes it for all kinds of audiences no matter if they are artists or not compared to other films were it was easier if you were an artists but if you weren't it left you with many questions on what certain things mean.